Agnews of Lochnaw

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CHAPTER XX.
1616-1635.
The Eighth Hereditary Sheriff.
Page
The Galloway Pound — Garrarie — Lynnes of Larg — Young Laird
marries Earl of Galloway's Daughter — Patrick Hannay — Tradi-
tions of Luce — Fend renewed with the Kennedys — Informations
against the Sheriff — Lithgow — Nova Scotia Charter — Riding the
Parliament — Earl of Airth's Letter — Trial of Lord Balmerino 247
CHAPTER XXL
1635-1654.
Parliamentary Campaigns.
Galdenoch — The Salt-Pans — Agnews versus Kennedys — Weddings —
Corswall — Arioland — Viscount Airds — Livingstone — The
League and Covenant — Lord Kirkcudbright — Dalrymple of Stair
— Sir Andrew Agnew elected on his Father's Retirement ; his
Duties ; on War Committee, as Justice-Delegate, and as Com-
missioner for carrying on the War in Ireland — Colonel James
Agnew at Philiphaugh — Death of Charles 1. — Sir Andrew Agnew
a Commissioner for Governing the Kingdom — Galloway Barons
oppose the English Parliament — The Sheriff captured by Malig-
nants — Cromwell establishes his Authority . . 277
CHAPTER XXII.
1635-1654.
Sheriff's Lands in Ireland.
Tenure under Earl of Antrim — Rebellion of 1641 — Oppression of the
Commissioners of the Commonwealth — Former Possession of the
Agnews verified -. . . . . 316
CHAPTER XXIII.
1654-1661.
Cruggleton Castle.
Case of Gordon of Creich — Sheriff's Jurisdiction extended to Kirk-
cudbright — James Dalrymple— Maxw ell of Monreith — Early