Genealogie of the Mackenzies, preceeding ye year M.DC.LXI

THE C.ENKALOGIE OF THE MACKENZIES. /
forces at Harlaw; This Familie esteeming the authority of y e Magistrat
as ane inviolable obligatione. He was prisoner by the Earle of Ross at
Dingwall, But was released in exchange for Balnagowne, who was
taken for that end by some of M'Kenzie's faithfull servants.
To Murdowsucceeded Alexander, forhisRighteousnesscalled Inrick.
He was the chiefe instrument that settled the Earledome of Ross to the
King, after the resignation thereof Anno 1477, for which good service he
hade some pairt of it, viz'. Strachonnan, Stragarrive, and others, disponed
to him by a Chartour dated at Ed r . in September that year. He married
first, Anne Daughter To M'Dougall of Lome,* by whom he had Ken-
neth, — and Duncane, of whom is descended the Families of Logie and
Hilltoun ; and by his Second wife, Margaret, Daughter to M'Dougall of
Morir, he had Hector, the first of the house of Garloch.
Kenneth his eldest sone was in his Father's lifetym married to
Margaret, Sister to Donald Lord of y e Isles, and Daughter to John of
Isla, who is accompted Earle of Ross, but wrongously, For this was longe
after the Resignation of y e Earledome To the King. By hir, he hade one
Sone called Kenneth-oige, that is younger, But on a discord with hir
Brother, Donald of the Isles, He sent hir home. The grief whereof
shortly Killed hir. This renewed their old feude to a fatall height, which
shortly ended in the ruine of M'Donald, and in the period of all his
pretences to Ross. For M'Donald convocat a great power to extirpat
M'Kenzie, On the other side, Kenneth hade but few, yet all men of tryed
valour, with whom at Blairniparke, He overthrew Donald, Killed most
of his Men, and all his Commanders, and took himself prisoner, whom he
released some moneths y r after, on oath never to pretend to Ross or any
pairt thereof thereafter. At this battle was Killed Gillespick, a bastard
Brother of John of Isla, a valiant man, and Father to Alexander M'Gille-
spick, of whom by a Daughter is descended the house of Glengarrie, and
on which pretence they ridiculously found a Claime to the succession of the
E. of Ross, whilst not only Gillespick was a bastard, as severall wryts
* According to Douglas, his first wife was Lady Agnes Campbell, daughter of the first Earl of
Argyll.— Ed,