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1 - John Mackenzie of Kintail 'was a great courtier with Queen Mary. He feued much of the lands of Brae Ross. When the queen sent her servants to know the condition of the gentry of Ross, they came to his house of Killin; but before their coming he had gotten intelligence that it was to find out the condition of the gentry of Ross that they were coming; whilk made' him cause his servants to put ane great fire of fresh arn [alder] wood when they came, to make a great reek; also he caused kill a great bull in their presence; whilk was put altogether into ane kettle to their supper. When the supper came, there were a half-dozen great dogs present, to sup the broth of the bull, whilk put all the house through-other with their tulyie. When they ended the supper, ilk ane lay where they were. The gentlemen thought they had gotten purgatory on earth, and came away as soon as it was day; but when they came to the houses of Balnagowan, and Foulis, and Milton, they were feasted like princes.
'When they went back to the queen, she asked who were the ablest men they saw in Ross. They answered: "They were all able men, except that man that was her majesty's great courtier, Mackenzie | Mckenzie [MacKenzie], John 9th of Kintail (I22523)
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1 - John Stewart assumed the title without warrant on the death of his aunt Countess Isabella in 1452. Walter, the 6th Chief of Clan MacFarlane and heir male to the Earldom of Lennox offered a strenuous opposition to the pretensions of the fuedal heir. However Stewart of Darnley finally overcame all opposition and succeeded to the Earldom of Lennox in 1488. John was created Lord Darnley c1461, and c1473 assumed the title of EARL OF LENNOX but was not confirmed in that title until 1488 after lengthy negiotiations with the other claimants. He also became Baron of Torbolton
2 - "John, tenth Earl of Lennox and first Lord Darnley, Knt., who was born circa 1430 and died in September 1495. He is said to have been created a Lord of Parliament at the coronation of King James III. at Kelso in August 1460, on 23 July 1473 he was served heir to his great-grandfather Duncan, eighth Earl of Lennox, and later (1481) became Lord Warden of the West March. The tenth earl married (contract 15 May 1438) Dame the Hon. Margaret de Montgomerie, daughter of Alexander, first Lord Montgomerie."
from 'The House of Lennox' manuscript notes by Chevalier Terrance Gach MacFarlane
3 - "Earl John's succession as heir of line to Lennox took many years and required heavy payments to his rivals, in light of which he would have wanted to secure the support of Andrew Macfarlane as heir-male of the earldom by marriage to his daughter."
from 'The barons of Arrochar and their cadets' a manuscript by Chevalier Terrance Gach MacFarlane. Chapt 1 - IX.
4 - Sir John Stewart, was created a lord of parliament as Lord Darnley, was served heir to his great-grandfather Duncan, earl of Lennox, in 1473, and was designated as earl of Lennox in a charter under the great seal in the same year. Thereafter followed disputes with John of Haldane, whose wifes great-grandmother had been another of the three daughters of Duncan, 8th earl of Lennox, and in her right he contested the succession. Lord Darnley, however, appears to have silenced all opposition and for the last seven years of his life maintained his right to the earldom undisputed. Three of his younger sons were greatly distinguished in the French service, one being captain of Scotsmenat-arms, another premier homme darmes, and a third mare chat de France.
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5 - JOHN Stewart , son of Sir ALAN Stewart of Darnley & his wife Catherine Seton ([8 Jul/11 Sep] 1495). Lord Darnley 1460. Lord Darnley claimed the Earldom of Lennox in 1473, as the heir of Elizabeth daughter of Duncan Earl of Lennox, whom he claimed (wrongly it appears) was the Earl's second daughter. The claim was disputed by Sir John Haldane of Gleneagles, whose wife was descended from Elizabeth's older sister Margaret, in whose favour the king and the Lords of the Council found 12 Jan 1476. However, a settlement was presumably reached as Lord Darnley eventually took his seat in the parliament of 1488 as Earl of Lennox
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6 - His marriage has been a source of genealogical confusion. He is recorded as having contracted to marry Margaret, the daughter of Alexander Montgomerie, 1st Lord Montgomerie , and Margaret Boyd , by indenture on 15 May 1438 as both parties were under age. ?b?She, however, appears to have died young.?/b? Ultimately, he married Margaret Montgomerie in 1460, who was not the same individual, but her fraternal niece, daughter of Alexander, Master of Montgomerie, by his wife Elizabeth Hepburn.
John and Margaret Montgomerie had eight recorded children:
Marion Stuart.
Robert Stuart, 4th Seigneur d'Aubigny , b. c. 1470, d. 1544.
Sir John Stewart, Seigneur d'Oison, b. bef. 1446, d. c. 1512.
Elizabeth Stuart, b. bef. 1476.
Matthew Stewart, 2nd Earl of Lennox?u? ?/u?, b. bef. 5 May 1488, d. 9 Sep 1513, Flodden.
Sir William Stewart, Seigneur d'Oison, b. bef. 1495, d. bef. 1504.
Alexander Stewart, b. bef. 1495, d. bef. 1509.
Lady Elizabeth Stewart, b. bef. 1495.
[ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stewart,_1st_Earl_of_Lennox] | Stuart [Stewart], Sir John 1st Lord Darnley, 10th (1st Stuart) Earl of Lennox (I34)
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1 - John Stewart assumed the title without warrant on the death of his aunt Countess Isabella in 1452. Walter, the 6th Chief of Clan MacFarlane and heir male to the Earldom of Lennox offered a strenuous opposition to the pretensions of the fuedal heir. However Stewart of Darnley finally overcame all opposition and succeeded to the Earldom of Lennox in 1488. John was created Lord Darnley c1461, and c1473 assumed the title of EARL OF LENNOX but was not confirmed in that title until 1488 after lengthy negiotiations with the other claimants. He also became Baron of Torbolton
2 - "John, tenth Earl of Lennox and first Lord Darnley, Knt., who was born circa 1430 and died in September 1495. He is said to have been created a Lord of Parliament at the coronation of King James III. at Kelso in August 1460, on 23 July 1473 he was served heir to his great-grandfather Duncan, eighth Earl of Lennox, and later (1481) became Lord Warden of the West March. The tenth earl married (contract 15 May 1438) Dame the Hon. Margaret de Montgomerie, daughter of Alexander, first Lord Montgomerie."
from 'The House of Lennox' manuscript notes by Chevalier Terrance Gach MacFarlane
3 - "Earl John's succession as heir of line to Lennox took many years and required heavy payments to his rivals, in light of which he would have wanted to secure the support of Andrew Macfarlane as heir-male of the earldom by marriage to his daughter."
from 'The barons of Arrochar and their cadets' a manuscript by Chevalier Terrance Gach MacFarlane. Chapt 1 - IX.
4 - Sir John Stewart, was created a lord of parliament as Lord Darnley, was served heir to his great-grandfather Duncan, earl of Lennox, in 1473, and was designated as earl of Lennox in a charter under the great seal in the same year. Thereafter followed disputes with John of Haldane, whose wifes great-grandmother had been another of the three daughters of Duncan, 8th earl of Lennox, and in her right he contested the succession. Lord Darnley, however, appears to have silenced all opposition and for the last seven years of his life maintained his right to the earldom undisputed. Three of his younger sons were greatly distinguished in the French service, one being captain of Scotsmenat-arms, another premier homme darmes, and a third mare chat de France.
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5 - JOHN Stewart , son of Sir ALAN Stewart of Darnley & his wife Catherine Seton ([8 Jul/11 Sep] 1495). Lord Darnley 1460. Lord Darnley claimed the Earldom of Lennox in 1473, as the heir of Elizabeth daughter of Duncan Earl of Lennox, whom he claimed (wrongly it appears) was the Earl's second daughter. The claim was disputed by Sir John Haldane of Gleneagles, whose wife was descended from Elizabeth's older sister Margaret, in whose favour the king and the Lords of the Council found 12 Jan 1476. However, a settlement was presumably reached as Lord Darnley eventually took his seat in the parliament of 1488 as Earl of Lennox
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6 - His marriage has been a source of genealogical confusion. He is recorded as having contracted to marry Margaret, the daughter of Alexander Montgomerie, 1st Lord Montgomerie , and Margaret Boyd , by indenture on 15 May 1438 as both parties were under age. | Stuart [Stewart], Sir John 1st Lord Darnley, 10th (1st Stuart) Earl of Lennox (I34)
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1 - John was followed by his son Lachlan (Lachlan Lubanach - Lachlan the Crafty) probably around 1365 and it is Lachlan who is considered to be the first Maclean of Duart and 5th Chief. Lachlan had a number of sons which included Hector (progenitor of the Lochbuie) and Lachlan (progenitor of Duart) and John (illegitimate) from whom many others descend.
2 - In 1343 John MacDonald received a Royal Charter (which included the island of Mull) and started to call himself John de Yle or John Lord of the Isles.
Bubonic plague (the Black Death) was sweeping Scotland and MacDonald was finding it hard to man all his strongholds and needed reliable men, bound to him by marriage, to install as constables. On 13 May 1367, Lachlan MacGillieoin received a mandate from the pope to marry Mary, the daughter of John de Yle, and, given the supreme importance of the matrilineal inheritance (inheritance through the female line), this gave Lachlan a particularly powerful link to his immediate overlord. MacDonald, Lord of the Isles, then made his son-in-law, Lachlan MacGillieoin, chamberlain of the household (the most powerful position in the feudal hierarchy) and in July 1390 granted him the castle of Duart and various other lands.
3 - Lachlan had five sons, John, Hector, Lachlan, Niall, and Somerled. Finnguala and Maria were his two daughers.
4 - LACHLAN MAC LEAN
1306, He and 2 brothers captured, on Lame John (Macdonald) of Lorne's orders, his wife's grandfather Angus Og Mac Dhomnhull; they released him when Angus promised them lands and positions.
Through his wife he acquired lands in Morvern and the keeping of Duart Castle and was progenitor of the Duart family
Occupation: ca. 1306, Chamberlain in the house of Angus Og Mac Dhomnull
[ http://www.islandregister.com/macdonaldskye.html ] | MacGillean, Lachlan Lubanach 2nd of Dowart (Duart), 5th Chief (I6351)
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1 - July 1586 While the southern and more populous parts of Scotland were, as we see, sufficiently barbarous, the Highland districts were as the comparative, and the Hebrides as the superlative degree in the same quality. The king, in the first edition of his Basilicon Doron, tells his son to think no more of the Islanders than as 'wolves and wild boars.' Probably, when the reader has perused the following narrative, he will think the epithet not unjustly applied, although his majesty afterwards dropped it in reprinting his book. The tale is of a commotion betwixt Angus M'Connel, Lord of Kintyre, and Maclean, Lord of Islay. 'This Angus had to his wife the sister of Maclean, and although they were brother-in-law, yet the ane was always in sic suspicion with the other, that of either side there was sae little traist, that almaist sendle [seldom] or never did they meet in amity, like unto the common sort of people, but rather as barbares upon their awn guard, or by their messengers. True it is that thir Islandish men are of nature very proud, suspicious, avaritious, full of deceit and evil intention [each] against his neighbour, by what way so ever he may circumvent him. Besides all this, they are sae cruel in taking of revenge, that neither have they regard to person, age, time, or cause; sae are they generally all sae far addicted to their awn tyrannical opinions, that in all respects they exceed in cruelty the maist barbarous people that ever has been sin' the beginning of the warld; ane example whereof ye saIl hear in this history following:
'Angus M'Connel, understanding, by divers reports, the gude behaviour of Maclean to be sae famous, that almaist he was recommended and praised by the haill neutral people of these parts above himself; whilk engendered sic rancour in his heart that he pretermitted nae invention how he might destroy the said Maclean. At last he devised to draw on a familiarity amang them, and inveited himself to be banqueted by Maclean; and that the rather, that Maclean should be the readier to come over to his isle with him the mair gladly, either being required, or upon set purpose, as best should please him. And when Angus had sent advertisement to Maclean, that he was to come and make gude cheer, and to be merry with him certain days, Maclean was very glad thereof, and answered to the messenger: "My brother shall be welcome," said he, "come when he list." The messenger answered, it wald be to-morrow. So when Angus arrived in effect, he was richt cheerfully welcomed by his brother-in-law, wha remained there by the space of five or sax days. And when it was perceived that Maclean's provision was almaist spent, Angus thought it then time to remove. Indeed, the custom of that people is sae given to gluttony and drinking without all measure, that as ane is inveited to another, they never sinder sae lang as the vivers do last. In end, Angus says: "Because I have made the first obedience unto you, it will please you come over to my isle, that ye may receive as gude treatment with me as I have done with yon." Maclean answered that he durst not adventure to come to him for mistrust; and Angus said: "God forbid that ever I should intend or pretend any evil against you; but yet, to remove all doubt and suspicion frae your mind, I will give you twa pledges, whilk shall be sent unto you with diligence; to wit, my eldest son and my awn only brother-german: these twa may be keepit here by your friends till ye come safely back again." Maclean, hearing this offer, whilk appeared unto him void of all suspicion, and so decreeted to pass with him to Kintyre; and further to testify that baith he simply believed all to be true, and that upon hope of gude friendship to continue, he thought expedient to retein ae only pledge, and that was Angus's brother, and wald carry with him his awn nevoy, the son of Angus. Whether he did this to save himself frae suspicion of danger, as apparently of the event he did it, or gif he brought him back again upon liberal favour, I will not dispute; because I have tauld you afore the perfect nature and qualities of these islands people; yet, because Maclean's education was civil, and brought up in the gude lawis and manners of Scotland from his youth, it may be that he has had double consideration, ane by kind, and another by art of honest dissimulation.
To conclude, to Kintyre he came, accompanied with forty-five men of his kinsfolk and stout servants, in the month of July 1586; where, at the first arrival, they were made welcome with all humanity, and were sumptuously banqueted all that day. But Angus in that meantime had premonished all his friends and weelwillers within his isle of Kintyre to be at his house that same night at nine of the clock, and neither to come sooner nor later; for he had concluded with himself to kill them all the very first night of their arrival, fearing that gif he should delay any langer time, it might be that either he sould alter his malicious intention, or else that Maclean wald send for some greater forces of men for his awn defence. Thus he concealed his intent still, till baith he fand the time commodious and the very place proper; and Maclean being lodged with all his men within a lang house, that was something distant frae other housing, took to bed with him that night his nevoy, the pledge afore-spoken. But within ane hour thereafter, when Angus had assembled his men to the number of twa hundred, he placed them all in order about the house where Maclean then lay. Thereafter he came himself and called at the door upon Maclean, offering to him his reposing drink, whilk was forgotten to be given to him before he went to bed. Maclean answered, that he desired nae drink for that time. "Although so be," said the other, "it is my will that thou arise and come forth to receive it." Then began Maclean to suspect the falset, and so arase with his nevoy betwixt his shoulders, thinking that gif present killing was intended against him, he should save himself sae lang as he could by the boy; and the boy, perceiving his father with a naked sword, and a number of his men in like manlier about, cried with a loud voice, mercy to his uncle for God's sake; whilk was granted, and immediately Maclean was removed to a secret chalmer till the morrow. Then cried Angus to the remanent that were within; sae mony as wald have their lives to be safe, they should come forth, twa only excepted, whilk he nominate; sae that obedience was wade by all the rest, and these twa only, fearing the danger, refused to come forth. Angus, seeing that, commanded incontinent to put fire to the house, whilk was immediately performed; and thus were the twa men cruelly and unmercifully burnt to the death. These twa were very near kinsmen to Maclean, and of the eldest of his clan, renowned baith for counsel and manheid. The rest that were prisoners of the haill number afore-tauld, were ilk ane beheaded the days following, ane for ilk day, till the haul is number was ended; yea, and that in Maclean's awn sight, being constrained thereunto, with a dolorous advertisement to prepare himself for the like tragical end howsoon they should all be killed. And when the day came that Maclean should have been brought forth, miserably to have made his tragical end, like unto the rest, it pleased Angus to lowp upon his horse, and to come forth for joy and contentment of mind, even to see and behald the tyrannical fact with his awn eyes. But it pleased God, wha mercifully deals with all men, and disappoints the decrees of the wicked, to disappoint his intent for that day also, for he was not sae soon on horseback, but the horse stumbled, and Angus fell off him, and brake his leg, and so was carried hame.'? H. K. J.
The personages of this well-told tale were properly designated Angus Macdonald of Islay, and Lachlan Maclean of Dowart; the latter is described by Mr Tytler as 'an island Amadis of colossal strength and stature,' 'by no means illiterate,' 'and possessing, by the vigour of his natural talents, a commanding influence over the rude and fierce islesmen.' Angus of Islay was step-son to the Irish Earl of Tyrone, and much mixed up with the troubled politics of the north of Ireland in that age. There was an old feud regarding land between Angus and his brother-in-law Maclean. In 1585, it received fresh excitement from an outrage on the laws of hospitality committed by Maclean's people upon the retinue of Donald Mor of Sleat, when that chief chanced to take shelter from a storm in the isle of Jura. Angus of Islay, having gone to visit Maclean soon after, was seized and imprisoned along with his followers; and he was not liberated till he had agreed to renounce the disputed lands. Such, in reality, was the nature of the visit which the annalist has described as prompted by deceit on the part of Angus. With one of the two hostages exacted from Angus on this occasion, Maclean soon after went to Islay to see after the recovered lands; with strange simplicity, he complied with an invitation of Angus to visit him at his house of Mullintrea, though not till he had received repeated protestations that no harm was intended to him. Here it was that the barbarous circumstances related by our annalist took place.'
By the intervention of a royal message, and the interference of the acting head of the clan Campbell, Angus rendered up Maclean, 'on receiving a promise of pardon for his crimes, and on eight hostages of rank being placed in his hands by Maclean, for the performance of certain conditions which the latter was forced to subscribe. To complete this singular picture of barbarism, Lachlan was no sooner free, than he ravaged Islay with fire and sword; in requital of which, Angus ravaged the isles of Mull and Tiree, killing every human inhabitant and every beast that fell into his hands.
The various clans siding with their respective friends in this contest, it became the cause of a general war throughout the islands and West Highlands, which lasted some time, notwithstanding every effort of the government to put it down.
2 - Many of the fictional adventures of David Balfour in Robert Louis Stevenson ?i?Kidnapped ?/i?take place on Mull, but a true story literally exploded here a century-and-a-half earlier. In 1588, one of the Spanish galleon that had survived the Armada was forced by storms and lack of food and water to take shelter in Tobbermory Bay. Maclean of Duart gave the captain the supplies he politely requested ? at a price. He 'borrowed' hundred Spanish sailors and two cannons to help him attack Mingary Castle at Kilchoan where his mother lived, having remarried. Presumably he didn't care for his new step father. While this blood feud was in progress some of the sailors let it drop that on hoar their ship were gold ducats wort approximately 300,000 pounds at the current rate of exchange. The siege of Mingary Castle was failure, but before the ship could sail away someone went aboard and set fire to the magazine, blowing the ship, the crew of 350 and himself to smithereens. No one seems to know why. It was said that the Spaniards were about to sail without paying for their supplies - but they'd stormed a castle for nothing, and no one was going to be paid that way! Maybe it was an accident. In any event all attempts since to bring up the chests of gold have failed, though some say that the Macleans found a way to do it hundreds of years ago and maintained a prudent silence. An unlikely story, and one that presupposes some kinsman, generations ahead of his time, devising a form of snorkel with a windpipe 11 fathoms long.
[ "Reflections on Scotland" by Ian Wallace pub.1988 ] | MacLean, Sir Lachlan Mor of Duart (Dowart), 14th Chief (I3590)
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1 - July 1586 While the southern and more populous parts of Scotland were, as we see, sufficiently barbarous, the Highland districts were as the comparative, and the Hebrides as the superlative degree in the same quality. The king, in the first edition of his Basilicon Doron, tells his son to think no more of the Islanders than as 'wolves and wild boars.' Probably, when the reader has perused the following narrative, he will think the epithet not unjustly applied, although his majesty afterwards dropped it in reprinting his book. The tale is of a commotion betwixt Angus M'Connel, Lord of Kintyre, and Maclean, Lord of Islay. 'This Angus had to his wife the sister of Maclean, and although they were brother-in-law, yet the ane was always in sic suspicion with the other, that of either side there was sae little traist, that almaist sendle [seldom] or never did they meet in amity, like unto the common sort of people, but rather as barbares upon their awn guard, or by their messengers. True it is that thir Islandish men are of nature very proud, suspicious, avaritious, full of deceit and evil intention [each] against his neighbour, by what way so ever he may circumvent him. Besides all this, they are sae cruel in taking of revenge, that neither have they regard to person, age, time, or cause; sae are they generally all sae far addicted to their awn tyrannical opinions, that in all respects they exceed in cruelty the maist barbarous people that ever has been sin' the beginning of the warld; ane example whereof ye saIl hear in this history following:
'Angus M'Connel, understanding, by divers reports, the gude behaviour of Maclean to be sae famous, that almaist he was recommended and praised by the haill neutral people of these parts above himself; whilk engendered sic rancour in his heart that he pretermitted nae invention how he might destroy the said Maclean. At last he devised to draw on a familiarity amang them, and inveited himself to be banqueted by Maclean; and that the rather, that Maclean should be the readier to come over to his isle with him the mair gladly, either being required, or upon set purpose, as best should please him. And when Angus had sent advertisement to Maclean, that he was to come and make gude cheer, and to be merry with him certain days, Maclean was very glad thereof, and answered to the messenger: "My brother shall be welcome," said he, "come when he list." The messenger answered, it wald be to-morrow. So when Angus arrived in effect, he was richt cheerfully welcomed by his brother-in-law, wha remained there by the space of five or sax days. And when it was perceived that Maclean's provision was almaist spent, Angus thought it then time to remove. Indeed, the custom of that people is sae given to gluttony and drinking without all measure, that as ane is inveited to another, they never sinder sae lang as the vivers do last. In end, Angus says: "Because I have made the first obedience unto you, it will please you come over to my isle, that ye may receive as gude treatment with me as I have done with yon." Maclean answered that he durst not adventure to come to him for mistrust; and Angus said: "God forbid that ever I should intend or pretend any evil against you; but yet, to remove all doubt and suspicion frae your mind, I will give you twa pledges, whilk shall be sent unto you with diligence; to wit, my eldest son and my awn only brother-german: these twa may be keepit here by your friends till ye come safely back again." Maclean, hearing this offer, whilk appeared unto him void of all suspicion, and so decreeted to pass with him to Kintyre; and further to testify that baith he simply believed all to be true, and that upon hope of gude friendship to continue, he thought expedient to retein ae only pledge, and that was Angus's brother, and wald carry with him his awn nevoy, the son of Angus. Whether he did this to save himself frae suspicion of danger, as apparently of the event he did it, or gif he brought him back again upon liberal favour, I will not dispute; because I have tauld you afore the perfect nature and qualities of these islands people; yet, because Maclean's education was civil, and brought up in the gude lawis and manners of Scotland from his youth, it may be that he has had double consideration, ane by kind, and another by art of honest dissimulation.
To conclude, to Kintyre he came, accompanied with forty-five men of his kinsfolk and stout servants, in the month of July 1586; where, at the first arrival, they were made welcome with all humanity, and were sumptuously banqueted all that day. But Angus in that meantime had premonished all his friends and weelwillers within his isle of Kintyre to be at his house that same night at nine of the clock, and neither to come sooner nor later; for he had concluded with himself to kill them all the very first night of their arrival, fearing that gif he should delay any langer time, it might be that either he sould alter his malicious intention, or else that Maclean wald send for some greater forces of men for his awn defence. Thus he concealed his intent still, till baith he fand the time commodious and the very place proper; and Maclean being lodged with all his men within a lang house, that was something distant frae other housing, took to bed with him that night his nevoy, the pledge afore-spoken. But within ane hour thereafter, when Angus had assembled his men to the number of twa hundred, he placed them all in order about the house where Maclean then lay. Thereafter he came himself and called at the door upon Maclean, offering to him his reposing drink, whilk was forgotten to be given to him before he went to bed. Maclean answered, that he desired nae drink for that time. "Although so be," said the other, "it is my will that thou arise and come forth to receive it." Then began Maclean to suspect the falset, and so arase with his nevoy betwixt his shoulders, thinking that gif present killing was intended against him, he should save himself sae lang as he could by the boy; and the boy, perceiving his father with a naked sword, and a number of his men in like manlier about, cried with a loud voice, mercy to his uncle for God's sake; whilk was granted, and immediately Maclean was removed to a secret chalmer till the morrow. Then cried Angus to the remanent that were within; sae mony as wald have their lives to be safe, they should come forth, twa only excepted, whilk he nominate; sae that obedience was wade by all the rest, and these twa only, fearing the danger, refused to come forth. Angus, seeing that, commanded incontinent to put fire to the house, whilk was immediately performed; and thus were the twa men cruelly and unmercifully burnt to the death. These twa were very near kinsmen to Maclean, and of the eldest of his clan, renowned baith for counsel and manheid. The rest that were prisoners of the haill number afore-tauld, were ilk ane beheaded the days following, ane for ilk day, till the haul is number was ended; yea, and that in Maclean's awn sight, being constrained thereunto, with a dolorous advertisement to prepare himself for the like tragical end howsoon they should all be killed. And when the day came that Maclean should have been brought forth, miserably to have made his tragical end, like unto the rest, it pleased Angus to lowp upon his horse, and to come forth for joy and contentment of mind, even to see and behald the tyrannical fact with his awn eyes. But it pleased God, wha mercifully deals with all men, and disappoints the decrees of the wicked, to disappoint his intent for that day also, for he was not sae soon on horseback, but the horse stumbled, and Angus fell off him, and brake his leg, and so was carried hame.' | MacLean, Sir Lachlan Mor of Duart (Dowart), 14th Chief (I3590)
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1 - June 7 1596 Napier, still brooding over the dangers from popery, devised at this time certain inventions which he thought would be useful for defending the country in case of invasion. One was a kind of shot for artillery, not to pass lineally through an enemy's host, destroying only those that stand in its way, but which should 'range abroad within the whole appointed place, and not departing furth of the place till it had executed his [its] whole strength, by destroying those that be within the bounds of the said place.' Sir Thomas Urquhart describes the of the device as calculated to clear a field of four miles' circumference of all living things above a foot in height: by it, he said, the inventor could destroy 30,000 Turks, without the hazard of a single Christian. He adds that proof of its powers was given on a large plain in Scotland, to the destruction of a great many cattle and sheep'97 a particular that may be doubted.
Mother: Elizabeth Ogilvy
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1 - Kenneth, VII. of Kintail, had a fourth son by his second marriage with Agnes of Lovat, from whom descended the families of Suddie, Inverlael, Little Findon, Ord, Langwell, Highfield, and several minor branches.
2 - According to "Burke's Peerage & Baronetage" 107th edn., pub. 2003, CROMARTIE, Chief of MacKENZIE, vol.1, p.977, this Kenneth had a son named after himself by both of his wives. The 1st one, by Margaret MacDonald, is stated to have been "killed at Torwood, near Stirling, 1498/99, without legitimate issue. Assuming that to be factual he would therefore have been the 9th of Kintail, his half brother John by Agnes Fraser being #10.
[E-mail from Peter Wood rec 2 Jul 2016] | Mackenzie, Kenneth "of the battle" 8th of Kintail (I30200)
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1 - Kenneth, VII. of Kintail, had a fourth son by his second marriage with Agnes of Lovat, from whom descended the families of Suddie, Inverlael, Little Findon, Ord, Langwell, Highfield, and several minor branches.
2 - According to "Burke's Peerage & Baronetage" 107th edn., pub. 2003, CROMARTIE, Chief of MacKENZIE, vol.1, p.977, this Kenneth had a son named after himself by both of his wives. The 1st one, by Margaret MacDonald, is stated to have been "killed at Torwood, near Stirling, 1498/99, without legitimate issue. Assuming that to be factual he would therefore have been the 9th of Kintail, his half brother John by Agnes Fraser being #10.
[E-mail from Peter Wood rec 2 Jul 2016] | Mackenzie, Kenneth "of the battle" 8th of Kintail (I30200)
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1 - King of Scotland, eldest son of Robert II., succeeded his father in 1390. He was probably about fifty years of age, and being of feeble character and indolent, left the chief power in the hands of his brother, the Duke of Albany (previously Earl of Fife). In the tenth year of his reign war broke out with England; Henry IV invaded the kingdom, and the Percies made an inroad the next year, 1401. The defeat of Douglas by the Percies at Homildon Hill took place in 1402. Robert, to guard against the ambitious designs of the Duke of Albany, sent his son, James, to France; but the young prince was taken prisoner by the English on his way, and his father died, broken-hearted, in 1406.
The second of the Stewart kings Robert III was considered illegitimate by the Church as his parents were so closely related but was legitimized in 1347 by papal dispensation. He was considered a feeble or weak king and allowed his brother the Duke of Albany to take control. His sons both suffered horrible fates as one was starved to death in a prison at Falkland Palace and the other, James I, was captured by pirates and given to Henry IV of England. He died supposedly of grief saying "I am the worst of kings and the most miserable of men." He suggested that he should be buried in a rubbish heap, but was actually buried in Paisley Abbey!
Changed his name from John to Robert on ascending to the throne. He took Robert as his kingly name because, after John Baliol (and possibly also John of England), John was thought to be an unlucky name for a King.
Reigned but too injured by kick from horse to rule.
2 - The period following David's death was frenetic and lawless. Robert Stewart (or Steward), a grandson of Robert the Bruce, who had already been Guardian of Scotland twice, was crowned king, thus commencing the reign of the royal house of Steart. Robert had little of his grandfather's fighting spirit and was too passive to control his family or kingdom. Once more, war broke out against England. and Scotland was assisted by France under the terms of the Auld Alliance. The English were again cleared out of Scotland.
The troubles continued under Robert Ill. His real name was John but he used Robert, as there had been so many ill-fated Johns. However, this superstitious re-naming does not seem to have helped. For his epi taph he chose the words: 'Hee lies the worst of kings and the most wretched of men in the whole realm.' He suggested he should be buried in a rubbish-heap. but his final resting place was Paisley Abbey.
[ An Illustrated History of Scotland by Elisabeth Fraser pub. 1997 ]
3 - In 1390 Robert II was succeeded by his middle-aged son Robert III, who died in 1396. not long after his son James, destined to becomeJames I, had been captured by the English at sea.
4 - He had been crippled by a horse and virtually abdicated in 1399. The regency was disputed between his son, David Duke of Rothesay, and his brother Robert, Duke of Albany. Rothesay was kidnapped and probably murdered in 1402, leaving Albany supreme. | Stewart, Robert III (John) of Carrick, King of Scotland (I31)
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1 - Lady Elizabeth de Lennox, Comtesse d'Evreux and Lady Darnley, who was born circa 1376 and died in Orleans, France, in November 1429. She married, first, Alexander (surname unknown) without issue and, secondly (1406), Sir John Stuart of Darnley, 6th Baron, first Comte d'Evreux, and first Seigneur de Concressault and d'Aubigny, Constable of the Scottish army in France, who was killed at the battle of Rouvray on 12 February 1428/29
(from "The House of Lennox" a manuscript by Chevalier Terrance Gach MacFarlane)
2 - http://38.1911encyclopedia.org/L/LE/LENNOX.htm
It was from Elizabeth, sister of the countess, that the next holders of the title [Earl of Lennox] descended. She was married to Sir John Stewart of Darnley (distinguished in the military history of France as seigneur dAubigny), whose immediate ancestor was brother of James, 5th high steward of Scotland. Their grandson, another Sir John Stewart, created a lord of parliament as Lord Darnley, was served heir to his great-grandfather Duncan, earl of Lennox, in 1473, and was designated as earl of Lennox in a charter under the great seal in the same year. | Elizabeth of Lennox, Comtesse d'Evreux (I83071)
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1 - Lady Janet Stuart (later Lady Ross of Halkhead), who was born circa 1499 and married Ninian, third Lord Ross of Halkhead. They had a charter dated 15 November 1515 (he later married the twelfth earl's widow).
2 - Ninian ROSS of Halkhead
b. C 1482; d. Feb 1555/56 occ: 3rd Lord Ross of Halkhead
m1. Janet STEWART of Lennox
children of Ninian ROSS and Janet STEWART: Robert, Master of Ross; unknown female m. MONCRIEF
m2. contract 12 Dec 1523
Elizabeth RUTHVEN
children of Ninian ROSS and Elizabeth RUTHVEN: James
m3. contract 09 Dec 1529 Anne STEWART of Atholl
m4. Janet MONTGOMERY
other children of Ninian ROSS: Hugh (4th son); William (5th son); Christian m1. John MURE of Caldwell, m2. Nicholas RAMSAY of Dalhousie, m3. John WEIR | Ross, Ninian 3rd Lord of Halkhead (I775)
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1 - Lady Janet Stuart (later Lady Ross of Halkhead), who was born circa 1499 and married Ninian, third Lord Ross of Halkhead. They had a charter dated 15 November 1515 (he later married the twelfth earl's widow).
2 - Ninian ROSS of Halkhead
b. C 1482; d. Feb 1555/56 occ: 3rd Lord Ross of Halkhead
m1. Janet STEWART of Lennox
children of Ninian ROSS and Janet STEWART: Robert, Master of Ross; unknown female m. MONCRIEF
m2. contract 12 Dec 1523
Elizabeth RUTHVEN
children of Ninian ROSS and Elizabeth RUTHVEN: James
m3. contract 09 Dec 1529 Anne STEWART of Atholl
m4. Janet MONTGOMERY
other children of Ninian ROSS: Hugh (4th son); William (5th son); Christian m1. John MURE of Caldwell, m2. Nicholas RAMSAY of Dalhousie, m3. John WEIR | Ross, Ninian 3rd Lord of Halkhead (I775)
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1 - Lady Margaret Stewart, who married, 1st, John Lord Gordon, eldest son of Alexander, third earl of Huntly, to whom she bore,
1. George, fourth earl of Huntly;
2. Alexander Gordon, bishop of Galloway; and two daughters.
But he dying in 1517, Lady Margaret Stewart married, 2ndly, Alexander, duke of Albany, regent and governor to James V. to whom she bore a daughter, Margaret, married to David Lord Drummond; and 3rdly, Sir John Drummond of Innerparfray, her own cousin.
("Genealogical memoir of the most noble and ancient house of Drummond" by David Malcolm pub. 1808) | Stewart, Margaret (I2218)
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1 - Lady Margaret Stewart, who married, 1st, John Lord Gordon, eldest son of Alexander, third earl of Huntly, to whom she bore,
1. George, fourth earl of Huntly;
2. Alexander Gordon, bishop of Galloway; and two daughters.
But he dying in 1517, Lady Margaret Stewart married, 2ndly, Alexander, duke of Albany, regent and governor to James V. to whom she bore a daughter, Margaret, married to David Lord Drummond; and 3rdly, Sir John Drummond of Innerparfray, her own cousin.
("Genealogical memoir of the most noble and ancient house of Drummond" by David Malcolm pub. 1808) | Stewart, Margaret (I2218)
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1 - Lennox being killed in a surprise at Stirling (September 3, 1571), the Earl of Mar was chosen to the vacant regency. Under him the war (between the followers of the forcefully abdicated Queen Mary and those of her son James VI) advanced with even increased ferocity, until it came to be a rule that no quarter should be given on either side. In little more than a twelvemonth, this gentle-natured noble sunk under the burden of government; 'the maist cause of his deid was that he lovit peace, and could not have the same.'
- About the end of the parliament (September 3, 1571), there came to Striviling in the night, ere the nobility or town knew, the Earl of Huntly, the queen's lieutenant, Claud Hamilton, with the Lairds of Buccleuch and Ferniehirst. Wherever thy could see any that belonged to the Regent, him they killed without mercy. The Regent being taken prisoner by the Laird of Buccleuch, and horsed behind him, ane wicked fellow lift up his jack, and shot him through the body with a pistol [On a counter-surprise, the queen's party] departed the town immediately. The Earl of Mar was declared Regent, and concluded the parliament.
- Oct 20'1572
The Earl of Mar, Regent, ended his life, about three hours in the morning. It was constantly affirmed, that about the time of his death, the trough of the water of Montrose, where it runneth through his lands, was dry, the water running nevertheless above [higher up]. At the same time, a violent wind drave a great number of sheep from the links of Montrose into the sea.'? Cal.
Some events of the kind did certainly occur about the time of the Regent's death; but, contrary to all rule in such matters, they came after that event, if we are to believe another historian, who places them under November, | Erskine, John 6th Lord, 1st or 22nd Earl of Mar, Regent (I3724)
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1 - Lord Sinclair is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1449 for William Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Orkney. In 1470, Lord Orkney surrendered the earldom in return for the earldom of Caithness. In 1477, Lord Caithness wished to disinherit his eldest son from his first marriage to Lady Elizabeth Douglas, William Sinclair (d. 1487), who was known as "The Waster". Therefore, so that his earldom would not pass to him, he resigned the title in favour of his son from his second marriage to Marjory Sutherland, who was also named William Sinclair (d. 1513) (who became the second Earl of Caithness). However, Lord Caithness was succeeded in the lordship of Sinclair by his eldest son William Sinclair, 2nd Lord Sinclair. The latter's son Henry, the third Lord, was confirmed in the title in 1488.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Sinclair]
2 - Rosslyn Chapel was founded in 1446 by Sir William St. Clair who was a knight templar. There is a theory that as the Knights Templar were the protectors of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, when they left Jerusalem, they took the Holy Grail with them and secreted it in the masonry of Rosslyn Chapel. Several years ago electronic soundings were conducted in the chapel. This investigation did not reveal the hiding place of the Holy Grail but it did disclose that twenty (20) knights in full armour are buried in the floor of the chapel.
3 - The St Clair family, who founded the Rosslyn Chapel in 1466. A motif of two dogs is associated with the family because of an old hunting tale. The chapel contains a column carved with rich foliate designs that ascend in a spiral. This is the 'Prentice Pillar', which according to legend was the work of an apprentice stonemason whose master killed him in a fit of envy on seeing the completed column.
[http://www.nationalgalleries.org]
4 - On a rocky 100ft cliff promontory between the Fife towns of Kirkcaldy and Dysart stands the impressive double towered royal ruin of Ravenscraig castle, planned by King James II of Scots (1437-1460) on land originally held by the Ramsay family. On three sides it was protected by the sea, while on the landward side there was a great dry ditch, now partly infilled giving a false impression of the original defenses. The name Ravenscraig appears to relate to the rock crag or craig where ravens gathered hence 'Ravens-Craig' and as a name seems to pre-date the construction of the castle.
Originally the two D-plan towers, one on the east side and one to the west were linked by a machicolated battlement wall above the main entrance, which was accessed by a simple wooden bridge. What is strange about this design is the west tower is some three levels higher than the east tower, which sat level with the machicolated battlement, although two of its vaults were below the inner courtyard level. The courtyard behind the towers was enclosed by a low wall since it was protected by the sea, though an oblong tower house possibly a kitchen and storage area was perched on the far south end of the court but this may have been a later addition to the plan.
The present ruin dates almost entirely from the 1460/63 period which is very surprising as in addition to its traditional arrow slit gun loops of a 1450's style (for breach loading weapons), it has several wide-mouthed oval gun ports for small muzzle loading cannon which should technically be of a 1500's date,(examples of such gun ports are found at castle in its outer spur work built between 1510/20). It is claimed that Ravenscraig was one of the first castles in Scotland to be designed specifically around the use of and defense against artillery. Certainly it appears to have been highly advanced in its use of gunports and its tower walls were almost 15ft thick, making them resistant to limited bombardment.
The design origins of Ravenscraig appear to stem from King James II's fascination with cannon. Sadly this fascination resulted in his own death in 1460 during the siege of Roxburgh castle, when one of his own guns the 'Lion' exploded tearing his leg off and wounding his ally George the 'Red' Douglas of Tantallon castle. Douglas was well enough several days later to crown the next King, James III of Scots (1460-1488) at Kelso Abbey.
Five months before his death King James II arranged for Walter Ramsay to resign his lands in Fife including Ravenscraig to Queen Mary of Gueldres. It appears that "the building operations, began at the very commencement of Mary's widowhood," ad "were carried out with great vigour under the direction of Master David Boys as Master of Works." According to Queen Mary's accounts Boys received some ?600 towards the building work which covered a wide range of items. Carts were bought for transporting the stonework to Ravenscraig, even vast quantities of oats were stockpiled. One report states "we have a large supply of oats from Fife for horses transporting building stones to Ravenscraig." A boat was also hired "to convey timber from Menteith to the works there." In 1461 fourteen great timber joists were felled from the banks of the river Allan then transported to Stirling at the cost of 7 shillings. Andrew Balfour then received ?2,10 shillings for cutting planning and transporting these joists to Ravenscraig. After Mary's death in 1463 work appears to have stopped overnight with the upper levels of the towers incomplete.
In 1470 King James III bestowed Ravenscraig to William Sinclair (St Clair),4th Earl of Orkney, in exchange for his castle in Kirkwall and "his haill right to the Earldom of Orkney." It was the Sinclairs who added the high crowstepped gabled roofs to the D-plan towers instead of completing these towers as cannon platforms which was probably King James II's original intention. During the 1650's Ravenscraig, like so many other Scottish castles suffered some damage as Oliver Cromwell's army marched north into the highlands of Scotland. By the 1800's the castle became used as a quarry and was stripped to build cottages and walls locally.
[ http://www.maybole.org/history/castles/ravenscraig.htm ]
5 - Ravenscraig castle was planned before 1460 for Mary of Gueldres, the wife of King James II on land which had previously been owned by the Ramsays. It is located on a promontory, high above the beach, with views across the Firth of Forth to Edinburgh. After King James II died in 1460 - when a cannon exploded during the siege of Roxburgh Castle - work appears to have continued and to have been sufficiently far advanced for Mary of Gueldres to be in residence when she died in 1463.
The layout of the castle consists of two D-shaped towers linked by a lower block of apartments. There is a deep ditch at the front and a courtyard and other buildings extend out onto the promontory, surrounded by a low wall.
Ravenscraig was one of the first castles in Scotland built to withstand cannon fire. But as a result of the very thick walls to withstand the cannon balls, the single rooms on each floor of the two towers are relatively small. It was also one of the earliest castles designed to use cannons as a defence and it had numerous gun ports in its walls.
In 1470, King James III decided to force a swap of Ravenscraig for Kirkwall Castle, which had been owned by William Sinclair in Orkney. Ravenscraig thus became the property of the Sinclair Earls of Roslin (based at Rosslyn Castle) who completed its construction. The Sinclairs occupied Ravenscraig until 1650 when it suffered damage from the guns of Cromwell's army. It then passed by marriage to the Sinclair-Erskines who owned it until 1898.
As it is located on a promontory, 70 feet above the beach, it offers some great views across the Firth of Forth. When the Danish story-teller Hans Christian Andersen visited Ravenscraig, he described it as ?i?"so picturesque and so characteristic"?/i? and the view across the Forth to Edinburgh "magnificent and unforgettable."
The long flight of steps leading down from the castle to the Pathhead Sands is said to have been the inspiration for John Buchan's novel "The Thirty-nine Steps" - though there are a lot more than 39 steps on the way down! Prester John, by the same author, opens on Pathhead Sands.
[ http://www.rampantscotland.com/visit/blvisitravenscraig.htm ] | Sinclair, William 3rd Earl of Orkney, 1st Lord, Chancellor (I2628)
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1 - Lord Sinclair is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1449 for William Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Orkney. In 1470, Lord Orkney surrendered the earldom in return for the earldom of Caithness. In 1477, Lord Caithness wished to disinherit his eldest son from his first marriage to Lady Elizabeth Douglas, William Sinclair (d. 1487), who was known as "The Waster". Therefore, so that his earldom would not pass to him, he resigned the title in favour of his son from his second marriage to Marjory Sutherland, who was also named William Sinclair (d. 1513) (who became the second Earl of Caithness). However, Lord Caithness was succeeded in the lordship of Sinclair by his eldest son William Sinclair, 2nd Lord Sinclair. The latter's son Henry, the third Lord, was confirmed in the title in 1488.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Sinclair]
2 - Rosslyn Chapel was founded in 1446 by Sir William St. Clair who was a knight templar. There is a theory that as the Knights Templar were the protectors of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, when they left Jerusalem, they took the Holy Grail with them and secreted it in the masonry of Rosslyn Chapel. Several years ago electronic soundings were conducted in the chapel. This investigation did not reveal the hiding place of the Holy Grail but it did disclose that twenty (20) knights in full armour are buried in the floor of the chapel.
3 - The St Clair family, who founded the Rosslyn Chapel in 1466. A motif of two dogs is associated with the family because of an old hunting tale. The chapel contains a column carved with rich foliate designs that ascend in a spiral. This is the 'Prentice Pillar', which according to legend was the work of an apprentice stonemason whose master killed him in a fit of envy on seeing the completed column.
[http://www.nationalgalleries.org]
4 - On a rocky 100ft cliff promontory between the Fife towns of Kirkcaldy and Dysart stands the impressive double towered royal ruin of Ravenscraig castle, planned by King James II of Scots (1437-1460) on land originally held by the Ramsay family. On three sides it was protected by the sea, while on the landward side there was a great dry ditch, now partly infilled giving a false impression of the original defenses. The name Ravenscraig appears to relate to the rock crag or craig where ravens gathered hence 'Ravens-Craig' and as a name seems to pre-date the construction of the castle.
Originally the two D-plan towers, one on the east side and one to the west were linked by a machicolated battlement wall above the main entrance, which was accessed by a simple wooden bridge. What is strange about this design is the west tower is some three levels higher than the east tower, which sat level with the machicolated battlement, although two of its vaults were below the inner courtyard level. The courtyard behind the towers was enclosed by a low wall since it was protected by the sea, though an oblong tower house possibly a kitchen and storage area was perched on the far south end of the court but this may have been a later addition to the plan.
The present ruin dates almost entirely from the 1460/63 period which is very surprising as in addition to its traditional arrow slit gun loops of a 1450's style (for breach loading weapons), it has several wide-mouthed oval gun ports for small muzzle loading cannon which should technically be of a 1500's date,(examples of such gun ports are found at castle in its outer spur work built between 1510/20). It is claimed that Ravenscraig was one of the first castles in Scotland to be designed specifically around the use of and defense against artillery. Certainly it appears to have been highly advanced in its use of gunports and its tower walls were almost 15ft thick, making them resistant to limited bombardment.
The design origins of Ravenscraig appear to stem from King James II's fascination with cannon. Sadly this fascination resulted in his own death in 1460 during the siege of Roxburgh castle, when one of his own guns the 'Lion' exploded tearing his leg off and wounding his ally George the 'Red' Douglas of Tantallon castle. Douglas was well enough several days later to crown the next King, James III of Scots (1460-1488) at Kelso Abbey.
Five months before his death King James II arranged for Walter Ramsay to resign his lands in Fife including Ravenscraig to Queen Mary of Gueldres. It appears that "the building operations, began at the very commencement of Mary's widowhood," ad "were carried out with great vigour under the direction of Master David Boys as Master of Works." According to Queen Mary's accounts Boys received some | Sinclair, William 3rd Earl of Orkney, 1st Lord, Chancellor (I2628)
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1 - Malise's first wife is named as Ann Vere by BE1883 (Graham of Strathern , etc) but as Jane de Rochford by TSP (Menteith). BE1883 identifies Alexander, John and Walter as being by Ann Vere. We show that Euphame was by her as well but that is an assumption. We show the second John and Walter as by his second wife following an indication to that effect by TSP.
(The Scots Peerage (Menteith), Burkes Extinct Peerages 1883 (Graham of Strathern, Monteith, Airth))
2 - Father said by one source to be Henry Earl of Oxford but the Henry who was earliest Earl of Oxford was the 18th Earl b.24 Feb 1593. Way too late to be Anne's father.-Ed | de Vere, Anne (I2680)
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1 - Margaret Graham, dau of William Graham, 3rd Earl of Menteith and Margaret Cornwall, widow of John Cornwall of Bonhard and dau of John Moubray of Barbougle.
2 - Lady Margaret Graham was the mother of Colin Campbell of Boquhan (and his father's 2nd Lady). She was a daughter of the Earl of Monteith and they were ancient patrons of Kippen.
The Barons of Boquhan had descended from John de Graham of Dundaff who had a castle and the Peel Tower in Gargunnock belonged to the Earls of Monteith.
(The New Statistical Account of Scotland: Dunbarton, Stirling, Clackmannan.Vol.8 1915)
[http://heraldry.celticradio.net/search.php?id=58&branch=Monteith] | Graham, Margaret (I3048)
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1 - Margaret Graham, dau of William Graham, 3rd Earl of Menteith and Margaret Cornwall, widow of John Cornwall of Bonhard and dau of John Moubray of Barbougle.
2 - Lady Margaret Graham was the mother of Colin Campbell of Boquhan (and his father's 2nd Lady). She was a daughter of the Earl of Monteith and they were ancient patrons of Kippen.
The Barons of Boquhan had descended from John de Graham of Dundaff who had a castle and the Peel Tower in Gargunnock belonged to the Earls of Monteith.
(The New Statistical Account of Scotland: Dunbarton, Stirling, Clackmannan.Vol.8 1915)
[http://heraldry.celticradio.net/search.php?id=58&branch=Monteith] | Graham, Margaret (I3048)
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1 - Margaret Macdonald. said to have been a dau of Alastair, 10th Earl of Ross and Ld of the Isles (d 8 May 1449)
2 - It is chronologically impossible for Roderick MacLeod of Lewis (floruit 1300s and died aft 1405) to have been married to and have offspring by a daughter of Alexander, Lord of the Isles (born at the earliest 1403). Sources say he was married to a daughter of a lord of the Isles--and it must have been an earlier.
Best wishes,
Prof. Peter Kurrild-Klitgaard
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1 - Marriage to George Douglas possibly 1387 same day
2 - Mary Stewart, second daughter of King Robert III and widow of George Douglas (d. 1403), 1st Earl of Angus, and of Sir James Kennedy, by whom she had James Kennedy (1408-65), Bishop of St Andrews and Lord Chancellor of Scotland (after Graham's death she acquired a fourth husband).
[http://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/dtog/graham2.html]
3 - Mary Stewart, married, 1st, to George Douglas, first earl of Angus, in 1397, and bore to him;
1. William ;
2. George, both earls of Angus in succession;
3. Lady Elizabeth, who married, 1st, Sir David Hay of Locharret and 2ndly, Alexander Lord Forbes.
Mary married 2ndly in 1402, to Sir James Kennedy of Dunonure, and had to him,
1. Gilbert, created Lord Kennedy in 1450;
2. James Kennedy, promoted to the see of Dunkeld in 1438, translated to the
bishoprick of St. Andrew's in 1440, one of the privy council to James II. and chancellor of Scotland in 1444. He was one of the regents of the kingdom in the minority of James III. and was the noble founder of St. Salvator's college in St. Andrew's ;
Mary married 3rdly, in 1406, to Sir William Graham of Kincardine, and bore to him,
1. Sir Robert of Strathcarron and Fintry;
2. Patrick, bishop of Brechin, and then of St. Andrew's;
3. William of Garvock and Balgowan;
4. Harry
5. Walter of Wallacetown.
And Mary married 4thly, in 1425, to Sir William Edmonstone of Duntreath, and had issue.
(Drummond-Genealogical memoir of the most noble and ancient house of Drummond 1808 by David Malcolm.pdf)
4 - Mary Stewart (widow of George Douglas, Earl of Angus, among others) had a kinship to her proposed husband Sir William Cunningham of Kilmaurs requiring a dispensation for their marriage (dated at Perpignan, 7 July 1409) for affinity, as May was related to William's first wife Margaret Danielstoun in the 2nd and 3rd degrees".
(The Scottish Genealogist Dec 2015 - The Ancestry of Elizabeth Mure, first wife of Robert ll, King of Scots by John P. Ravilious)
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1 - Marriota was possibly a natural daughter of Chancellor Crichton.
2 - bastard daughter of Sir John Duffus.
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1 - Mary Queen of Scots stayed at Drummond castle, by then seat of the Drummonds of Perth (not yet Earls), with Boswell and hunted locally.
2 - Patrick had as a retainer, in December 1578, his distant cousin Duncan MacFarlane.
3 - Aug 27 1597
'Ane trouble betwixt certain servants of the Drummonds and Oliver Young, then one of the bailies of Perth, within the Hie Gait [High Street] of the said burgh; when the greatest number of the pursuers leapt the town's walls, and so few number of them as escapit came to the Tolbooth. The agreement was made in the South Inch, the 1st of September thereafter.
4 - PATRICK DRUMMOND, THE 3rd LORD DRUMMOND,
Succeeded in 1571. Died about 1600. From the 4th to the 33rd of James VI.
Patrick Drummond succeeded to his father David, as third Lord Drummond, but the fifth in succession from the first lord. By the attentive care of his mother, he was educated in the principles of the protestant faith, and having embraced the reformed religion, he gave it his firm support. After Queen Mary had fled to England, and was confined a prisoner, he joined the king's party, and entirely concurred with the measures of the court.
There is nothing memorable in the life of this nobleman.
He married, 1st, Lady Margaret Lindsay, daughter of David Lindsay of Edzel, eighth earl of Crawfurd by disposition, by whom he had two sons and five daughters.
Patrick Lord Drummond, in 1588, married, 2dly, Agnes Drummond, daughter of Sir John Drummond of Innerparfray, after she had been married, 1st, to Sir Hugh Campbell of Loudoun, and, 2dly, to Hugh, earl ofEglinton. By this lady he had no issue. He died about the year 1600, and was succeeded by his. eldest son; James,first earl of Perth.
("Genealogical memoir of the most noble and ancient house of Drummond" by David Malcolm 1808) | Drummond, Patrick 3rd Lord Drummond (I5782)
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1 - May 17 1564
?. . . . the Lord Fleming married the Lord Ross?s eldest daughter, wha was heretrix both of Ross and Halket; and the banquet was made in the park of Holyroodhouse, under Arthur?s Seat, at the end of the loch, where great triumphs was made, the queen?s grace being present, and the king of Swethland?s ambassador being then in Scotland, with many other nobles.?? Mar.
In the romantic valley between Arthur?s Seat and Salisbury Crags, there is still traceable a dam by which the natural drainage had been confined, so as to form a lake. It was probably at the end of that sheet of water that the banquet was set forth for Lord and Lady Fleming?s wedding. The incident is so pleasantly picturesque, and associates Mary so agreeably with one of her subjects, that it is gratifying to reflect on Lord Fleming proving a steady friend to the queen throughout her subsequent troubles. He stoutly maintained Dumbarton Castle in her favour against the Regents, and against Elizabeth?s general, Sir William Drury; nor was it taken from him except by stratagem.?
2 - THE death of the Regent Moray in 1570 proved a great blow to the infant king?s party, for there was no man of equal mark and energy to take his place. The friends of the exiled queen raised their heads again, and in a force which might well give the ruling party some anxiety. Seeing the imminence of the danger, Elizabeth yielded to the wishes of Mary?s enemies, and sent an army under Sir William Drury into Scotland in May, and committed havock in Lanarkshire, so as to disable the queen?s friends of the house of Hamilton. And when the English troops came thence to Linlithgow on their return, ?they herrit all the Monkland, the Lord Fleming?s bounds, my Lord Livingstone?s bounds, together with all their puir tenants and friends, in sic maner that nae heart can think thereon but the same must be dolorous.??D. O. Yet this was but a foretaste of the woes which a disputed succession was now for three years to lay upon the land.
- 1570, May
Lord Fleming being a conspicuous leader on the queen?s side, and captain of Dumbarton Castle, his lands in the counties of Lanark and Dumbarton were amongst those which fell under the vengeance of the ruling party. As one of the enormities perpetrated by the Earl of Lennox and his men on Lord Fleming?s estates?? they have slain and destroyit the deer of his forest of Cumbernauld, and the white kye and bulls of the said forest, to the great destruction of policy and hinder of the commonweal. For that kind of kye and bulls has been keepit thir mony years in the said forest, and the like was not ma?intenit in ony other parts of the Isle of Albion, as is wed knawn.?
The ?white kye and bulls? here spoken of are believed to have been a remnant of the original wild cattle of the Caledonian forest. Boece describes them as white, with lion-like manes, fierce, untamable, and shunning human society?so misanthropical, indeed, that they would eat nothing which the hand of man had touched. He, like the writer quoted above, says that none of them were left but only in Cumbernauld. Leslie, however, tells us that they also existed in the parks of Stirling and Kincardine. Latterly, there have been herds of the same oxen (but perhaps imported) in the Duke of Hamilton?s park of Cadzow, in Lanarkshire; in the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry?s at Drumlanrig; and in Lord Tankerville's park at Chillingham, in Northumberland. | Fleming, John 5th Lord, Chamberlain (I15832)
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1 - Mr. David, a worthy man and of good parts, at first minister at Linlithgow, and lastly at Monedie - he married Catharine, sister to Patrick Smith of Methven, and had two sons, James and John.
2 - DAVID DRUMMOND, third son of John D. of Culquhalzie and Jean Maule; educated at Univ. of St Andrews; M.A. (1632); adm. to Muckhart before 9th Sept. 1640; trans, to Second
Charge, Linlithgow, 21st April 1642; trans, to First Charge 2nd Sept. 1646; dep. 4th Oct. 1648; reponed 14th Feb., and adm. here 17th May 1655; still min. 27th Oct. 1677. He marr. Katherine, daugh. of Patrick Smith of Braco and widow of John Cowan of Tailortoun, and
had issue David, advocate, Treasurer of Bank of Scotland, born 1657, died March 1741 ; John, M.D., Edinburgh, died Dec.1740; and several daughs.
(Fasti Vol.4 p224) | Drummond, Rev. David Minister of Linlithgow, then of Monedie (I128982)
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1 - Mr. Robert Lawrie, a learned and eloquent preacher, long minister at Edinburgh, and afterwards bishop of Brechin.
2 - ROBERT LAWRIE (cf. Vol. I., 59, 126, 1672 127, 135), born about 1606, son of Joseph L., min. of Perth ; educated at Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A. (1636); was on the Exercise 10th Oct. 1638; ord. to Second Charge, Perth, 11th May 1641 pres. to the Deanery of Edinburgh 23rd Sept. 1642 ; app. to the Bishopric of Brechin (which he held in conjunction with his Deanery) 11th July, and consecrated (at Holyrood House) 14th July 1672; died March 1678. He marr. Catherine (buried 9th Oct. 1667), youngest daugh. of John Drummond of Colquhalzie, and had issue -
James, bapt. 5th Nov. 1644;
David, bapt. 9th June 1646;
Bethia (marr. 15th Sept. 1668, David Rollo, merchant burgess, Edinburgh);
Jean (marr. 5th Nov. 1663, Colin Mackenzie, grandson of George, Earl of Seaforth).
Publication - A Sermon (Edinburgh, 1668).
(Fasti Vol 7 p335) | Lawrie, Robert Minister of Edinburgh parish, later Bishop of Brechin (I37054)
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1 - On 8 Aug 1538 David Shaw, Hucheoun Wallace, and George Dreghorne were indicted at Linlithgow for the slaughter of the Laird of Lany and mutilation of James Dog.
(Kenneth Frank Doig: ken@doig.net, www.doig.net)
2 - The North Wing is the original part of Leny house and was built in 1513 on the site of an earlier castle for the Leny family, from whom it soon passed by marriage to the Buchanans. | Buchanan, Patrick 5th of Leny (I5268)
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1 - On 8 Aug 1538 David Shaw, Hucheoun Wallace, and George Dreghorne were indicted at Linlithgow for the slaughter of the Laird of Lany and mutilation of James Dog.
(Kenneth Frank Doig: ken@doig.net, www.doig.net)
2 - The North Wing is the original part of Leny house and was built in 1513 on the site of an earlier castle for the Leny family, from whom it soon passed by marriage to the Buchanans. | Buchanan, Patrick 5th of Leny (I5268)
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1 - On a broken cross shaft found on the island of Texa off Islay is carved what is probably the oldest surviving likeness of a Macdonald. It depicts a typical fourteenth- century Celtic prince, wearing a quilted coat with chain-mail and a conical helmet, and armed with a great sword and a battle -axe. This is the Cross of Ranald, son of John of Islay,Lord of the Isles,by his marriage to Amy Macruari, the heiress to the great Lordship of Garmoran, a vast inheritance of lands between the Great Glen and the Outer Hebrides.
Amy was discarded in 1354 and John was married to Princess Margaret Stewart, daughter of King Robert II , married in 1357.
In 1335 the Lord of the Isles received Skye from Edward Balliol. The next year the charter was confirmed by Edward III of England. When David II had restored his power he anulled the charter giving Skye to Ross.
A contract was executed, 12th December 1335, between Baliol and the Lord of the Isles. By it Baliol gave to John, Lord of the Isles, his heirs and assigns, the islands of Mull, Skye, Islay, and Gigha, the lands of Kintyre and Knapdale, with other islands and territories; and also the wardship of the heir of the Earl of Atholl, at that time a child of three years. The Lord of the Isles bound himself, and his heirs, to be the liegement of Baliol, and his heirs. John of the Isles was received into the protection of Edward III . The Lord of the Isles appears to have submitted to David II ., on his return home from France, as he obtained from David a charter, dated at Air, 12th June 1344, granting and confirming the island called Yle (Islay), the islands of Geday, Jura, Colinsey (Colonsay), Tiryad (Tiree), Colla (Coll), and Lewes (Lewis), with all the small islands to them belonging, the lands of Morimare, Louchabre (Lochaber), durdomon, and glenchomyr, and the keeping of the King's castles of Kernoborgh, Iseleborgh, and Dunchonall, with the lands and small islands thereto belonging, to be held by the said John, and his heirs, in fee and heritage. Edward III entered a treaty at Newcastle, 13th July 1354, the Steward of Scotland , the Lord of Douglas , Thomas de Murref , and Johan des Yles, being the principal persons named for its observance. John, Lord of the Isles, in 1354, entered into an indenture with John of Lorne, Lord of Argyll, by which John of Lorne gave up to John of the Isles, all claim to all the lands and castles following, of which John of the Isles had obtained charters from King David II or his father King Robert I , namely, the castles of Kerneburcch and Hystylburch, with all their islands and rights, the whole island of Mule, the castle of Dunconill, with all its pertinents and island in the superior part of Duray, the Island of Tereyd, &c. Edward III . entered a treaty for the liberation of King David II 3rd October 1357, an inviolable truce, for ten years, betwixt England and Scotland, was agreed on, in which truce were to be included Edward Baliol and John of the Isles, and all other allies and adherents of the King of England. John of the Isles obtained a confirmation of all donations and concessions made by whomsoever to him of whatsoever lands, tenements,annualrents, and possessions, 4th July 1362; and John of Yle, Lord of the Isles, signed an instrument at Inverness, 15th November 1369, by which, in consideration of the pardon of his former transgressions, granted by King David II , he became bound to make satisfaction for all injuries or damages done by him to the King's subjects, to give obedience to the laws himself, and to
oblige his sons, and his vassals, and all the inhabitants of his estates, to do the same, and to answer readily to the King's officers for all taxes and contributions imposed or to be imposed. For fulfilling the premises, he engaged to deliver, as hostages, within the castle of Dunbarton, his son, by a daughter of the Steward of Scotland, named Donald; a grandson, named Angus, being the son of his deceased son, John; together with a natural son of his own, named Donald. And further, the Earl of Strathern, Steward of Scotland, became surety for him, and appended his seal to the instrument, along with the seal of the said John, Lord of the Isles. King Robert II, his father-in-law, now ascended the throne of Scotland, granted a charter, dated at Scone in the time of the parliament held there, 9th March 1371-2, to our beloved son, John del Yle, all the lands of 300 marks, wich were of the deceased Alan, the son of Roderick, within his kingdom, namely, the lands of Modoworth, Arrassag (Arisaig), Moreovyr (Moray), Knodeworte (Knoydart), Oviste, Barrech (Barra), Rume (Rhum), Eggeth (Eigg), and Heryce (Harris). He also granted three charters, 6th June 1376, to our beloved son, John del Yle, of the island of Colonsay, and lands of Lochaber, on John's resignation, and of the King's lands of Kintyre and half of Knapdale, to be held by the said John, and Margaret, our beloved daughter, his wife. He died in 1387-8. He married Margaret, fourth daughter of King Robert II., by whom he had a son, Donald, and two daughters
2 - John had some dispute with the Regent concerning certain lands which had been granted by Bruce, he joined the party of Edward Baliol and the English king. A formal treaty was concluded on the 12th of December 1335, and confirmed by Edward III on the 5th October 1336, that pledged support in consideration of a grant of the lands and islands claimed by the Earl of Moray. But the intrigues of Edward failed and Scotland was entirely freed from the dominion of the English. In 1341, David II was recalled from France to assume the undisputed sovereignty of his native country. Upon his accession to the throne, David concluded a treaty with John.
But in 1346, Ranald of the Isles was slain at Perth by the Earl of Ross. John, who had married Ranald's sister Amy, immediately laid claim to the succession. The government was unwilling to allow the claim considering him already too powerful and evaded the recognition of his claim.
But a remarkable change took place in the different parties which at that time divided Scotland. The king of Scotland now appeared a mere tool or partisan of King Edward, and even covertly allowed the endeavors of the English king to overturn the independence of Scotland. Its effect was to throw into active opposition the party which had supported the throne and the cause of independence. But as soon as the English party became identified with the royal faction, John of the Isles abandoned it, and joined with the party he had openly opposed. The head of the national party, the Steward of Scotland, cemented their union by giving to the Lord of the Isles his own daughter in marriage. In 1366, the northern barons broke out into open rebellion, and refused either to pay the tax imposed, or to obey the king's summons to attend parliament. David applied to the Steward to put down the rebellion. The Steward felt that he would be more effective by steady opposition to the court than by openly taking part with the insurgents. Therefore, he accepted the commission, but his efforts were only partially successful. The Earls of Mar and Ross and other northern barons laid down their arms as well as John of Lorn and Gillespie Campbell. But John, secure in the distance and inaccessible nature of his territories, refused to yield. King Edward was forced to turn his attention to his territories in France; and thus David found himself at liberty to turn his forces against the Isles. Robert the Steward, believing that the continuance of the rebellion might prove fatal to his party, persuaded John to meet the king at Inverness, where an agreement was reached. John agreed to submit to the royal authority and pay his share of all public burdens, and promised to put down all others who should attempt to resist. As token, he gave hostages to the king for the fulfillment of this obligation. The accession of Robert Stewart (the Steward) to the throne of Scotland in 1371 brought the Lord of the Isles into close connection with the court; and during the remainder of his life gave his support to the government as his father Angus had done under that of King Robert Bruce.
The advice that the Bruce left for the guidance of his successors concerning the Lord of the Isles was clearly dictated by sound political wisdom. He recommended that under no circumstances should the extensive territories ever again be concentrated in the person of one individual. But, John's claim was too great to be overlooked. Robert Stewart had not been on the throne for a year when he granted to his son-in-law a feudal title to all those lands which had formerly belonged to Ranald the son of Roderick. King Robert did, however, persuade John, who had been twice married, to spread his lands amongst his offspring which was the usual practice of families, but also to render the children of both marriages feudally independent of one another. King Robert confirmed a charter granted by John to Reginald, the second son of the first marriage, where the lands of Garmoran (the dowry of Reginald's mother) were to be held by the descendants of the eldest son of the first marriage. A short time afterwards, John resigned into the king's hands nearly the whole of the western portion of his territories, and received from Robert charters of these lands in favor of himself and the issue of his marriage with the king's daughter. After this period, little is known of the history of John, who is supposed to have died about the year 1380.
(http://www.celtic-twilight.com/atlanta/clans/macdonald/index.htm)
3 - The Branches of the Clan-Donald here, viz., the children of John, (lord of the Isles), Reginald and Godfrey, the three sons of Amie mac Rory; Donald og and John and Angus and Alexander, four sons of the daughter of Galtur (Robert), king of Alban.
The Clan Donald, Clan Ranald, and Clan Godfrey meet at John, Lord of the Isles. | MacDonald, Iain (John) 'the Good' 7th Lord of the Isles (I2795)
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1 - On his death without male issue the Earldom passed to his half-brother George.
2 - Kenneth Mackenzie, 1st Earl of Seaforth, 1744 - 1781, Lord Fortrose was an expatriate and had his home in Naples: where he conducted private concerts in his Neapolitan apartment, including his friend Sir William Hamilton; violinist, Gaetano Pugnani & the fourteen-year old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his father, Leopold, who visited Naples in the summer of 1770.
One of Fortrose's visitors described the enjoyable lifestyle of this cultured expatriate:
'After bathing we have an English breakfast and after breakfast a delightful little concert.'
3 - I belive his place of birth to be incorrect. I belive the Earldom relates to the Seaforth in the Scottish Highlands rather than the Seaforth in Merseyside. Any site vistors who have more information please let me know. | Mackenzie, Colin Lord Fortrose, 1st Earl of Seaforth (I7177)
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1 - On his death without male issue the Earldom passed to his half-brother George.
2 - Kenneth Mackenzie, 1st Earl of Seaforth, 1744 - 1781, Lord Fortrose was an expatriate and had his home in Naples: where he conducted private concerts in his Neapolitan apartment, including his friend Sir William Hamilton; violinist, Gaetano Pugnani & the fourteen-year old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his father, Leopold, who visited Naples in the summer of 1770.
One of Fortrose's visitors described the enjoyable lifestyle of this cultured expatriate:
'After bathing we have an English breakfast and after breakfast a delightful little concert.'
3 - I belive his place of birth to be incorrect. I belive the Earldom relates to the Seaforth in the Scottish Highlands rather than the Seaforth in Merseyside. Any site vistors who have more information please let me know. | Mackenzie, Colin Lord Fortrose, 1st Earl of Seaforth (I7177)
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1 - On the death of his father, the tutorship of the infant son, Lord Lovat, became a matter of contention between the child's grand-uncle, Fraser of Struie, and his uncle Thomas; and it seemed likely there would be a fight between their various partisans. In these circumstances, a clerical gentleman of the clan, Donald Fraser Dhu, entreated the widow to interfere, and ask Struie to retire. She gave an evasive reply, remarking that whatever might befall, 'not a drop of Stewart blood would be spilt.' The mediator then drew his dirk, and told her ladyship with a fierce oath, that her blood would be the first that would be spilt, if she did not do as he requested. She then complied, and Thomas, the child's uncle, was accordingly elected as tutor
2 - Lord Lovat supported a m?naqe of some extravagance in Inverness-shire. The weekly expenditure of provisions in his house included seven bolls of malt, seven bolls of meal, and one of flour. Each year seventy beeves were consumed, besides venison, fish, poultry, kid, lamb, veal, and all sorts of feathered game in profusion. His lordship imported wines, sugars, and spices from France, in return for the salmon produced by his rivers. He was celebrated for a liberal hospitality; and when he died in 1631, five thousand armed followers and friends attended his funeral, for all of whom there would be entertainment provided.
The rude abundance shewn in this establishment, taken in connection with the account of the outward state of the Marquis of Huntly, the reports afforded by the Water Poet of the hospitalities he experienced in the braes of Aberdeenshire and Morayshire, ought somewhat to modify the prevalent notions as to the poverty of the Celtic part of Scotland in this age. There was, indeed, no manufacturing industry worth speaking of; but the natural wealth of the country, the cattle, the wild animals, and the rain, seem to have furnished the people with no inconsiderable share of the comforts of life. It will be found, too, that the mansions of Glenurchy and Huntly, a few years after this date, exhibited elegant architecture and decoration. | Fraser, Simon 6th Lord of Lovat (I1530)
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1 - On the death of his father, the tutorship of the infant son, Lord Lovat, became a matter of contention between the child's grand-uncle, Fraser of Struie, and his uncle Thomas; and it seemed likely there would be a fight between their various partisans. In these circumstances, a clerical gentleman of the clan, Donald Fraser Dhu, entreated the widow to interfere, and ask Struie to retire. She gave an evasive reply, remarking that whatever might befall, 'not a drop of Stewart blood would be spilt.' The mediator then drew his dirk, and told her ladyship with a fierce oath, that her blood would be the first that would be spilt, if she did not do as he requested. She then complied, and Thomas, the child's uncle, was accordingly elected as tutor
2 - Lord Lovat supported a m | Fraser, Simon 6th Lord of Lovat (I1530)
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1 - On the murder of John, the second Stewart Lord of Lorne, in 1463 by a renegade MacDougall in the pay of the English, the Lordship and castle passed to his brother Sir Walter. There was a dispute, since the murdered man was on his way to be married to his mistress so as to legitimate his natural son. The last Stewart Lord of Lorne is said to have died on the threshold while reciting his marriage vows. Local sympathy seemingly favored the boy and for six years there was conflict in Lorne. Sir Walter, perhaps finding the lands more trouble than they were worth, exchanged the Lordship with Colin Earl of Argyll for richer and more peaceful lands in eastern Scotland. The exchange was ratified by royal charter in 1470.
2 - Tradition tell us that in 1445, while returning to his seat at Dunstaffnage castle from the great cattle tryst at Crieff, Sir John met and fell in love with the daughter of MacLaren of Ardvech. Although married, he began an affaire with his new love which one year later produced a son. He was christened Dugald and was to be the first Chief of the Stewarts of Appin.
After the death of his first wife, Sir John waited, for reasons we are unaware of today, for 5 years until setting up the marriage between himself and Dugald's mother, but it may have had something to do with the politics of the day. In 1463, Sir John set a wedding date and sent for Dugald and his mother to come to Dunstaffnage. Unknown to Sir John, there was a plot to kill the Lord of Lorn. It is not fully known, but it is thought to have been set up by the Lord of the Isles who was in a power struggle with the King of Scots, and who saw it as being in his best interest to neutralize this powerful and loyal representative of the King in the west highlands. The other plotters, which some feel included Colin Campbell, Lord Argyll, Sir John's son-in-law, were primarily represented by Alan MacCoul, the
illegitimate grandson of an earlier MacDougall Chief. As the lightly armed wedding party made it's way from Dunstaffnage to the small chapel located approximately 180 yards from the castle walls, they were attacked by a superior force lead by Alan MacCoul. Although better armed, MacCoul's force was defeated, but not before mortally wounding Lord of Lorn. Sir John was rushed into the chapel and MacCoul and his henchmen ran into and occupied the deserted Dunstaffnage. With his last breath Sir John married Dugald's mother, legitimizing him and making him the de jure Lord of Lorn. After receiving the last rites, Sir John expired and a new chapter in west highland history was opened.
3 - In 1451 his uncle, John Stewart the third and last Stewart Lord of Lorn, granted Sir John MacDougall of Dunollie, wide lands extending southwards to Loch Feochan in Inner Lorn. These lands had previously belonged to the MacDougall Lords oforn before it was inherited by the Stewarts through marriage to MacDougall heiresses. The granted lands were on the Isle of Kerrera and at Dunollie, then southwards at Glen Shelleach, Gallanach, Colagin, and Moleigh at the foot of Loch Nell. This grant was in return for agreeing to support the claim for the Lordship of Lorn for John Stewart's only son Dugald who was illegitimate, after that son was made legitimate. In 1463 John Stewart was attacked and killed while walking with his wedding party to his wedding at the chapel outside Dunstaffnage castle where he was marrying Dugald's MacLaren mother. If they could prevent the wedding ceremony from legitimizing son Dugald, the Lordship of Lorn would go to the Campbells to whom John Stewart's three daughters were already married but he died only after going through the ceremony. The attackers were led by a renegade MacDougall named Alan McCoul who was an illegitimate cousin of their Chief and a nephew of Donald Balloch of Islay. Alan wanted to be Chief of clan MacDougall himself. He was a well known soldier with a wild and reckless spirit that appealed to some of the younger elements in the clan. He had already been involved in a failed conpiracy with the Earls of Douglas and Ross against James III King of Scots. Alan McCoul had previously seized our Chief in 1460 and imprisoned him "in festynans" on the Isle of Kerrera possibly in a plan to starve him to death and succeed him. When the Earl of Argyll, sir John's feudal superior, heard that he had been taken prisoner and was likely to be killed, the Earl attacked Kerrera, burned Alan McCoul's ships, and killed nearly one hundred of Alan McCoul's men. McCoul escaped with four or five followers and Sir John was released. After killing the John Stewart the Lord of Lorn and leaving him for dead at his wedding, Alan McCoul and his band ran inside the open castle of Dunstaffnage and held it until dislodged the following year by royal troops sent by the Estates of Parliament. After years of intermittent fighting Alan McCoul was eventually killed in 1468 at the Battle of An Stalc (the Ridge) at Portnacroish in Appin by a Stewart and MacLaren coalition force which included MacDougalls. In northern Lorn Dugald Stewart went on to found the Stewarts of Appin, a clan with which we have always had a close relationship, but he lost the Lordship of Lorn to the Campbells.
[ http://www.macdougall.org/chiefs.html ] | Stewart, John "Mourach" of Lorn (I929)
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1 - One source says he was killed at the battle of Harlaw, another that he died aft 1421. If that were so he would have been the Sherrif of Angus that killed Andrew Lesley, third Laird of Balquhain, who is said to have fallen, in a battle at Brakoe, killed by the sheriff of Angus, 1420.
2 - In 1411, Donald of the Isles marched towards Aberdeen, the inhabitants of which were in dreadful alarm at the near approach of this marauder and his fierce hordes: but their fears were allayed by the speedy appearance of a well-equipped army, commanded by the Earl of Mar, who bore a high military character, assisted by many brave knights and gentlemen in Angus and the Mearns. Advancing from Aberdeen, Mar marched by Inverury, and descried the Highlanders stationed at the village of Harlaw, on the water of Ury near its junction with the Don. Mar soon saw that he had to contend with tremendous odds, but although his forces were, it is said, as one to ten to that opposed to him, he resolved, from the confidence he had in his steel-clad knights, to risk a battle. Having placed a small but select body of knights and men-at-arms in front, under the command of the constable of Dundee and the sheriff of Angus, the Earl drew up the main strength of his army in the rear, including the Murrays, the Straitons, the Maules, the Irvings, the Lesleys, the Lovels, the Stirlings, headed by their respective chiefs. The Earl then placed himself at the head of this body. At the head of the Islesmen and Highlanders was the Lord of the Isles, subordinate to whom were Mackintosh and Maclean and other Highland chiefs, all bearing the most deadly hatred to their Saxon foes. On a signal being given, the Highlanders and Islesmen, setting up those terrific shouts and yells which they were accustomed to raise on entering into battle, rushed forward upon their opponents: but they were received with great firmness and bravery by the knights, who, with their spears levelled, and battle-axes raised, cut down many of their impetuous but badly armed adversaries. After the Lowlanders had recovered themselves from the shock which the furious onset of the High-landers had produced, Sir James Scrymgeour, at the head of the knights and bannerets who fought under him, cut his way through the thick columns of the Islesmen, carrying death everywhere around him: but the slaughter of hundreds by this brave party did not intimidate the Highlanders, who kept pouring in by thousands to supply the place of those who had fallen. Surrounded on all sides, no alternative remained for Sir James and his valorous companions but victory or death, and the latter was their lot. The constable of Dundee was amongst the first who suffered, and his fall so encouraged the Highlanders, that seizing and stabbing the horses, they thus unhorsed their riders, whom they despatched with their daggers. In the mean time the Earl of Mar, who had penetrated with his main army into the very heart of the enemy, kept up the unequal contest with great bravery, and, although he lost during the action almost the whole of his army, he continued the fatal struggle with a handful of men till nightfall. The disastrous result of this battle was one of the greatest misfortunes which had ever happened to the numerous respectable families in Angus and the Mearns. Many of these families lost not only their head, but every male in the house. Andrew Lesley, third Laird of Balquhain, is said to have fallen, with six of his sons (the Laurus Lesleana says eleven, and that he himself fell some years after in a battle at Brakoe, killed by the sheriff of Angus, 1420.) Isabel Mortimer, his wife, founded a chaplainry in the Chapel of Garioch, and built a cross called Leslie's Cross, to their memory. Besides Sir James Scrymgeour, Sir Alexander Ogilvy, the sheriff of Angus, with his eldest son George Ogilvy, Sir Thomas Murray, Sir Robert Maule of Panmure, Sir Alexander Irving of Drum, Sir William Abernethy of Salton, Sir Alexander Straiton of Lauriston, James Lovel, and Alexander Stirling, and Sir Robert Davidson, provost of Aberdeen, with five hundred men-at-arms, including the principal gentry of Buchan, and the greater part of the burgesses of Aberdeen who followed their provost, were among the slain. The Highlanders left nine hundred men dead on the field of battle, including the chiefs, Maclean and Mackintosh. This memorable battle was fought on the eve of the feast of St. James the Apostle, the 24th day of July, in the year 1411, | Ogilvy [Ogilvie], Sir Alexander of Auchterhouse, Sheriff of Angus (I21459)
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1 - Only one 'man of note' namely, Alexander Home, 3rd Lord Home escaped death at Flodden and survived to lead the tattered remnants of the Scotish army home to Edinburgh. And even he survived with a rather tarnished reputation due to his early departure from the battlefield. Indeed it was reported that the Lord Home had declined to come to his king's aid during the height of the battle, remarking that "He does well that does for himself, we have fought our vanguard already, let others do as well as we". James VI's brother the Duke of Albany later had his revenge on the Lord Home and beheaded him for treason in 1516.
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2 - Following the Scots' defeat and the death of James IV at the battle of Flodden in 1513, in which numerous Homes were killed, a power struggle ensued between the Regent Albany and various other nobles including Alexander Home, 3rd Lord Home, Chamberlain of Scotland. Fast Castle was destroyed in the chaos in 1515, and Alexander Home was executed in 1516 and his land forfeit.
The castle was rebuilt by 1522, when the Home estates were restored to Alexander's brother George Home, 4th Lord Home .
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3 - Elizabeth Hepburn's husband identified as Alexander, Younger of Home. Suggested as being of this generation.-Ed. | Home, Alexander 3rd Lord Home, Chamberlain of Scotland (I2130)
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1 - Park appears to have been a part of the Lochloy property as in 1606 it was given to a younger son of Lochloy.-Ed.
2 - William de Hay of Lochloy is styled "gudfayr" [father-in-law] to William de Graham, son of the deceased Henry de Graham, in a resignation by that person on Friday 16 August 1420, of his barony of Kerdale into the hands of the Earl of Moray, as superior, for new infeftment to himself and with remainder to himself and the heirs male of his own body, which failing, to William de Hay of Lochloy, his father-in-law, and the heirs male of his body. He d. on 8 December 1421 and was father of;
John de Hay of Lochloy, | de Hay, William of Lochloy (I30622)
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1 - Patrick Buttar, of Gormock, succeeded to these lands by 2 October, 1510, when he was witness to a Charter by Sir William Scott, of Balweary, for the lands of Glendoick in favour of John Fergusson of Downy, and had a charter under the Great Seal for the lands of Wester Kinnaird on 18 February, 1527. He d. by 28 September, 1530, when the ward of his grandson, John, was granted to Janet Gordon, Lady Lindsay, and James Herring of Glasclune having m. firstly to a woman whose name has not been ascertained but by whom he had issue ; and secondly to Janet Gordon, (she was widow of John, Lord Lindsay, and of Patrick, Master of Gray, and m. fourthly to James Halkerston) who is styled as his relict when the writs of the lands of Derculich were pursued by Robert Fergusson which had been in the keeping of the late Patrick Buttar of Gormock and, after his decease, by his then spouse Janet Gordon, Lady Lindsay, and, after her decease, by James Halkerston, her then spouse.
2 - Kinnaird, above Moulin, had been acquired by Patrick Butter of Gormack, in 1526, and it was bought by Archibald Butter of Pitlochry, in 1679, for his second son, and remained a Butter possession for some generations.
[http://www.visitdunkeld.com/old-moulin-families.htm]
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1 - Patrick Buttar, of Gormock, succeeded to these lands by 2 October, 1510, when he was witness to a Charter by Sir William Scott, of Balweary, for the lands of Glendoick in favour of John Fergusson of Downy, and had a charter under the Great Seal for the lands of Wester Kinnaird on 18 February, 1527. He d. by 28 September, 1530, when the ward of his grandson, John, was granted to Janet Gordon, Lady Lindsay, and James Herring of Glasclune having m. firstly to a woman whose name has not been ascertained but by whom he had issue ; and secondly to Janet Gordon, (she was widow of John, Lord Lindsay, and of Patrick, Master of Gray, and m. fourthly to James Halkerston) who is styled as his relict when the writs of the lands of Derculich were pursued by Robert Fergusson which had been in the keeping of the late Patrick Buttar of Gormock and, after his decease, by his then spouse Janet Gordon, Lady Lindsay, and, after her decease, by James Halkerston, her then spouse.
2 - Kinnaird, above Moulin, had been acquired by Patrick Butter of Gormack, in 1526, and it was bought by Archibald Butter of Pitlochry, in 1679, for his second son, and remained a Butter possession for some generations.
[http://www.visitdunkeld.com/old-moulin-families.htm]
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1 - Patrick Dunbar was born before 1470 in Scotland. Shaw lists him as the 7th child as listed in the Dunbar aisle of Elgin Cathedral and states "Unfortunately the upper part of the wall, on which the names were cut, has disappeared". He was described as the sixth son by Burke, but he is not listed in the 2003 edition. He was the son of Sir Alexander Dunbar and Isobel Sutherland.
Patrick matriculated at St Andrews University in 1484. He is possibly the Patrick Dunbar who matriculated at St Andrews in 1484. Patrick was appointed Chancellor of Moray in March 1487. Patrick was Chancellor of Caithness after 13 August 1497. The Chancellor of the diocese, along with other functions, had a general charge of theological and grammar education. He was very indignant at any extra-mural interloping or unauthorized teaching in his jurisdiction. Any free-trade in teaching was put down by him with proper spirit. It was his duty to superintend the service in church, and, amongst other parts of it, the preaching. He and the treasurer kept the chapter seal under double locks. He witnessed charters on 4 November 1508 and 18 Dec. 1508; 1512 - (Accounts by Andrew Stewart, Bishop of Caithness)
Patrick was Chancellor of Aberdeen diocese, rector of Kilmure, founded the house of Bennagefield. Like his brother Gavin he resisted the marriage decrees between 1521 and 1525.
Patrick died on 8 September 1525 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire. Patrick Dunbar and James Dunbar were mentioned in a deed dated 1 March 1526/27 in Edinburgh.
He was named as father at the legitimation of John Dunbar on 11 February 1539/40. He was named as father at the legitimation of Gavin Dunbar and George Dunbar along with John Dunbar, James Dunbar and Rev David Dunbar on 6 March 1539/40, natural sons of the late Patrick Dunbar were legitimated.
Children of Patrick Dunbar ?James Dunbar+ b. c 1490, d. b 14 Apr 1542 ?Gavin Dunbar b. s 1500, d. a 1560 ?Alexander Dunbar+ b. s 1510, d. 19 Sep 1560 ?George Dunbar b. b 1511 ?Rev David Dunbar b. b 1515, d. b 14 Oct 1580 ?John Dunbar b. b 1520, d. 5 Dec 1545.
[https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Dunbar-664]
2 - Patrick,, chancellor of Aberdeen, ancestor of the Dunbars of Bennagefield of whom Mr Archibald Dunbar of Dykeside is the representative.
(Baronage of Scotland by Sir Robert Douglas. Bart pub.1798) | Dunbar, Patrick Chancellor of Aberdeen diocese, Rector of Kilmure (I128033)
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1 - Presumed to be the Lucas Stirling of Keir who married c04.1433 Marjory Dunbar (dau of George, 11th Earl of Dunbar) wife of Lucas and presumed mother of Sir William Stirling, 1st of Keir.
2 - According to the book on the Stirlings of Craigbernard and Glorat by Joseph Bain, there used to be bad feelings between the Stirlings of Keir and other leading branches of this family, largely because of the claims of the former to be the chief branch of the family since they held the lands of Cadder. As that acquisition arose because, in 1534, Sir James of Keir "forcibly married" Janet, heiress of Cadder, but soon after divorced her yet retained the estate, and as there are clearly other claims of greater precedence to that chiefdom, that book is rather scornful of such claims made in a book on the Stirlings of Keir earlier in the 19th century (which book appears to have been the stimulus that led to Joseph Bain's book). Joseph Bain's book is more respectful of the claims to lead the family of the Stirlings of Lettyr and Balquharrage (now of Muiravonside) but points out that the evidence is not fully secure that the Robert who was progenitor of that branch and who is identified as 3rd of Lettyr was in fact the younger brother of Andrew, 12th of Cadder. | de Stirveling [Stirling], Lucas of Rathoran (I2288)
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1 - Received the charter of the Isle of Barra and the lands of Boisdale in South Uist in 1427 from Alexander, Lord of the Isles
2 - 1427 a formal charter for Barra was granted by David II to Gilleonan MacNeil, 9th Chief of Barra, ranking the MacNeils as Barons in the Kingdom of the Lords of the Isles.
3 - Skene says"Tradition unquestionably points to Barra as now chief of the clan, and in this family the right to the chiefship probably exists, although the extreme distance of his possessions, which he appears from the first charter of Barra to have obtained in consequence of a marriage with an heiress of the Macleans from the rest, led many of them to follow the Macneills of Gigha, and made the latter family almost independent." | MacNeil, Gilleonan 9th of Barra, 29th Chief (I25638)
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1 - Received the charter of the Isle of Barra and the lands of Boisdale in South Uist in 1427 from Alexander, Lord of the Isles
2 - 1427 a formal charter for Barra was granted by David II to Gilleonan MacNeil, 9th Chief of Barra, ranking the MacNeils as Barons in the Kingdom of the Lords of the Isles.
3 - Skene says"Tradition unquestionably points to Barra as now chief of the clan, and in this family the right to the chiefship probably exists, although the extreme distance of his possessions, which he appears from the first charter of Barra to have obtained in consequence of a marriage with an heiress of the Macleans from the rest, led many of them to follow the Macneills of Gigha, and made the latter family almost independent." | MacNeil, Gilleonan 9th of Barra, 29th Chief (I25638)
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1 - received the honour of knighthood from King James IV, and obtained a charter under the great seal of sundry lands and baronies in Dumbartonshire, dated 4th December 1506. On 11th July 1526 he and Patrick Colquhoun his son received a respite for assisting John, Earl of Lennon, in treasonably besieging, taking, and holding the castle of Dumbarton. He died before 16th August 1536. By his first wife, Elizabeth Stewart, daughter of John, Earl of Lennox, Sir John Colquhoun had four sons and four daughters; and by his second wife, Margaret, daughter of William Cunningham of Craigenda, he had two sons and two daughters.
2 - In 1513 Sir John Colquhoun 11th of Luss, purchased "the two merk lands of old extent of Tullichintaull from Robert Rose of Tarbat"
[History of Clan Macfarlane Vol. II - manuscript by James Macfarlane; Chapt. 40] | Colquhoun, Sir John "Iain" 11th of Colquhoun & 13th of Luss (I79)
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1 - received the honour of knighthood from King James IV, and obtained a charter under the great seal of sundry lands and baronies in Dumbartonshire, dated 4th December 1506. On 11th July 1526 he and Patrick Colquhoun his son received a respite for assisting John, Earl of Lennon, in treasonably besieging, taking, and holding the castle of Dumbarton. He died before 16th August 1536. By his first wife, Elizabeth Stewart, daughter of John, Earl of Lennox, Sir John Colquhoun had four sons and four daughters; and by his second wife, Margaret, daughter of William Cunningham of Craigenda, he had two sons and two daughters.
2 - In 1513 Sir John Colquhoun 11th of Luss, purchased "the two merk lands of old extent of Tullichintaull from Robert Rose of Tarbat"
[History of Clan Macfarlane Vol. II - manuscript by James Macfarlane; Chapt. 40] | Colquhoun, Sir John "Iain" 11th of Colquhoun & 13th of Luss (I79)
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1 - RODERICK MacLEOD OF THE LEWES; m 1st Margaret, dau of Alastair Macleod 8th of Macleod, and had a son (dsp&vp): m 2nd Agnes, est dau of Kenneth Mackenzie 9th of Kintail by Agnes, dau of Hugh Fraser, 3rd Lord (Fraser of ) Lovat, and d. 1498.
2 - RODERICK MACLEOD, Seventh of Lewis, who is on record in 1476, in 1478, 1493, and 1494. In the latter year, Roderick of the Lewis and John Maclan of Ardnamurchan made their submission to James IV. Gregory says that this Roderick was grandson of a former Chief also named Roderick. In a Latin charter, under the Great Seal, dated 10th November, 1495, in favour of Hugh Macdonald, first of Sleat, he is designated " Roderico Macleod de Leoghys," and Gregory says that he was "the head of the Siol Torquil" in 1493.
He married, first, Margaret, daughter of John Macleod, VI. of Harris and Dunvegan, with issue -
1. A son who was mortally wounded at the Battle of the Bloody Bay near Tobermory,
Roderick married secondly, Agnes, eldest daughter of Kenneth Mackenzie-"Coinneach a Bhlair"-IX. of Kintail, by Agnes Fraser, daughter of Hugh Fraser, third Lord Lovat, with issue -
2. Torquil, who, on the death of his eldest brother, became his father's heir.
3. Malcolm, who, in 1511, succeeded his brother Torquil who had been forfeited in his estates in 1506.
4. A daughter, who, as his second wife, married Allan Macleod of Gairloch, with issue-Ruairidh MacAilein, otherwise known as " Ruairidh Nimhneach," author of the massacre of the Macleods of Raasay and Gairloch at Island Islay.
Roderick died in 1498, when he was succeeded by his eldest son, TORQUIL.
(History of the Macleods with genealogies of the principal families of the name by Alexander Mackenzie pub.1889.pdf) | MacLeod, Roderick Ruaidhri 7th of Lewes (Lewis) (I26001)
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1 - RODERICK MacLEOD OF THE LEWES; m 1st Margaret, dau of Alastair Macleod 8th of Macleod, and had a son (dsp&vp): m 2nd Agnes, est dau of Kenneth Mackenzie 9th of Kintail by Agnes, dau of Hugh Fraser, 3rd Lord (Fraser of ) Lovat, and d. 1498.
2 - RODERICK MACLEOD, Seventh of Lewis, who is on record in 1476, in 1478, 1493, and 1494. In the latter year, Roderick of the Lewis and John Maclan of Ardnamurchan made their submission to James IV. Gregory says that this Roderick was grandson of a former Chief also named Roderick. In a Latin charter, under the Great Seal, dated 10th November, 1495, in favour of Hugh Macdonald, first of Sleat, he is designated " Roderico Macleod de Leoghys," and Gregory says that he was "the head of the Siol Torquil" in 1493.
He married, first, Margaret, daughter of John Macleod, VI. of Harris and Dunvegan, with issue -
1. A son who was mortally wounded at the Battle of the Bloody Bay near Tobermory,
Roderick married secondly, Agnes, eldest daughter of Kenneth Mackenzie-"Coinneach a Bhlair"-IX. of Kintail, by Agnes Fraser, daughter of Hugh Fraser, third Lord Lovat, with issue -
2. Torquil, who, on the death of his eldest brother, became his father's heir.
3. Malcolm, who, in 1511, succeeded his brother Torquil who had been forfeited in his estates in 1506.
4. A daughter, who, as his second wife, married Allan Macleod of Gairloch, with issue-Ruairidh MacAilein, otherwise known as " Ruairidh Nimhneach," author of the massacre of the Macleods of Raasay and Gairloch at Island Islay.
Roderick died in 1498, when he was succeeded by his eldest son, TORQUIL.
(History of the Macleods with genealogies of the principal families of the name by Alexander Mackenzie pub.1889.pdf) | MacLeod, Roderick Ruaidhri 7th of Lewes (Lewis) (I26001)
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1 - Roderick Mor Mackenzie, progenitor of the family of Redcastle, was third son of Kenneth Mackenzie, X. of Kintail, by Elizabeth Stewart, daughter of John, second Earl of Atholc. He was a distinguished warrior, and took a prominent part in the frequent encounters between the Mackenzies and the Macdonalds of Glengarry, often commanding; the Clan on these occasions. In 1608 he has a charter under the Great Seal of the lands of Redcastle. He married Florence, daughter of Robert Munro, XV. of Fowlis, with issue ?
1. Murdoch, his heir and successor.
2. Colin, I. of Kincraig,
3. Isabel, who married Hugh Mackay of Bighouse, with issue.
4. Margaret, who married, as his first wife, Alexander Mackenzie, V. of Gairloch, with issue.
5. Helen, who married Thomas Dunbar of Grange.
6. Catharine, who married, first, in 1605, Kenneth Mackenzie, III. of Killichrist, with issue ; and secondly, Thomas Chisholm of Kinneries, also with issue.
7. Agnes, who married John Dunbar of Bennetsfield.
8. Another, who married John Bayne of Tulloch.
Roderick M6r was succeeded by his eldest son, Murdoch.
[HISTORY OF THE MACKENZIES WITH GENEALOGIES OF THE PRINCIPAL
FAMILIES OF THE NAME. NEW, REVISED, AND EXTENDED EDITION. BY
ALEXANDER MACKENZIE, M.J.I., pub 1894]
2 - Kenneth's third son, Ruairidh Mor, first of the house of Redcastle, and progenitor of the family of Kincraig and other well-known branches.
In 1570 a quarrel broke out between the Mackenzies and the Munros.
Leslie, the celebrated Bishop of Ross, who had been secretary to Queen Mary, dreading the effect of public feeling against prelacy in the North, and against himself personally, made over to his cousin Leslie of Balquhair, his rights and titles to the Chanonry of Ross, together with the castle lands, in order to divest them of the character of church property, and so save them to his family but notwithstanding this grant, the Regent Murray gave the custody of the castle to Andrew Munro of Milntown, a rigid presbyterian, and in high favour with Murray, who promised Leslie some of the lands of the barony of Fintry in Buchan as an equivalent but the Regent died before this arrangement was carried out - before Munro obtained titles to the castle and castle lands as he expected. Yet he ultimately obtained permission from the Earl of Lennox, during his regency, and afterwards from the Earl of Mar, his successor in that office, to get possession of the castle.
The Mackenzies were by no means pleased to see the Munros occupying the stronghold; and, desirous to obtain possession of it themselves, they purchased Leslie's right, by virtue of which they demanded delivery of the castle. This was at once refused by the Munros. Kintail raised his vassals, and, joined by a detachment of the Mackintoshes, [In the year 1573, Lachlan More, Laird of Mackintosh, favouring Kintail, his brother-in law, required all the people of Strathnairn to join him against the Munros. Colin, Lord of Lorn had at the time the adminstration of that lordship as the jointure lands of his wife, the Countesa Dowager of Murray, and he wrote to Hugh Rose of Kilravock: "My Baillie off Strathnarne, for as much as it is reported to me that Mackintosh has charged all my tenants west of the water of Naim to pass forward with him to Ross to enter into this troublous action with Mackenzie against the Laird of Fowlis, and because I will not that any of mine enter presently this matter whose service appertains to me, wherefore I will desire you to make my will known to my tenants at Strathnarne within your Bailliary, that none of them take upon hand to rise at this present with Mackintosh to pass to Ross, or at any time hereafter without my special command and goodwill obtained under such pains,"
etc. (Dated) Darnoway, 28th of June, 1573. - "Kilravock Writs,"
p.263.] garrisoned the steeple of the Cathedral Church, and laid siege to Irvine's Tower and the Palace. The Munros held out for three years, but one day the garrison becoming short of provisions, they attempted a sortie to the Ness of Fortrose, where there was at the time a salmon stell, the contents of which they attempted to secure. They were commanded by John Munro, grandson of George,
fourth laird of Fowlis, who was killed at the battle of "Bealach-nam-Brog." They, were immediately discovered, and quickly followed by the Mackenzies, under lain Dubh Mac Ruairidh Mhic Alastair, who fell upon the starving Munros, and, after a
desperate struggle, killed twenty-six of their number, among whom was their commander, while the victors only sustained a loss of two men killed and three or four wounded. The remaining defenders of the castle immediately capitulated, and it was taken possession of by the Mackenzies. Subsequently it was confirmed to the Baron of Kintail by King James VI. [Sir Robert Gordon, p. 154, and MS.
Histories of the Family.]
Roderick Mor Mackenzie of Redcastle seems to have been the leading spirit in this affair. The following document, dated at Holyrood House, the 12th of September 1573, referring to the matter will prove interesting -
Anent our Sovereign Lord's letters raised at the instance of Master George Munro, making mention: that whereas he is lawfully provided to the Chancellory of Ross by his Highness's presentation, admission to the Kirk, and the Lords' decree thereupon, and has obtained letters in all the four forms thereupon and therewith has caused charge the tenants and intromitters with the teind sheaves thereof, to make him and his factors payment; and in the meantime Rory Mackenzie, brother to Colin Mackenzie of Kintail, having continual residence in the steeple of the Chanonry of Ross, which he caused to be built not only to oppress the country with masterful
theft, sorning, and daily oppression, but also for suppressing of the word of God which was always preached in the said Kirk preceding his entry thereto, which is now become a filthy stye and den of thieves; has masterfully and violently with a great force of oppression, come to the tenants indebted in payment of the said Mr
George's benefice aforesaid and has masterfully reft them of all and whole the fruits thereof; and so he having no other refuge for obtaining of the said benefice, was compelled to denounce the said whole tenants rebels and put them to the horn, as the said letters and execution thereof more fully purports; and further is
compelled for fear of the said Mr George's life to remain from his vocation whereunto God has called him. And anent the charge given to the said Rory Mackenzie to desist and cease from all intromitting, uptaking, molesting or troubling of the said Mr George's tenants of his benefice above-written for any fruits or duties thereof, otherwise than is ordered by law, or else to have compeared before
my Lord Regent's grace and Lords of Secret Council at a certain day bypast, and show a reasonable cause why the same should not be done; under the pain of rebellion and putting him to the horn, with certification to him, and he failing, letters would be directed simpliciter to put him to the horn, like as is at more length contained in the said letters, execution and endorsement thereof.
Which being called, the said Master George compeared personally, and the said Rory Mackenzie oftimes called and not compearing, my Lord Regent's grace, with advise of the Lords of Secret Council, ordained letters to be directed to officers of arms, Sheriffs in that part, to denounce the said Rory Mackenzie our Sovereign Lord's rebel and put him to the horn and to escheat and bring in all his moveable goods to his Highness's use for his contempt. [Records of the Privy Council.]
On the 25th of May, 1575, at Chanonry, Robert Munro of Fowlis and Walter Urquhart, Sheriff of Cromarty, bind themselves their heirs, and successors, under a penalty of five thousand pounds, that they shall on a month's notice enter and present Roderick Mor Mackenzie of Redcastle before the King and the Privy Council and that he shall remain while lawful entry be taken of him, and that he shall keep good rule in his country in the meantime.
[ http://www.fullbooks.com/History-Of-The-Mackenzies5.html ]
3 - The circumstances which led to the great feud between Kintail and Glengarry appear to have been somewhat as follows: - Donald Macdonald, who was Chief of Glengarry about 1580, when the feud broke out, inherited parts of Lochalsh, Lochcarron, and Lochbroom from his grandmother, Margaret, one of the sisters and co-heiresses of Sir Donald Macdonald of Lochalsh, while Mackenzie of Kintail acquired the portion of the other co-heiress, by purchase, in 1554. With the territories of two such rival clans as the Mackenzies and the Macdonalds, not only closely adjoining, but in some instances mixed up together, as those territories now were, trouble was bound to arise. Men were constantly coming and going between Lochcarron and Glengarry, and it appears that in passing through Mackenzie's territories they frequently committed acts of violence against the people. In such circumstances it was not difficult to find an excuse for a quarrel, and an incident soon occurred which brought matters to a crisis. One of Glengarry's men, having found it necessary for some reason to leave his old home, settled, with his family and cattle, in Glenaffric. Being a great hunter, he frequently resorted to the neighboring deer forest of Glasletter, which then belonged to Mackenzie of Gairloch. One day, while hunting there, accompanied by a servant, he was surprised by Gairloch's forester, who called upon him to surrender. The forester was a Macrae called Fionnla Dubh Mac Ian Mhic Dhomh'uill Mhoir, or Fionla Dubh nam Fiadh (Black Finlay of the Deer), and he also was accompanied by a gillie or servant. The hunter refused to surrender, whereupon Finlay Dubh and his companion killed both the hunter and his servant, and buried them under a bank. As soon as the murdered men were missed, suspicion fell upon the forester and his gillie, both of whom were brought to trial by Mackenzie of Kintail, but nothing could be proved against them. Shortly afterwards, however, the bodies of the murdered men were found by their friends, and, very little doubt being now left as to who were the perpetrators of the dark deed, a party of the Macdonalds set out to take vengeance. Arriving at Glenstrathfarrar, which then belonged to Mackenzie of Redcastle, they plundered the place and killed a brother of Finlay Dubh, the forester, called Duncan Mac Ian Mhic Dhomh'uill Mhoir, whom they found plowing plowing in his own field. When tidings of this outrage reached Roderick Mor, who was then the Laird of Redcastle, and who had old grievances of a similar kind against the Macdonalds, he resolved at whatever cost, and in spite of the advice of more cautious friends, to take up the quarrel. Such, then, was the commencement of this feud, which lasted, with little intermission, for more than a quarter of a century, and which ended in favor of Mackenzie, who obtained a Crown charter for Glengarry's possessions in Lochcarron and Lochalsh in 1607, and the superiority of all his other possessions.
[ http://mcraeclan.com/ClanHistory/Topics/OriginOfFeudBetweenKintailAndGlengarry.htm ] | Mackenzie, Roderick Mor 1st of Redcastle (I32524)
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