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PARISH OF PEESTONKIRK. 211
At the solicitation of JMary of Lorraine, Arran transferred the
Eeformer to the charge of Cardinal Beaton, who, after subjecting
him to a mock trial, caused him to be burned. The execution took
place at St. Andrews on the 1st March, 1546. The fire which
consumed the Reformer kindled a conflagration of popular hatred
to ecclesiastical tyranny, which was only extinguished in the
destruction of the Eomisli Church. In 1547 John Cockburn was
by the Eegent Arran and his brother. Archbishop Hamilton, of St.
Andrews, banished from the kingdom, and his estates forfeited.
In 1548 he found caution of underlie the law. The House of
Ormiston has produced several distinguished lawyers, statesmen,
and patriots. Adam Cockburn, Lord Justice Clerk, was one of the
most active politicians under William III. and Queen Anne. His
son John was celebrated as an agriculturist.
In Ormiston Churchyard a husband thus laments his departed
wife: —
" Let no man boast of beauty bright,
She that lies here was my delight ;
Till cruel death did on her call
And left me to lament her faU."
PARISH OF PRESTONKIRK.
In the parish churchyard a tombstone commemorates Andrew
Meikle, inventor of the thrashing machine. Meikle was a native
of Alloa.
William Dudgeon, author of the song " The Maid that tends the
Goats " and some other lyrics, is buried in this churchyard. He
was born at Tynningham, about the year 1753. Bred to agri-
cultural pursuits he rented an extensive farm at Preston, Berwick-
shire. During his Border Tour in May, 1787, Robert Burns met
him at Berrywell, the residence of the father of his friend, Robert