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xlviii SIB RORIE MACKENZIE, TUTOR OF KINTAIL.
acquisition of Tarbat from the Dunbars does not appear. The lands of
Tarbat consist of Easter and Wester Tarbat, in the parish of that name.
Easter Tarbat now belongs to Mr. Macleod of Cadboll, and Wester Tarbat,
which is commonly called Seafield, is the property of Mr. Murray of Geanies.
Sir Eorie had a dispute with George Monro of Tarrell as to the marches
between the lands of Coigeach, etc., and Drumvaich and Breinletter, belong-
ing to Monro. That dispute was amicably settled by contract in 1618;
and the contract is renounced by Monro in Sir Eorie's favour in 1625, he
having bought the lands of Drumvaich and Breinletter.
In the latter part of his life Sir Eorie had a difficulty with his ward, now
considerably past his majority. In 1625 he raised a summons against Colin
Earl of Seaforth, narrating the disposition by Kenneth M c Kenzie of Kintail
in favour of Sir Eorie (then of Culteleod) of the lands of Inchveandie and
Ochterneid, and mill called Tympanmill, and two other contracts between the
said parties, charging the said Colin to compear before the Lords of Council
to see these contracts registered in the Books of Council and Session, that
Sir Eorie might have action against him for implement of the same. 1
According to a contemporary authority, although Sir Eorie Mackenzie
made great exertions to preserve the Lewis for his nephew, Lord Mackenzie,,
he had ultimately desired to possess the island himself, in exchange for his
barony of Coigeach. But this was refused by his nephew, who retained
the Lewis. 2
Sir Eorie is still remembered in Eoss-shire as a man of great bravery, and
many anecdotes are told of him. His valour is extolled by Simon Lord Lovat,
who was his great-grandnephew, in a letter to the third Earl of Cromartie.
Lord Lovat promised a visit to the Earl at Castleleod, and to bring with him the
1 Summons, dated 8th November 1625, at 2 Supplement to the History of the Feuds
Tarbat House. and Conflicts among the Clans.