Fig. 712.—Luffness Monastery. Monument in Choir.
Fig. 713.—Luffness Monastery. Choir.
A pointed doorway leading to the choir adjoins the monument ([Fig. 713]), and the altar steps are seen rising beyond it. Part of the pavement still remains at the east end, and in the centre is a flat monumental slab ([Fig. 714]), much decayed, but on which can still be made out the following inscription:—“(Hic jacet) honorabilis vir Kentigernus Hepburn (dominus?) de Wauchtoun;” and the sacred monogram “I.N.R.I.” on the upper part of the cross. Kentigern Hepburn was son and heir apparent of David Hepburn of Wauchton. He received, on 5th September 1498, a charter from his father of certain lands—viz., the lands of Quhiltinfuld in Edinburgh, half a plougate in Cockburnspath and lands of Elstanefurd, with superiority of lands of Towly in Fife and Elstanefurd. He also held, from his father, a charter of the lands and barony of Luffness. He married Margaret Lauder (see Great Seal, 1424-1513). The arms on the shield in the centre of the cross are those of the Hepburns. The style of the slab would indicate that of the fifteenth century.
Fig. 714.—Luffness Monastery.
Monument in Choir.