144 Some Incidents in Troqueer Parish. 



14th February, 1704. — " The Provost having written to Sir 

 James Stewart her Majesties advocat Giving account yt qn the 

 country people were coming into this burgh in feir of weir in a 

 hostile manner upon our Candlemass fair Wednesday to burn 

 some priests vestments and popish books and trinkets He had 

 gone with seall of the Councell to the bridge and meet ym and 

 protested agt yr coming into the toun in a hostile manner . 

 the answer imports yt he was very sorry for the disorder and did 

 approve of his care . . . and he with the Government would 

 take such notice both of the papists and all irregular practices yt 

 we may be delivered from both." This was the third time popish 

 books were burned in Dumfries, the others were in 1609 and in 

 1688. A fourth burning was yet to take place at the Cross — 

 that of the Articles of Union by the mob from Urr in 1707. 



Kirkconnel Lands. 



During several years there was a dispute as to whether the 

 lands of Kirkconnel should be under the ministerial charge of 

 Newabbey or Troqueer. It appears that on Nov. 19th, 1650, the 

 presbytery had disjoined the Kirkconnel Lands from Troqueer, 

 and placed them under Newabbey, the minister of which was to 

 exercise all rights over them. The following is the act : — 



" The bretherene that were at newabbay reported yr diligence 

 anent the perambulatione of the Lands of Kirkconnell how they 

 found it expedient that the sds Lands should be annexed to the 

 parish of newabbay Lying but a myle frome the sd parishe Kirk 

 and that of good way ; whereas these Lands are distant from the 

 kirk of troqueir three or four myles of evill way. The presby- 

 terie after advyse judged it convenient that the sds Lands should 

 be dismembered frome troqueir and annexed to newabbay, and 

 ordaines pairties haveing interest to aqent the same before the 

 judge competent in tyme convenient. Vpone which Johne Max- 

 well of Kirkconnell being present made protestatione and took 

 instruments yrvpone in the clerks hand that this annexatione 

 should no wayes be prejudiciall to hym in tymes comeing and 

 that he doe not pay a double proportione one to newabbay and 

 another to Troqueir. Lykewayes Mr harbert gledstanes [minister 

 of Troqueer] protested that this should no wayes be prejudiciall 

 to his augmentatione out of the Lands of Troqueir parishe, 

 siclyke Mr Thomas Melvill protested that the foirsd annexatione 



