tered. Against this decision the Marquis protested, but was informed it was in terms of an Act of Assembly. On the 2d of October, Mr Thomas Inglis, who attends the Marquesse of Douglas his children, being sworn, anent his carriage in tyme of the enemies' residence, depones, "That he was never employed by the Marquis, or others, in anie thing that concerns James Grahame (the Marquis of Montrose) his services; that in his judgement, prayers, carriage, and discourse, he was opposite to his bloodie courses. He confesses that, through negligence, he said the grace when the Lord Aboyne was in the familie at night, not remembering he was excommunicate." On the 20th of November, the Marchioness was peremptorily required to sequestrate her children. On the 12th of February, 1646, the Presbytery require that the children of the Marchioness be presentlie removed from Carmichael to Glasgow. On the 4th of March, the Presbytery represented to the Committee of Estates "the dangerous consequents that may arise in their bounds, if the Marquis of Douglas shall be returned to his station again"- he having been imprisoned in Dumbarton Castle for adhering to the royal cause. On the 1st of October, the Marquis having appeared before the Presbytery, was "scharplie rebuked and gravely challenged for his defection in joyneing with the publick enemie, and for prophancing the Lord's table," and was referred for censure to the General Assembly. On the 7th of January, 1647, the Marquis appeared before the Presbytery, and "haveing humbly confessed on his knees the break of covenant, by his malignant carriage in our late tryal, was ordered to give in a confession, under his hand, at the church of Douglas, and an affirmation of the covenant, to be recorded in futuram rei memoriam." He also undertook to remove his children to Edinburgh before the ensuing CandleOn the 22d of April, the Marquis being challenged for postponing the education and sequestration of his children, alleged the reason thereof to be the want of a pedagog to go abroad with them; but offers to provide them, within twenty days, with a tutor, recommended for such charge by the Presbyteries of Glasgow, Edinburgh, or the University of St Andrews,

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or failing them, by the Presbytery of Lanark. On the 17th of June, the Marquis proposed to the Presbytery that he should give his sons over into the hands of Mr Richard Inglis, minister of Douglas, to be board in his house, and a young man, Mr Alexander Jacke, to attend them there. This was agreed to, but only on the condition "that he gat ane honest man to be chaplane in his familie, for establishing familie excercise there." On the 1st of July, the Presbytery were thrown into a state of agitation by the report that the Marquis proposed to send his youngest son over to be bred in France, and despatched a committee hot foot to Edinburgh to represent the same to the Counsell, who directed that the Marquis should send along with his son a young man, who should be previously tried and found qualified by the Presbytery. At a meeting on the 13th January, 1648, the Marchioness was called in, and the Presbytery enquired if as yet her La. was satisfied in all the heads and articles of the Protestant religion, the Covenant, and Confession of Faith; and finding her as yet not satisfied, nor willing to renounce all her former erroneous and hereticall pointes, but pleading for ane longer time, they directed Mr Inglis to take paines in conferring with her untill the 19th of March, during which tyme, if there be no hope of success, he is, without further delay, to pass the sentence of excommunication on her the forsaid day. At the same meeting, the Marquis undertook that Lord William, his son, shall be sent with all diligence to school in Glasgow. On the 11th of October, a representation was made to the Commission of the Kirk of the heavy oppression of the Marquis upon his tenants. On the 23d November following, a committee reported that they had conferred with the Marchioness, and fand her readie to subscribe the Confession of Faith and the Covenant; but on trying and examining her La, upon what further light and satisfaction, fand her as ignorant of the ground of religion as before, for the which cause they durst not receive her subscription. The advice of the Synod being taken, the brethren were instructed to frequentlie confer with her La. anent the articles of the confession, and cause her subscribe article after article as she came to the

knowledge thereof, and to prescribe to her some articles that she may be labouring to winne to the knowledge of them. 26th October, 7th December, 1648, and 11th January, 1649.-The Marquis of Douglas being challenged—1. For not keeping his son in Glasgow at the school, with a sufficient pedagog approved by the Presbytery. He undertook that the young man who presently attends his son shall be presented to the Presbytery, and if not approven, he will purchase another. 2. For not delivering his daughter to some Protestant friend by sight of the Presbytery. He agreed to educate her. 3. For not having a sufficient chaplain approven. He undertook that within a month he should present a qualified man to be chaplain in his family, and that he shall be entertained and respected in the family as is suitable for such ane employment, and be accomodat to come to the Presbytery every Presbytery day. 4. For the oppression of the poor people. He agreed that, on receiving a note of the particular complaints and unjust burdens, he would give satisfaction and appoint arbiters for this purpose. He also undertook that he and his whole family shall be constant hearers of the Word before and after noone upon the Lord's day, and also of the weeke dayes sermon; and that all his servants shall produce testimonials-those who before had their residence on this side Forth within a month, and those beyond in two. At the last of these sederunts, the Presbytery permitted the Marquis to bring his son out of Glasgow to the schoole of Lanark, but only on the condition that he should not go home to his parents except with their permission. 8th March, 1649.—A petition from the Marquis was presented, stating that he had given satisfaction for the oppression of his people, at the sight of three persons approven arbiters, and craving that the processe against him should be discharged. The Presbytery having seriously pondered, and being verie jealous, through diverse informations and presumptions, that the people that before did complain are forced through threatenings, and not moved by any received recompence, to desist from their complaints, refused the prayer of the petition. On the 19th of April, however, they became convinced that satisfaction had been made for the oppression of

the tenants. 31st May.-Some articles having been given to the Marchioness to subscribe, she answered, that it was not necessary to subscribe ane article after another, but all together; and this excuse she subsequently repeated on several occasions. 25th October.-The commissioners sent to the Marchioness reported that they found her willing to give all obedience, rather than suffer the sentence of excommunication, but earnestly desiring that some short time might be granted her. Whereupon they did intimate publicklie to the whole congregation that they were come to pronounce the sentence, bot was impedid by her offer of obedience, to which she assented in the face of the congregation. On the same day, the Presbytery considering that my Lord William, son of the Marquis, was at home this long time from school, and so lost his time, and also that the Marquis was not carefull in seeking a pedagogue for him of approven honestie and integritie, but rather still inclined to have such as were under suspicion of malignity, nominat Mr James Vetch, one of their owne, and of known honestie, to be recommended to his Lo., and required him to send for the said Mr James to aggrie with him. On the 8th of November, the Marquis replied that he would not send for Mr Vetch, but if the Presbytery would send him to him he would speak with him to sie if he be fit for the charge. Whereupon the Brethren desired the Marquis to receive him upon their recommendation, otherwise they would proceed against his Lo. according to the Acts of the General Assemblie. On the 22d, it is minuted that the Marquis had sent for Mr Vetch, and received him as pedagogue to his son, which the Presbytery took well at his hand. 23d June and 4th July.-The Presbytery insisted on the Marquis recalling his sons from France, which he professed his inability to do. 1st June, 1655.-Complaint made of several outbreaking of sine in the Marquis of Douglas his house. 22d April, 1656.-Committee appointed to repair to the Marquis and require him to redress the disorders of his family, and to attend the public ordinance personally, under the pain of condign censure. 15th May.-It is reported that the Marquis and his Lady ingadgid themselves by promise to attend

to the publick ordinances quhen they hav health, but the committee have received no satisfaction as to the disorders of the familie, especiallie the want of familie worship. 4th September. -The Presbytery, considering that the Marquis doeth not ordinarily attend the publict ordinances, but, somtyme the sermon, withdrawing himself, and oftymes the servants in the afternon, and that in sight of the whole congregation, he and his ladie cometh scarce to the kirk once in a year, and that there is no worship of God at all in their familie, and that his Lo. doeth pretend his age and infirmitie to be the cause why he frequenteth not the public ordinance, require him, in order to the redressing of the said scandals, to conduc with ane honest chaplane, that he may have the charge of the familie dewties.

The Church. Although a modern church for the use of the parish was built after the Reformation, portions of that of the middle ages still exist. still exist. It is situated in the village of Douglas, not far from the castle, and was dedicated to St Bride, the patron saint of the family. It must have been of considerable size, and seems to have consisted of a chancel, with a nave and two side aisles. Of these the chancel, and three bays of the south aisle, are all that now remain, and they appear in a sadly mutilated condition-the noble arches and the rich mullioned windows being filled up with coarse ruble work, which in a great measure obscures the original plan of the edifice. There is also a small tower at the intersection of the chancel and the south aisle, the upper part of which may have been coeval with the rest of the building. The lower portion, however, now presents a very different appearance from what it must have done when the church was in its original form, as it completely blocks up the first of the elegant and lofty pointed arches of the nave. The architectural style of the existent portions of the church is decidedly that of the latter part of the fourteenth century; and there can be little doubt that the church was re-built by Archibald Duglas, Lord of Galloway, circa, 1390. This date is further corroborated by the tradition that the masons who were employed on this church went thence to assist