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- He was murdered between 24 August 1527 and 30 August 1527 at Pow Burn, Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland, by an unknown person , killed by Sir Hugh Campbell of Loudon.
The Kennedy name comes from the old Irish Gaelic "cinneidigh", which literally means "ugly headed". The family came from Ireland to Celtic Dalriada, now Strathclyde, but are mainly associated with the district of Carrick in Ayrshire. They can be traced to the early twelfth century.
http://mlloyd.org/gen/macomb/text/kennedy/kennedypedigree.htm
[His son ... Gilbert Kennedy, 3rd Earl of Cassillis ...] earned an infamous reputation by roasting Allan Stewart, Commentator of Crossraguel, in the black vault of Dunmore in order to obtain tracts of abbey land. This took place in 1570, Gilbert kidnapped Stewart and carried him off to Dunure Castle where it is stated that he roasted him on a spit for several days trying to force him to sign over the lands of the abbey. He was known for his greed and he cast looks on the extensive abbey lands, mills, fishing rights and coal sheughs [shallow pits]. Allan Stewart eventually resigned the lands but was released by an enraged Kennedy of Bargany [an estate near Girvan] who then tried to have the lands signed over to himself! The Commendator's [Allan Stewart] emotional and vivid written account of his ordeal shows his signature in a steady had so there appears to have been a great deal of exaggeration in his stories of basting and roasting almost to the point of death. Stewart was a man for whom very few persons had sympathy. He sold of the abbey's wealth over a period of years, including the Lands of Baltersan to David Kennedy of Pennyglen. He fought for Queen Mary when her forces were defeated at the battle of Langside in Glasgow on 13 May 1568.
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Abt 1485 - 1527 (42 years)
