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ADDENDA. 157
continued to the reign of James the Sixth,
anno 1587, who endeavoured to restore
peace and order, and caused two rolls to
be made out, the one containing a list of
" landlords, and baillies of lands where bro-
ken men dwell," and the other containing a
list of those " clans that had captains and
chieftains on whom they depended, oft
times against the wills of their landlords."
This last title so indistinctly defined, does
not specify whether these chieftains held
their lands of the crown, or of subjects su-
perior. The act ordains these chieftains to
give pledges to the king, for the peaceable
demeanour of themselves and their clans.
In anno 1597, the crown and reformers
enforce the act of annexation of James the
Fifth, anno 1540, of the other division of
the property of the family of the Isles,
and ordain " the chiefs of clans to shew
their rights and titles to the court of exche-
quer, &c."
As none but the immediate branches of
the family of the Isles, were considered as
chiefs or clans of that name and family,
and as they had received their lands from
continued to the reign of James the Sixth,
anno 1587, who endeavoured to restore
peace and order, and caused two rolls to
be made out, the one containing a list of
" landlords, and baillies of lands where bro-
ken men dwell," and the other containing a
list of those " clans that had captains and
chieftains on whom they depended, oft
times against the wills of their landlords."
This last title so indistinctly defined, does
not specify whether these chieftains held
their lands of the crown, or of subjects su-
perior. The act ordains these chieftains to
give pledges to the king, for the peaceable
demeanour of themselves and their clans.
In anno 1597, the crown and reformers
enforce the act of annexation of James the
Fifth, anno 1540, of the other division of
the property of the family of the Isles,
and ordain " the chiefs of clans to shew
their rights and titles to the court of exche-
quer, &c."
As none but the immediate branches of
the family of the Isles, were considered as
chiefs or clans of that name and family,
and as they had received their lands from
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| Description | A poem in five cantos: being the origin and history of the family, alias Donald, Lord of the Isles, carried down to its extinction, with a continuation of the family of Keppoch; the whole combined with the history of Scotland, with notes and references, and concluding with an analysis of the Scotch acts of Parliament, relative to the Douglas association; and an address to His Royal Highness the prince regent. By John Paul Macdonald. Montrose : Printed for the author by J. Watt, 1815. |
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| Description | A selection of almost 400 printed items relating to the history of Scottish families, mostly dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes memoirs, genealogies and clan histories, with a few produced by emigrant families. The earliest family history goes back to AD 916. |
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