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In 1685 five Covenanters were executed by hanging at Mauchline in East Ayrshire. Lieutenant-General Drummond was in charge of the Highland Host troops and the execution. The five were denied the right to read from the Bible or to pray before being executed together. A total of four memorials commemorate the five martyrs – the oldest is a flat stone of 1830 located beneath the obelisk of 1885. An old stone and a modern copy are located in the modern portal nearby. Mauchline Martyrs Peter Gillies of Stirling and John Bryce of West Calder were captured and tried before Lt Gen William Drummond at Mauchline and sentenced to be hanged on 6th May 1685. They were hanged alongside John Browning, William Fiddison and John Young, the latter two belonging to Carluke.
Title
1685 Covenanters Martyrs' Memorial
Date
1885
Medium
stone
Accession number
KA5_JON_S028
Acquisition method
erected by public subscription
Work type
Monument
Owner
South Ayrshire Council
Listing status
B (Scotland)
Unveiling date
3rd May 1885
Listing date
14/04/71
Access
at all times
Inscription description
on obelisk: THIS / OBLELISK / IS THE THIRD MEMORIAL STONE / ERECTED ON THIS SITE, IN MEMORY OF THE MARTYRS / BURIED BENEATH / THE ORIGINAL STONE / WITH THE INSCRIPTION INTACT, NOW INSERTED A FEW YARDS OFF / IN THE WALL FACING THIS SIDE / OF THIS MONUMENT / THE SECOND STONE BEARING DATE 1830 / AS A COPY OF THE ORIGINAL.; side 2: “SLAIN FOR THE WORD OF GOD / AND / FOR THE TESTIMONY / WHICH THEY HELD.”; side 3: IN MEMORY / OF / PETER GILLIES / JOHN BRYCE, THOMAS YOUNG / WILLIAM FIDDESON / AND / JOHN BRUNING / BURIED HERE ON THE SPOT WHERE / THEY WERE HANGED / ON THE 6TH MAY 1685 / FOR ADHERANCE / TO THE / COVENANTED WORK OF REFORMATION; side 4: ERECTED IN THE YEAR / 1885 / BY PAROCHIAL SUBSCRIPTION / AFTER A BICENTENARY SERVICE / CONDUCTED JOINTLY / BY ALL THE MINISTERS IN MAUGHLINE / WITHIN THE PARISH CHURCH / 0N 3RD MAY 1885; wall panel Inscription: HERE LIES THE BODIES OF PETER GILLIES, JOHN BRYCE / THOMAS YOUNG, WILLIAM / FIDDESON / & JOHN BRUNING / WHO WERE APPREHENDED AND / HANGED WITHOUT TRIAL / AT MAUGHLINE ANNO 1685 / ACCORDING TO THE THEN WICKEDS / LAUS FOR THEIR ADHERAGE / TO THE COVENANTED WORK OF / REFORMATION REV XII & XI / BLOODY DUMBARTON, DOUGLAS A& DUNDEE / MOVED BY THE DEVIL AND LAIRD OF LEE / DRAGGED THESE FIVE MEN TO DEATH / WITH GUN AND SWORD / NOT SUFFERING THEM TO PRAY NOR READ / GOD’S WORD / *URNING THE WORK OF GOD WAS ALL / THEIR CRIME / THE EIGHTY FIVE WAS A SAINT KILLING TIME.
Loan, Mauchline
KA5 6AN
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