The White Monks of Mauchline and their Church at Mauchline
Elizabeth Dunlop
978 1 911043 32 4
£18.00
Paperback, 352 pages
From ancient times in the conflict-plagued region of Kyle, The White Monks of Melrose and their Church at Mauchline charts the progression of Christianity until the Reformation of 1560. The coming of the Cistercian monks in c.1165 gradually established the community which became
Mauchline and the growing influence of this important grange and its oratory is revealed together with the problems that almost constant war with England throughout the medieval age brought to the district.
The dispersal of the immense monastic estate in the last decades before the Reformation is fully discussed and prominent figures of the vicinity are documented, including the Norman overlord, Walter FitzAlan; the Lollard, Adam Reid of Barskimming; the great Mauchline reformer and a leading adversary of King James VI, John Durie; and the tragic Failford
martyr, Adam Wallace. The extensive appendix explores the famous legend of the Mauchline Quern, the mysterious church at Ballinclog and
the perplexing story of the Lollards of Kyle.
Proceeds from the sale of this book go to
Mauchline Community Association
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