!SOURCE: George Crawfurd, Esq., THE PEERAGE OF SCOTLAND, Edinburgh,
1716, p. 229ff.
This AEngus, as his Father and Grand-father had done, entred himself a
Brother in the Convent of Paisley, for which he gave the House Dimidiam
Marcam argenti de Domo sua propria & de singulis domibus per omnes terras
suas de quibus sumus exit unum denarium singulis Annis in perpetuum in
puram Eleemosynam. Moreover, he gave to the same Monastery the
Patronage of the Church of Kilkeran in Kintyre, Pro salute animae Domini sui
Alexandri illustris Regis Scotiae & Alexandri filii ejus, etiam pro salute sua
propria & haeredum suorum (Charta Mortif. AEngusii filii Dovenaldi Ecclesiae
de Kelkeran Abbati & Conventui de Paslet in Chartulario Dicti Monasterii in mea
Custodia per favorem Nobilissimi Comitis Joannis Comitis de Dundonald.
During the reign of Alexander III this great Person deported himself very loyall
y
and dutifully to the Crown, and when that King came to settle the Succession
of his Grandchild Margaret of Norway. He was one of the Primores Regni, Prime
Nobles, who swore that htey would faithfully adhere to and defend her Title,
to which he set his Seal in a solemn Assembly held in the Year 1284 for that
effect. He died not long after this, leaving two Sons, Alexander, and John of
whom the Clan Ean of Ardnamurchan and its Branches are sprung.
!BIOGRAPHY: Sir Robert Douglas of Glenbervie, Bart., THE PEERAGE OF
SCOTLAND, Vol. 2, Second Edition, John Philip Wood, Esq., Editor,
Edinburgh, 1813, p. 6.
IV. Angus, the eldest son, was the first of his race who acknowledged
himself a subject of the Kings of Scotland. He made a donation to the
convent of Paisley, of half a mark of silver de domo suo proprio, et de
singulis domibus per omnes terras suas de quibus fumum exit unum
denarium, singulis annis in perpetuum, in puram elemosynam. Moreover,
he gave to the same monastery the patronage of the church of Kilkerran,
in Kintyre, pro salute animae DOMINI SUI Alexandri Regis Scoticae
illustris, et Alexandri, filii ejus, etiam pro salute sua propria et
heredum suorum. AEngus, filius Dovenaldi, was one of the scotish nobles who,
in 1284, became bound to support the title of Margaret of Norway
to the throne of Scotland, in the event of the demise of King Alexander
III. A letter was addressed, in 1292, to Anegus, the son of Dovenald of
the Isles, and Alexander, his eldest son, respecting their comporting
themselves well and faithfully towards the King of England. Angus died
soon afterwards, leaving three sons.