| abstract | - The name Kirkcudbright derives from the Scottish-Gaelic “Cille Chuithbeirt” or the Chapel of Cuthbert, a saint whose remains were once housed on the site of the present town. A monastery was established by Franciscan Monks in the mid 12th century on the current town’s site. Kirkcudbright is a fairly new addition to the County of Galloway, being proclaimed a Royal Burgh in 1453 In June 1458 The town was attacked, turned independent and looted under orders of the English Regent by two English armies in an unsuccessful attempt to lower the Prestige of Galloway County. At the end of October and the beginning of November 1459 there were some ups and downs in town politics. The mayor at that time, Eusebio, went into retreat, and then-Duke Alistair took his place by revolt. Before any election could take place Alistair had to leave town as well. The town council then decided to do a revolt of its own and placed Klovn in power. Klovn chose not to run for the coming Mayoral elections to make way for a new Mayor. On January 11th, 1460, Alexander Octavius, the son of Julius Octavius, was elected the new Mayor. After a successful term, Alexander also decided to step down and not run for the next elections. The seat was wide open with two inexperienced candidates, Biscaia and Ninon de Lenclos, running for the elections. Just when the election process started, a familiar face to the people, Roger Smith decided to stand up for the elections. He was openly supported by Statler(AKA.. Father Ditry Fingers), a former Mayor of Kirk and Parish Priest. Many claimed that the race for the Mayor is still wide open. On February 9th, Roger Smith was elected the Mayor of the town by obtaining a 60% majority of votes. From that day on Roger Smith remained Mayor until May 1460 when he decided to step down for the next term. Again there where three people running for Mayor, this time Dame Pippi won the election with Lostheart as runner up. The next elections brought Lance Dunbar back as Mayor of Kirkcudbright. His reign brought some activity back into Kirkcudbright. Some people got upset, some were pleased. Town Council became more active, most notably at the end of August when Lance became inactive. By a sanctioned revolt at the 31st of August 1460 Klovn was once again the mayor of Kirkcudbright, this time just for 6 days, until the next election resulted in another term for Roger Smith.
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