Historical and genealogical account of the Clan Maclean

66 HISTORICAL NOTICES.
chief of Maclean, who were at first delivered to
the charge of certain chiefs of the Campbells,
then executing the office of royal lieutenants of
the isles during the minority of Archibald Earl
of Argyle, but afterwards transferred to the
custody of the king ; namely, Hector, the chiePs
eldest son ; Alester Macleod, brother to Dun-
vegan ; Lachlan and Neil, sons of Mackinnon of
Strath ; John and Murdoch, sons of Macneil of
Barra ; Allan, son of Maclean of Ardgour ; and
Donald Maclean, son of the constable of Cairn-
burg. In addition, Maclean was required forth-
with to release the chiefs captured by him at the
battle of Bachca, to give security for the
orderly behaviour of those over whom he exer-
cised any control, and, finally, to submit, under
the penalty of treason, all causes of future com-
plaint he might have to make to the decision of
the laws of the kingdom. Lachlan Mor having
submitted to all these conditions, was received
into favour, and shortly afterwards received from
his Majesty the honour of knighthood as an eques
auratus.
Notwithstanding the indulgence of the privy
council and the king's favours, Sir Lachlan Mac-
lean's love of military exploits could not admit
of his long remaining quiet. Mac-Ian of Ard-
namurchan, who had been some time previously
a suitor for the hand of the mother of the chief of
Maclean, but who, by having subsequently joined