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- From James Patterson's, History of the Counties of Ayr and Wigton, vol. 1 Kyle, 1863:
This is another branch of the Loudoun family. It stood fifth in the deed of entail that was discussed under the Killoch Campbells. The first of this line is believed by Paterson to have been a son of Sir George Campbell of Loudoun, born about the end of the 15th century:
This is the Hew CAMPBELL of Kinzeancleuche mentioned by Knox in his History of the Reformation, who was offended by those who held the kirk of Mauchline so that Wishart could not enter (1544).
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SORN PARISH It's History and Associations By Helen Steven 1898 (http://www.e-ayrshire.co.uk/local/sornweb/bess7.html)
The Campbells of Auchmannoch were directly descended from the Loudoun family, and the many Campbells settled in Sorn and neighbouring parishes, were evidently of one blood, for they all engaged in the most clannish fashion in the same quarrels (which were the principal recreation of the times), and are mentioned in each other's documents. In matters of religion they seem to have been divided, for while Hew and Robert Campbell of Kingencleugh (in Mauchlne parish), and George and Arthur Campbell of Auchmannoch, were ardent Reformers and Presbyterians, their cousin of Loudoun, Sheriff of Ayr, took his place in the opposite camp, and did not spare even his own kinsfolk when it came to a matter of fulfilling the duties of his office. Thus, when Hew Campbell brought the Reformer Wishart to preach in the kirk of Mauchline, the Sheriff of Ayr, at the request of the Prior, sent his soldiers to prevent him, and as the church was filled with hostile soldiery, Wishart, much to Hew Campbell's chagrin, advised that there should be no fighting, and he preached instead on Mauchline Moor. George Campbell of Auchmannoch was active in the support of the Presbyterian Church during the reign of Charles I., and took the field with General Leslie in 1639. His son, Arthur Campbell, who was retoured heir to his father in 1668, was also engaged in the cause of the Covenant. He was fined by Middleton in 1662, and afterwards was imprisoned in Strathaven. His name is among those of many other Ayrshire gentlemen appended to an address regarding grievances in 1701. The crest of the family is rather a striking one- a double-headed eagle issuing from flames, and looking to the sun, and the motto "I byde my tyme."
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Mauchline Its History And Associations By H J Steven 1897 Retyped By Irene McKenzie 2003 (http://www.e-ayrshire.co.uk/local/sornweb/mauchline_its_history_and_associations.pdf)
Reformers. Hew of Kingeancleuch was related to Hugh of Loudoun, who had such a long eye to the future, and who had sworn to defend the
"Rev. Fader and Convent in ye said lands against all quhatsoever, ye sovereign alane excepted.
On the Sunday in question, Wishart appeared before the parish church, but only to find the doors locked. The Prior had communicated with the Sheriff of Ayr, and the Sheriff came with an armed force at his back to emphasize the refusal to allow Wishart to preach in the Church. Kingencleuch and others were amazed at what they considered the impiety of the soldiery who had taken possession of the church, and they thought of entering the building by force, but Wishart answered their invectives with words beautiful in spirit and admirable in moderation. "Brethren," said Wishart, "it is the word of peace which I preach unto you; the blood of no man shall be shed for it this day. Jesus Christ is as mighty in the fields as in the church; and He Himself, while he lived in the flesh, preached oftener in the desert and upon the seaside than in the Temple of Jerusalem." The people were appeased and went with Wishart to Mauchline Moor, and there he preached to them with much acceptance for three hours. Wishart remained for a month at that time in the neighbourhood. In 1556 no less a personage than John Knox visited Mauchline, and preached in Kingencleuch Castle during his tour of the western shires. We thus see that in Kyle the people were familiar with the doctrines of the Reformers, and in Mauchline they were ready in a body to embrace them whenever they became the recognised teaching of a Reformed Church. It is also possible that even in a quiet country town the priesthood had degenerated so much that the people looked on it no longer with reverence, but longed for a purer exposition of religion.
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