Crossraguel

Crossraguel ('Cross of St Regulus'), a ruined abbey in Ayrshire, 2 miles SW. of Maybole. It was a Clugniac foundation, a daughter of the Paisley abbey, and dates from 1244. A notable 'disputation' took place in 1562 between John Knox and the abbot, Quentin Kennedy; and in 1570 the commendator was 'roasted' or severely tortured by fire by the Earl of Cassilis, to force him to resign certain lands. The charters of the abbey have been edited by F. C. Hunter Blair (2 vols. 1886).