John Kennedy, 5th Earl of Cassilis
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John Kennedy, 5th Earl of Cassilis (1575 – 14 November 1615) was a Scottish peer, the son of Gilbert Kennedy, 4th Earl of Cassilis
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He succeeded to the titles of 7th Lord Kennedy and 5th Earl of Cassillis on 14 December 1576.
He was one of the central figures in The Historie Of The Kennedyis, an anonymous eyewitness account of the feud between the Cassilis and Bargany Kennedy families republished in 1830 by Robert Pitcairn. This feud climaxed in a pitched battle in December 1601, in which the Earl's men fatally wounded the Laird of Bargany who was returning home from Ayr. According to the Historie, the Earl also summarily hung a young man named Dalrymple, to whom he was related, for being a closer relation of Bargany's. In most these deeds he was heavily influenced by his Tutor Laird Thomas Kennedy of Culzean, which led to the murder of Culzean, by Bargany's younger brother, Thomas Kennedy of Drummurchie at Greenan Castle
on 12 May 1602.
He held the office of Treasurer of Scotland
on 22 March 1598/99.
), on 4 November 1597.
On 1 November 1604 he was warded in Blackness for assaulting his wife.
Gilbert Kennedy, 4th Earl of Cassilis
Gilbert Kennedy, 4th Earl of Cassilis, PC was a Scottish peer, the son of Gilbert Kennedy, 3rd Earl of Cassilis. He succeeded to the titles of 6th Lord Kennedy and 4th Earl of Cassillis on 28 November 1558...
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He succeeded to the titles of 7th Lord Kennedy and 5th Earl of Cassillis on 14 December 1576.
He was one of the central figures in The Historie Of The Kennedyis, an anonymous eyewitness account of the feud between the Cassilis and Bargany Kennedy families republished in 1830 by Robert Pitcairn. This feud climaxed in a pitched battle in December 1601, in which the Earl's men fatally wounded the Laird of Bargany who was returning home from Ayr. According to the Historie, the Earl also summarily hung a young man named Dalrymple, to whom he was related, for being a closer relation of Bargany's. In most these deeds he was heavily influenced by his Tutor Laird Thomas Kennedy of Culzean, which led to the murder of Culzean, by Bargany's younger brother, Thomas Kennedy of Drummurchie at Greenan Castle
Greenan Castle
Greenan Castle is a 16th century tower house, possibly on the site of an ancient fort, around 2.5 miles south-west of Ayr in South Ayrshire, Scotland...
on 12 May 1602.
He held the office of Treasurer of Scotland
Treasurer of Scotland
The Treasurer was a senior post in the pre-Union government of Scotland, the Privy Council of Scotland.The full title of the post was Lord High Treasurer, Comptroller, Collector-General and Treasurer of the New Augmentation, formed as it was from the amalgamation of four earlier offices...
on 22 March 1598/99.
Family
He married Jean Fleming, (widow of John Maitland, 1st Lord Maitland of ThirlestaneJohn Maitland, 1st Lord Maitland of Thirlestane
John Maitland, 1st Lord Maitland of Thirlestane, , Knight , was Lord Chancellor of Scotland.He was the second son of Sir Richard Maitland of Thirlestane, Berwickshire, and Lethington, Haddingtonshire, who settled the lands of Thirlestane upon him, and he was sent abroad for his education.Upon John...
), on 4 November 1597.
On 1 November 1604 he was warded in Blackness for assaulting his wife.
Sources
- Pitcairn, R.Robert Pitcairn (antiquary)Robert Pitcairn was a Scottish antiquary and scholar who contributed to works published by Walter Scott and the Bannatyne Club. He was the author of Criminal Trials and other Proceedings before the High Court of Justiciary in Scotland ...
, A Historical and Genealogical Account of the Principal Families of the Name of Kennedy, (Edinburgh, 1830) - Paterson, R.Robert PatersonRobert Paterson may refer to:* Robert Paterson , Scottish stonemason* Robert Paterson , Anglican Bishop of Sodor and Man, Isle of Man* Robert Paterson , American composer*Robert Paterson...
, History of The Counties Of Ayr and Wigton: Volume 2, Carrick, (Originally published 1863 then 1871 by James Stillie, Edinburgh. Republished by Grimsay Press, Glasgow, 2003)