!BIOGRAPHY: Sir Robert Douglas of Glenbervie, Baronet, THE BARONAGE
OF SCOTLAND, Edinburgh, 1798, p. 375.
IX. William Macleod fourth baron of that ilk, Herries, &c. who lived in
the reign of king Robert II, …had issue two sons and one daughter.
1. Malcolm, who died before his father, unmarried.
2. William, who became his father''s heir.
His daughter was married to Lauchlan Maclean of Dowart, and had
issue.
John died in the beginning of the reign of king Robert III, and was
succeeded by his son, William Macleod.
!BIOGRAPHY: Rev. Dr. Donald MacKinnon, MACLEOD CHIEFS OF HARRIS
AND DUNVEGAN, Edinburgh, The Clan MacLeod Society, 1969, p. 11. Alick
Morrison, THE CHIEFS OF CLAN MACLEOD, East Kilbride, Scotland, 1986.
According to the BANNATYNE MANUSCRIPT, this MacLeod Chief was a
''most tyrannical and blood-thirsty despot, equally feared by all his
vassals and by the members of his own family''. He married an Irish lady
of the name of O''Neil, who, it would appear, was as cruel and vindictive
as her husband. By her, John had issue....
About the year 1392, Chief John went to Harris to be present at a deer
hunt, and was accompanied by the chief men of his clan. After the hunt
was over, the Chief returned to Rodel to embark for Dunvegan. When in
the act of lifting his foot to step into his galley, his side was pierced by
an arrow fired at him from the height above the shore. His followers
carried him to the nearby Monastery, where he died that same evening.
His body was taken to Iona and buried there. He was succeeded by his
surviving son.