John Hallume's Gravestone

St Cuthbert's Cemetery

St Cuthbert's Road

Kirkcudbright

NGR - NX 691511

The small upright headstone to John Hall or Hallume is located in the old kirkyard of St Cuthbert. The inscription reads as follows:

HERE   LYES     JOHN

 H A L L U M E   W H O

WAS     W O U N D E D

 I N   HIS T A K E I N G

 AND     BY     UNJUST

 LAW       SENTENCED

TO     BE       HANGED

 ALL     THIS     DONE

B Y       C A P T A N E

[reverse]

MEMENTO [skull] MORI

 [and crossbones]

D O U G L A S     F O R

 HIS A D H E R E N C E

TO   S C O T L A N D S

 R E F O R M A T I O N

COVENANTS NATION

AL     AND     SOLEMN

LEAGUE 1685