fi6 Communion Tokens. 



England" in 1646, Mr Cramond was "suspended 

 from the renewing of the Covenant, and from the 

 Lord's Supper," by Act of Assemblj', 19th July, 1649. 

 It was not till 1651, and after he had given evidences 

 of repentance and of an " unfained detestation and 

 renunciation of that Engagement," was he restored 

 to the functions of the ministry and subsequently 

 became minister of this parish. 



12. TONGLAND. T / S-A lor Tongland, Samuel Arnot, 

 1661-1662. S., with serrated border, 11. Brook 

 1085. Shiells, p. 61. 



Eegarding this piece suspicion has just been con- 

 firmed by J. C. Montgomerie, Esq., Dalmore, Stair, 

 whose reasons for attributing it to St. Andrews 

 Lhanboyd seem quite convincing. In his valuable 

 collection Mr Montgomerie has an old Tongland 

 token which may have belonged to the time of 

 Samuel Arnot, and is possibly unique. It is square, 

 measures 12, and bears the incuse antique capitals, 

 T L. 



Whether the Covenanter claimed descent from the 

 Superior of the ancient Monastery of Tongland we 

 cannot tell. But it is interesting to know that in 

 1516 the monastery was conferred on David Arnot, 

 Bishop of Galloway. Samuel Arnot was the brother 

 of David Arnot of Barcaple. He took his degree at 

 Glasgow Universitj' in 1649, and was admitted to 

 Tongland in 1661. Deprived of his living by Acts of 

 Parliament and Privy Council in 1662, Arnot and 

 others took to preaching at Conventicles. In 1663 a 

 complaint vras lodged against him in the Privy 

 Council for " still labouring to keep the hearts of the 

 people from the present government in Church and 

 State." Public citations were directed against him 

 in January, 1666, and in August, 1667, for holding 

 conventicles, but he was included in the royal pardon 

 1st October, 1667. Further orders were issued for 

 his apprehension on 4th June, 1674, and twelve days 

 later a reward of 2000 merks was offered for the 

 capture of John Welsh, of Irongray ; Gabriel Semple, 

 of Kirkpatrick-Durham ; and Samuel Arnot. Trans- 

 ferring his labours to Cumberland, Northumberland, 

 and Ireland, Arnot returned to Gallowaj'. Here 

 again, on 6th January, 1679, he came under the ban 

 of the Secret Council. This time 9000 merks are 



