This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 edition. Excerpt: ...having secured these, which were the most important defences in Argyleshire, he set about making preparations for a military expedition on a large scale. About midsummer, 1495, he left Glasgow at the head of a strong force, and marched to Dumbarton.1 At Dumbarton he embarked his troops, and proceeded by the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 edition. Excerpt: ...having secured these, which were the most important defences in Argyleshire, he set about making preparations for a military expedition on a large scale. About midsummer, 1495, he left Glasgow at the head of a strong force, and marched to Dumbarton.1 At Dumbarton he embarked his troops, and proceeded by the Mull of Kin tyre to Mingarry, in Ardnamurchan, where he held Court.2 Awed by the presence of so formidable an armament in the Western seas, many of the chiefs hastened to Mingarry and paid homage to the King, among whom were Allan of Clanranald, John of Sleat, and Donald of Keppoch. Maclan had already shewn much zeal in the King's service, and had recently been rewarded by a grant of lands in Isla. Thus all the Macdonald vassals within the Lordship of the Isles, with the exception of Macdonald of Glencoe and the banished Macdonald of Dunnyveg, submitted to the King, and the aspect of affairs augured well for the future government of the Southern Highlands at least. 1 MacVuirich in Reliq. Celt, p. 165. Treasurer's Accounts for the year 1494. 1 Treasurer's Accounts for the year 1495. The King went back to Edinburgh quite elated at the success of his efforts, and to ensure the success of his policy he called a meeting of his Council, and submitted to them measures for the better government of the Isles. The Council passed an Act which, in the present unsettled state of the Islands, if carried out, could hardly fail to be productive of good fruit. This Act provided that every chief must be answerable for the serving of summonses and other writs against his own clansmen, under the penalty of being himself liable to the party bringing the action.4 As a result of these proceedings, several chiefs appeared before the Council in Edinburgh, among whom...
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