RELIGIOUS MARTYR
Robert Lennox was born at Breoch farm, near Castle Douglas. On reaching adulthood, he took ownership of Irelandton, an impressive farm near Twynholm. Related to the local landed gentry, the Lairds of Cally, his life should have been a comfortable one. However, he chose to become a Covenanter, fighting for the Scottish people's right to follow the Presbyterian faith. During "The Killing Time," between 1680 and 1688, the King of England forbade Presbyterians to practice their faith in churches and declared anyone doing so would be put to death. One night in the winter of 1684 people gathered in a field at Robert Lennox's farm, Irelandton, to hear their minister preach. A strange dog appeared in their midst, soon followed by the man who had been standing guard. He warned that it was a dog belonging to the soldiers and they were headed for the farm. Lennox hid in the barn in a bag of clipped wool in hopes the scent of the wool would confuse the soldiers' dogs. He escaped that night but the King's sheriff, Sir Robert Grier of Lagg, was tipped off again when Lennox and four other prominent Convenanters visited a neighboring farm. The men managed to escape on foot, going out onto wilds of Kirkconnell Moor in hopes the rugged landscape would shelter them. However, Grier and his soldiers were on horseback, so they quickly caught up with them. When he got close, Grier spoke to the men in a friendly fashion, promising that if they would come with him quietly, they would be fairly treated. Seeing no alternative, Robert Lennox and the others surrendered. The moment Grier had a clear view of them, he ordered his men to shoot and they did, killing all five on the spot.
T. L. Muir (#47637073)
Robert Lennox was born at Breoch farm, near Castle Douglas. On reaching adulthood, he took ownership of Irelandton, an impressive farm near Twynholm. Related to the local landed gentry, the Lairds of Cally, his life should have been a comfortable one. However, he chose to become a Covenanter, fighting for the Scottish people's right to follow the Presbyterian faith. During "The Killing Time," between 1680 and 1688, the King of England forbade Presbyterians to practice their faith in churches and declared anyone doing so would be put to death. One night in the winter of 1684 people gathered in a field at Robert Lennox's farm, Irelandton, to hear their minister preach. A strange dog appeared in their midst, soon followed by the man who had been standing guard. He warned that it was a dog belonging to the soldiers and they were headed for the farm. Lennox hid in the barn in a bag of clipped wool in hopes the scent of the wool would confuse the soldiers' dogs. He escaped that night but the King's sheriff, Sir Robert Grier of Lagg, was tipped off again when Lennox and four other prominent Convenanters visited a neighboring farm. The men managed to escape on foot, going out onto wilds of Kirkconnell Moor in hopes the rugged landscape would shelter them. However, Grier and his soldiers were on horseback, so they quickly caught up with them. When he got close, Grier spoke to the men in a friendly fashion, promising that if they would come with him quietly, they would be fairly treated. Seeing no alternative, Robert Lennox and the others surrendered. The moment Grier had a clear view of them, he ordered his men to shoot and they did, killing all five on the spot.
T. L. Muir (#47637073)
RELIGIOUS MARTYR
Robert Lennox was born at Breoch farm, near Castle Douglas. On reaching adulthood, he took ownership of Irelandton, an impressive farm near Twynholm. Related to the local landed gentry, the Lairds of Cally, his life should have been a comfortable one. However, he chose to become a Covenanter, fighting for the Scottish people's right to follow the Presbyterian faith. During "The Killing Time," between 1680 and 1688, the King of England forbade Presbyterians to practice their faith in churches and declared anyone doing so would be put to death. One night in the winter of 1684 people gathered in a field at Robert Lennox's farm, Irelandton, to hear their minister preach. A strange dog appeared in their midst, soon followed by the man who had been standing guard. He warned that it was a dog belonging to the soldiers and they were headed for the farm. Lennox hid in the barn in a bag of clipped wool in hopes the scent of the wool would confuse the soldiers' dogs. He escaped that night but the King's sheriff, Sir Robert Grier of Lagg, was tipped off again when Lennox and four other prominent Convenanters visited a neighboring farm. The men managed to escape on foot, going out onto wilds of Kirkconnell Moor in hopes the rugged landscape would shelter them. However, Grier and his soldiers were on horseback, so they quickly caught up with them. When he got close, Grier spoke to the men in a friendly fashion, promising that if they would come with him quietly, they would be fairly treated. Seeing no alternative, Robert Lennox and the others surrendered. The moment Grier had a clear view of them, he ordered his men to shoot and they did, killing all five on the spot.
T. L. Muir (#47637073)
Robert Lennox was born at Breoch farm, near Castle Douglas. On reaching adulthood, he took ownership of Irelandton, an impressive farm near Twynholm. Related to the local landed gentry, the Lairds of Cally, his life should have been a comfortable one. However, he chose to become a Covenanter, fighting for the Scottish people's right to follow the Presbyterian faith. During "The Killing Time," between 1680 and 1688, the King of England forbade Presbyterians to practice their faith in churches and declared anyone doing so would be put to death. One night in the winter of 1684 people gathered in a field at Robert Lennox's farm, Irelandton, to hear their minister preach. A strange dog appeared in their midst, soon followed by the man who had been standing guard. He warned that it was a dog belonging to the soldiers and they were headed for the farm. Lennox hid in the barn in a bag of clipped wool in hopes the scent of the wool would confuse the soldiers' dogs. He escaped that night but the King's sheriff, Sir Robert Grier of Lagg, was tipped off again when Lennox and four other prominent Convenanters visited a neighboring farm. The men managed to escape on foot, going out onto wilds of Kirkconnell Moor in hopes the rugged landscape would shelter them. However, Grier and his soldiers were on horseback, so they quickly caught up with them. When he got close, Grier spoke to the men in a friendly fashion, promising that if they would come with him quietly, they would be fairly treated. Seeing no alternative, Robert Lennox and the others surrendered. The moment Grier had a clear view of them, he ordered his men to shoot and they did, killing all five on the spot.
T. L. Muir (#47637073)
Inscription
Within this tomb lyes the corps of Robert Lennox, some time in Irelandtoun, who was shot to death by Grier of Lagg in the paroch (parish) of Tongland for his adherence to Scotland's Reformation Covenant's national and solemn league 1685
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