K I N L O S S A B B E T. 
PHIS abbey was pleafantiy fituated, in a rich fpot, at the head of the bay 
°f Findhom, which is a fmall fea-port town of Murray, lying oppofite to 
^ res > where ftands the fuperb Obelifk, defcribed in this and the preceding Num- 
* i he bay is commodious for fmall trading veftels, which is of much confe- 
j /' Ce 1:0 the adjacent country. The river Erne here empties itfclr into the firth ; 
por ,an ^ S are ^" ome lands of this fertile province : and very confiderable 
3bb tl0nS were dedicated to fupport the ecclefiaftical eflablifhments of the 
f 0r e f' It was founded by David I. in 1x50, who endowed it with certain lands, 
tre ^ ,n g boundaries within which the abbot held a regality. The abbot was mi- 
kin * an< ^ had a ^ eaC i n parliaments to maintain this rank, with fuitahle dignity, 
0 f ^ ^Miam appropriated feveral additional farms, to be cultivated for the benefit 
e a bbey, and under the infpe&ion and care of ecclefi allies. AJcelinus was the 
Cc;v _ C of its firft abbot, who came to the pofiefiion of it in the middle of the twelfth 
Ur y> with a body of monks from Melrojs. 
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cb a j, e rev enues of the abbey, in 1561, amounted to £.1,152, and near fixty 
ers of victual, befides tythes of flxeep, geefe, capons, and poultry. 
oA been otherwife fumptuoufiy endowed ; for, among many expenfive piece* 
Wei k tC> and tiered furniture, belonging to it, a filver laver is mentioned, which 
e d two hundred and forty ounces. 
"Wh 
en goverment permitted thefe religious eftablifhments to be diflolved, the 
* . fti11 their reprefentative in parliament ; this gave rife to fome temporary 
^***-1 fuperiorities, which conveyed a title to fit in the great council of the 
When, at the reformation, the office of abbot was here difannulled, the 
pr 0n , Jr of bis feat in parliament was granted to Edward Bruce, to which he was 
la r . j ‘° ted by the title of Lord Kinlofs, without being put in pofleffion of the abbey 
ftie r k V^ 0niet imes, however, the temporalities were alfo granted to noblemen who 
of ^ ’ 0r laid claim to, fuch indulgence from the crown, i hus the emoluments 
in j 6 ; ' ands which had fupported the Catholic eftablifhments for feveral centuries 
forj and > became fequeftrated again to fecular purpofes, and reverted into their 
/ Channels. 
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