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?6 HISTORY OF THE MACKENZIES.
William Fraser and Mr Donald Fraser.".* " They were both
made knights to the boot of Pope Clement the VIII., but
when my knights came home, they neglected the decree of
Pope Innocent III. against the marriage and consentrinate
of all the clergy : or otherwise they got a dispensation from
the then Pope Clement VIII. for both of them married —
Sir Dugall was made priest of Kintail and married nien
(daughter) Dunchy Chaim in Glenmorriston. Sir Andrew
likewise married, whose son was called Donald Du Mac
Intagard, and was priest of Kirkhill and chapter of Ross.
His tack of the vicarage of Kilmorack to John Chisholm of
Comar stands to this day. The present Mr William Fraser,
minister of Kilmorack, is the fifth minister in lineal and un-
interrupted succession. "-[-
Sir Kenneth of Kintail, knighted by James IV. " for be-
ing highly instrumental in reducing his fierce countrymen
to the blessings of a civilized life," was twice married ; first,
as we have seen, to Lady Margaret,- daughter of John of
Isla, by whom he had one son, Kenneth Og, who succeeded
him ; and secondly, to Agnes or Anne Fraser, daughter of
Hugh, third Lord Lovat, by whom he had four sons — John,
who succeeded Kenneth Og as Baron of Kintail ; Alexander,
the first of the family of Davochmaluag ; Roderick, who
was killed at Flodden, and was the progenitor of the families
of Achilty, Fairburn, Ardross, &c. ; and Mr Kenneth, better
known as " the Priest of Avoch," from whom descended the
families of Suddie, Ord, Corryvulzie, Highfield, Inverlaul,
Little Findon, and others of lesser note. By the second
marriage he had two daughters — Agnes, who married
Roderick Macleod of the Lewis, who afterwards sent her
away charging her with infidelity ; and Catharine, who
married Hector Munro of Fowlis.
Of Roderick, who was an exceedingly powerful man, the
following is told : — He was a man of great strength and
stature, and in a quarrel which took place between him and
Dingwall of Kildun, he killed the latter, and " that night
* Ancient MS. t Ardintoul MS.

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