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history of the mackenzies-第43章

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 writings direct from the Queen's Grace;  to exhibit; produce; and present before her Highness Mary Macleod;  daughter and heir of the umquwhile William Macleod of Harris; conform  to the letters and charges direct thereupon:  And declared that James  Macdonald had an action depending the Lords of Session against him for  deliverance of the said Mary to him; and that therefore he could not gudlie  (well) deliver her。  Notwithstanding the which the Queen's Majesty  ordained the said Kenneth to deliver the said Mary to her Highness and  granted that he should incur ‘no scaith thairthrou' at the hands of the said  James or any others; notwithstanding any title or action they had against him therefor; and the said Kenneth knowing his dutiful obedience to the  Queen's Majesty; and that the Queen had ordained him to deliver the said Mary to her Highness in manner foresaid which he in no wise could disobeyand therefore delivered the said Mary to the Queen's Majesty  conform to her ordinance foresaid。〃 'Transactions of the Iona Club; pp。  143…4。'

Prior to this Mackenzie refused to give her up to her lawful  guardian; James Macdonald of Dunyveg and the Glens。  In 1563 we find  him on the jury; with James; Earl of Moray; and others; at Inverness; by  whom John Campbell of Cawdor was served heir to the Barony of Strathnairn。 'Invernessiana; p。229。'   Kenneth was advanced in years  before he came into possession; and took; as we have seen; an active and  distinguished part in all the affairs of his clan during the life of his long…lived father。  He seems after his return from Inverness; on the occasion of  meeting Queen Mary there; to have retired very much into private life; for;  on Mary's escape from Lochleven Castle he sent his son Colin; then quite  a youth attending his studies at Aberdeen; at the head of his vassals; to join the Earl of Huntly; by whom Colin was sent; according to the Laird of  Applecross; 〃as one whose prudence he confided; to advise the Queen's  retreat to Stirling; where she  might stay  in  security till  all  her  friends   were convocate; but by an unhappy council she refused this advice and  fought at Langside; where Colin was present; and when by the Regent's  'The Earl of Moray; appointed to the office after Mary's defeat。'  insolence; after that victory; all the loyal subjects were forced to take remissions for their duty; as if it were a crime。  Amongst the rest  Mackenzie takes one; the only one that ever any of his family had  and this  is rather a mark of his fidelity than evidence of failure; and an honour; not  a task of his posterity。〃  It would have been already seen that another  remission had been received at an earlier date; for the imprisonment and  murder of John Glassich; son and successor to Hector Roy Mackenzie of  Gairloch; in Ellandonnan Castle。  Dr George Mackenzie says that Kenneth  apprehended John Glassich and sent him prisoner to the Castle; where he  was poisoned by the constable's lady; 'This lady was Nighean Iamhair;  and was spouse to John MacMhurchaidh Dhuibh。 the Priest of Kintail;  who was then chosen constable of Ellandonnan for the following reason:  A great debate arose between the Maclennans and the Macraes about this  important and honourable post; and the laird finding them irreconcilable; lest they should kill one another; and he being a stranger in the country himself; Mackenzie; on the advice of the Lord of Fairburn; erected the  priest constable of the castle。 This did not suit the Maclennans; and; as  soon as Mackenzie left the country; they; one Sabbath morning; as the  priest was coming home from church; ‘sends a man in ambush in his road  who shot him with an arrow in the buttocks; so that he fell。  The ambusher thinking him killed; and perceiving others coming after the priest that  road; made his escape; and he (the priest) was carried to his boat alive。   Of  this priest are all the Murchisons in thise countries descended。〃Ancient  MS。' whereupon 〃ane certain female; foster…sister of his; composed a  Gaelic rhyme to commemorate him。〃 The Earl of Cromartie gives as the  reason for this imprisonment and murder that; according to rumour John  Glassich intended to prosecute his father's claim to the Kintail estates; and  Kenneth hearing of this sent for him to Brahan; John came suspecting  nothing; accompanied only by his ordinary servants。  Kenneth questioned him regarding the suspicious rumours in circulation; and not being quite  satisfied with the answers; he caused John Glassich to be at once  apprehended。  One of John's servants; named John Gearr; seeing his  master thus inveigled; struck at Kenneth of Kintail a fearful blow with a two…handed sword; but fortunately Kenneth; who was standing close to the  table; nimbly moved aside; and the blow missed him; else he would have  been cloven to pieces。  The sword made a deep cut in the table; 〃so that  you could hide your hand edgeways in it;〃 and the mark remained in the  table until Colin; first Earl of Seaforth; 〃caused cut that piece off the table; saying that he loved no such remembrance of the quarrels of his relations。〃  Kenneth was a man of good endowments 〃he carried so prudently that he had the good…liking of his prince and peace from his  neighbours。〃  He had a peculiar genius for mechanics; and was seldom  found without his corc〃sgian dubh〃or some other such tool in his  hand; with which he produced excellent specimens of hand…carving on  wood。

He married early; during his father's lifetime; Lady Elizabeth Stewart; daughter of John; second  Earl of Athol; by his wife; Lady Mary  Campbell; daughter of Archibald; second; and sister of Colin; third Earl of  Argyll; and by her had three sons and several daughters

I。  Murdoch; who; being fostered in the house of Bayne of Tulloch; was presented by that gentleman on his being sent home; with a goodly  stock of milch cows and the grazing of Strathvaich; but he died before he attained majority。

II。  Colin; who succeeded his father。

III。  Roderick; who received the lands of Redcastle and became the progenitor of the family of that name。

IV。  Janet; who as his third wife married; first; Aeneas Macdonald;

VII。 of Glengarry; with issuea daughter Elizabeth; who married John Roy Mackenzie; IV。 of Gairloch。  She married secondly; Alexander Chisholm; XIV。 of Chisholm; with issue。

V。  Catherine; who; as his second wife; married Alexander  Ross;

IX。  of Balnagown; with issueone son Nicholas Alexander; who died on  the 21st of October; 1592。

VI。  Agnes; who married Lachlan Mor Mackintosh of Mackintosh;  'The following anecdote is related of this match:Lachlan Mackintosh; being only an infant when his father; William Mackintosh of that ilk; was murdered in 1550; was carried for safety by some of his humble retainers  to the county of Ross。  This came to the knowledge of Colin; younger of  Kintail; who took possession of the young heir of Mackintosh; and carried him to Ellandonnan Castle。  The old chief retained him; and treated him  with great care until the years of pupilarity had expired; and then married  him to his daughter Agnes; by no means an unsuitable match for either;  apart from the time and manner in which it was consummated。' with  
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