Counties > Renfrewshire > 1832-1833 - Historical and descriptive sketches of the towns and principal villages in the Upper Ward of Renfrewshire

IS SKETCH OP RENFREW AND YOKER,
on (he lands of the Kirklands, where he rested for a wee blink,
lo think about his fate, and leaned on a large stone, called
Conallie's stone. This huge mass, since this event, has been
named Argyle's stone. He was apprehended by two Militia
men, was taken to the tolbooth of Renfrew, and was after-
wards sent to Edinburgh, as a prisoner, where he was be-
headed on the 30th of June 1685. He met his death with
pious fortitude.
The Renfrew Burgesses and connections may be proud of
the Walkinshaws. William Walkinshaw of that Ilk was a
humorous poet, and he wrote the song Willie was a wanton
VJOg'y
And wasna Willie weel worth gowd?
He wan the love o' great and sma ;
For after he the bride had kiss't,
He kiss't the lasses hale-sale a' ;
Sae merrily round the ring they row'r,
When by the hand he led them a',
And smack on smack on them bestow'r,
By virtue of a standing law.
This family had a daughter, who was mistress to Prince
Charles ; Edward she was the mother of the Duchess of
Albany, who was born about 1743. The daughter did the
honours of her father's Court. She was every where treated
with great respect, more especially at Rome. On the death
of her father, in 1788, she went to reside with her uncle,
Cardinal York. She died of a fever, in 1789, unmarried,
about the 45th year of her age.