See soorce fer Clan Kirkpatrick

[[File:Arms of Kirkpatrick Baronets of Closeburn.svg|thumb|[[Coat o Arms]] o the [[Kirkpatrick Baronets|Kirkpatrick Baronets, o Closeburn]].]]
[[File:Castle 1.jpg|thumb|[[Closeburn Castle]], which dates frae the late 14t century, wis ance a stronghold o Clan Kirkpatrick.]]

'''Clan Kirkpatrick''' is a [[Lawland]] [[Armigerous clan|armigerous]] [[Scots clan]]. The clan is recognised bi the [[Court o the Lord Lyon]], houiver the clan daes nae currently hae a [[Scots clan chief|chief]] sae recognised. The clan takes its name frae the kirk o [[Saint Patrick]] in the parish o [[Closeburn, Dumfries an Gallowa|Closeburn]] in [[Dumfriesshire]], [[Scotland]].

The first record o the clan is in the 12t century, when Ivone de Kirkpatrick wis listed as a witness in a charter o the [[Clan Bruce|Bruce faimily]]. Later, [[Alexander II o Scotland|Alexander II]] confirmed bi charter the lands o the same Ivone. Roger Kirkpatrick wis an attendant tae [[Robert I o Scotland|Robert Bruce]] during the time when Bruce murdered [[Red Comyn]]. Kirkpatrick legend haes it that the chiefly [[heraldic motto|motto]] is derived frae Bruce's killin o Comyn. Bruce fled frae the kirk tae his escorts an telt them, "I doubt I have slain Comyn." , Kirkpatrick drew his swuird shouting, "I MAK SICCAR" ("I'll make sure"), whereupon he finished off the wounded Comyn. Sir Roger Kirkpatrick hid wi Robert Bruce for three nichts tae escape Comyn's faimily.  This event is memorialized in the clan's crest, which contains a haund holding a bloody dagger; an the shield: three pillows on a [[saltire]] shield wi the Scotland colours, or the St Andrews Cross, reversed (i.e. Kirkpatrick wears a blue saltire on a white grund).  It is an aa memorialized in the Clan's motto, "I make sure".

In 1314 the Kirkpatricks wur rewardit the lands o Redburgh. In 1355, Sir Roger Kirkpatrick teuk [[Caerlaverock Castle]] an Dalwinston Castle frae [[Ingland|Inglis]] forces. Twa years later, in 1357, Sir Robert Kirkpatrick wis murdered bi Sir James Lindsay in a private argument. The title passed frae Roger tae his Nephew, Sir Thomas Kirkpatrick, who haed a charter for the lands o Closeburn an Redburgh frae [[Robert Stewart, 1st Duke o Albany]] in 1409. Much later, in 1542, Sir Thomas Kirkpatrick wis captured at the [[Battle o Solway Moss]]. The estate then passed tae a cousin. In 1685 Sir Thomas Kirkpatrick o Closeburn wis creatit a [[Baronet o Nova Scotia]]. The Kirkpatrick estate o Closeburn wis finally sauld bi the 4t baronet, Sir James Kirkpatrick. The day thare is no recognised chief o the clan.

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