Celtic Scotland : $b A history of ancient Alban. Volume 3 (of 3), Land and peopleSkene, W. F. (William Forbes)
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Celtic Scotland : $b A history of ancient Alban. Volume 3 (of 3), Land and people
Skene, W. F. (William Forbes)
Celts -- Scotland; Civilization, Celtic; Scotland -- Antiquities, Celtic; Scotland -- History -- To 1603
It is unnecessary to quote more of these bonds, which are usually in the
same terms; and we may conclude with the following taken from ‘ane list
of the native-men of Craignish.’ In 1592 Malcolme Moir Makesaig and his
sons appeared at Barrichbyan, and gave to their well-beloved Ronald
Campbell McEan VcDonald of Barrichbyan and his heirs their bond of
manred and calpis for ever, and shall follow and obey him and his heirs
in whatever place he and his foresaids transport themselves in the
country or without; and shall obey them as native-men ought and should
do to their chief; and Ronald obliges himself and his heirs to be a good
chief and master to them as his native-men, and to give to them their
duty that they and their succession of men and women ought to have after
calpis, conform to the use of the country. In 1595 similar agreements
were made by other small septs, and in a bond of manrent granted by
Gillicallum McDonchie VcIntyre VcCoshen to Ranald Campbell of
Barrechebyan in 1612, in which he states, ‘Forasmuch as I understand of
gude memorie that the surname of Clanntyre VcCoshen wer of auld
native-men, servandis and dependaris to the house and surename of
Clandule Cregnis, _alias_ Campbellis in Cregnis, and willing of my
dewtie to renew the band and service of my sadis forbearis war of auld,
and dewtie to the sadis house and surename, and acknowledging Rannald
Campbell of Barrichbyan to be of the samin house and surname,’ he
becomes bound, for himself and all others descended of his body, ‘to be
leill, trew, and of auld, native-men in all lawlieness and subjection to
the said Rannald and his airis-male for ever, and that according as my
predecessors were in use of befoir, and as ony native-men are in use in
Argyll, in special sall serve be sea and land the said Rannald, etc.;
and in token to uplift from me at my decease the second but aucht that I
sall have at the time foresaid in name of calp, to wit, ane hors, meir,
or mart;’ and ‘providing alwayis the said Rannald and his airis do the
dewtie of ane chief or maister to me and my airis male and female, as
use is; attour I grant me, as use is, to haif gotten at the making
heirof ane guid and sufficient sword, ressavit and deliverit be the said
Rannald to remane as ane memoriall taikin of this my band of
manrent.’[451]
[Sidenote: Fosterage.]
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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