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but the King." In further token of their grati-
tude the Macleans of Coll were, for over two
hundred years, in the habit of educating the
representative of the man who saved John Abrach.
III. John Abrach received from James V. on
December 1st, 1528, a charter of the lands of
Coll, Ouinish, and Rum. He received also from
the King on the same day a charter of the three
marklands of Achalennan, the forty shilling lands of
Drimnin, and the twenty pound lands of Lochiel.
In the spring of 1539 he presented a petition to
the Privy Council, in which he states that his
predecessors had peaceably enjoyed the lands of
Lochiel for forty years, that his father was slain
while living on these lands, and that afterwards
Ewen Mac Allan unjustly took possession of them.
He prays for relief. The Council appointed a
commission on all the matters referred to. What-
ever the action of the commission may have been,
Ewen Mac Allan retained possession of Lochiel.
John Abrach had at least two sons, John and
Hector. He had his lands conveyed to John, the
elder of the two, in September, 1542.
IV. John, fourth of Coll, Iain Mac Iain Abraich,
joined Donald Dubh in the rebellion of 1545.
He died without lawful issue about the bep'innine
of 1558, and was succeeded by his brother, Hector.
V. Hector, Eachann Mac Iain Abraich, received
a good education, and was known as An Cleireach
Beag, or the Little Clerk. He was a man of genuine
piety, and a good poet. Some of his poems were