!BIOGRAPHY: Sir Robert Douglas of Glenbervie, Baronet, THE BARONAGE
OF SCOTLAND, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1798, p. 386.
"III. Malcolm MacLeod, third baron of Rasay, who, upon his own
resignation, got a charter under the great seal, ''Macgillicallum filio et
haeredi Macalister Vic-Gillicallum de Rasay, haeredibus masculis et
assignatis quibuscunque, terrarum de Rasay, Ire, etc. etc. etc.'' in
Inverness-shire; which lands held formerly of the bishop of the isles,
but now of the king by the act of annexation. The charter is dtated 10th
July 1596.
"This Malcolm was a man of parts and spirit, but finding the family of
Lewes, of whom he was descended, upon the decline, he thought proper to
cultivate a friendship with his nearest and most powerful neighbours; he
therefore entered into a bond of manrent and friendship, offensive and
defensive, with Donald Macdonald of Slate, etc. etc. which hath continued
inviolate to this day.
"This Malcolm, in consequence of a transaction with Kenneth MacKenzie
of Kintail, resigned his lands of Rasay, etc. in his favours, took them
holden of him, and accordingly got a charter from said Kenneth, then
created lord Kintail, dated anno 1610.
"He was succeeded by his son."
!SOURCE: Alick Morrison, THE MACLEODS: THE GENEALOGY OF A CLAN,
Section IV, Second Edition, Revised by Major Loudoun Hector Davenport
MacLeod, RM, and others, "The MacLeods of Lewis", Edinburgh, Associated
Clan MacLeod Societies, 1990, p. 40.
Malcolm MacLeod, the youngest son of Alexander II of Raasay managed
to survive from the wiles of Roderick the Venomous, because he was
fostered by Malcolm MacNeil. In 1596, his name appears on a charter as
"Mac Gillicallum filio et heredi Alister vic Gillicallum de Rasay." It is
there stated that the lands of Raasay had been formerly held of the
Bishop of the Isles, but now of the King. Malcolm appeared to have been
an important warrior in his day, for he took part in raids against the Earl
of Caithness, and also against Alexander Bayne of Tulloch in the district
of Torridon in September 1592. Malcolm III was married to Isabel,
natural daughter of Kenneth na Cuirc (of the whittle) MacKenzie of
Kintail. [Ardross MS., p. 52, corroborated by a complaint by Alexander,
Fiar of Logy, and Ranald, sons of Alexander Bane of Tulloch dated 5th
February 1596 (see A. MacKenzie (1889) p. 354, and Sharpe (1978) p.
70).]
!SOURCE: Robert B. Malloy, THE ISLE OF RAASAY", Framingham Center,
Massachusetts, 1975.