!SOURCE: William Matheson, "The MacLeods of Lewis," TRANSACTIONS OF
THE GAELIC SOCIETY OF INVERNESS, Vol. LI (1978-1980), Inverness,
Scotland, 1981, pp. 320-337 (329).
Roderick (Ruaidhri). He had a precept of clare constat, whereby John,
Lord of the Isles, declared him heir to Torquil in the lands of Lewis and
Waternish, dated 3rd November 1464. He witnessed the charter of John,
Lord of the Isles, to Hugh MacDonald of the lands of North Uist; the
charter was granted at Aros, and is now accepted as being properly dated
28th June 1469. He also figures in documents dated in 1478/79, 1492
and 1494; and the list could be extended. Perhaps his last appearance on
record is on 2nd June 1496, when he grants a charter of the lands of
Assynt to Neil MacLeodand to Angus, his son. It has been stated that
Roderick was twice married, first to Margaret, daughter of John MacLeod
of Dunvegan, with issue:
(1) A son, who was mortally wounded at thebattle of Bloody Bay (Bàgh
na Fala) off the north coast of Mull, dying at Dunvegan when on his way
back to Lewis.
Roderick is said (on doubtful authority) to have married, as his second
wife, Agnes, daughter of Kenneth MacKenzie of Kintail, with issue:
(2) Torquil, of whom next (as VIII).
(3) Malcolm, of whom after Torquil.
He also had issue:
(4) A daughter, who married Allan MacLeod of Gairloch.
(5) Margaret, who married Lachlan Mackinnon.
(6) Ann, who married MacDougall of Dunollie.
(7) A daughter, apparently, who married James MacDonald of Castle
Camus, Skye.
!SOURCE: George Crawfurd, Esq., THE PEERAGE OF SCOTLAND, Edinburgh,
1716, p. 436.
!SOURCE: Sir Robert Douglas of Glenbervie, Baronet, THE BARONAGE
OF SCOTLAND, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1798, p. 384.
"VII. Roderick MacLeod of Lewes, who succeeded [Torquil], and is
mentioned in a charter under the great seal to his son, hereafter
narrated. "He married Margaret, daughter of John MacLeod of that ilk
and Herries, and died soon after his father, leaving issue a son and
successor."
!SOURCE: John Burke, Esq., HISTORY OF THE COMMONERS OF GREAT
BRITAIN AND IRELAND, Vol. IV, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co.,
1977, pp. 584-592.
Roderick, seventh Baron of Lewis. He married Mary, daughter of
Macleod of Herries, and had three sons, Roderick, Torquil, and Malcolm.
The eldest, Roderick, being killed in the battle of the Bloody Bay, in
1480, where he was fighting in the cause of John, Earl of Ross, and Lord
of the Isles. The second son, Torquil, succeeded his father about 1495.
!SOURCE: Alick Morrison, THE MACLEODS: THE GENEALOGY OF A CLAN,
Section IV, "The MacLeods of Lewis", Edinburgh, Associated Clan MacLeod
Societies, 1974, pp. 3-4.
This chief appears on record in 1476, 1478, 1493, 1494, and 1495. In a
charter of 1475, given under the Great Seal in favour of Hugh MacDonald
of Sleat, Roderick is designated, "Roderico MacLeod de Leoghys". He
warmly espoused the cause of John, Lord of the Isles against his bastard
son, Angus Og. Roderick married, as his first wife, Margaret, daughter of
John MacLeod VI of Harris (Iain Borb), with issue a son, who was so badly
wounded in the Battle of Bloody Bay in Mull in 1480 that he died on his
way home to Dunvegan Castle.
Roderick married, secondly, Agnes, daughter of Kenneth MacKenzie of
Kintail, with issue.
!SOURCE: Rev. Dr. Donald MacKinnon, MACLEOD CHIEFS OF HARRIS AND
DUNVEGAN, Edinburgh, The Clan MacLeod Society, 1969, p. 13.
!SOURCE: Alick Morrison, THE MACLEODS: THE GENEALOGY OF A CLAN,
Section IV, Revised Edition, "The MacLeods of Lewis", Edinburgh,
Associated Clan MacLeod Societies, 1990, pp. 4-5.
He was declared heir by John, Lord of the Isles, in a precept dated 3rd
November 1464. [Cromartie MS, p. 511. Macleod of Lewis Charter Chest?]
He appears as a witness in a charter of John, Lord of the Isles, now dated
at 28th June 1469, [RMS (II) no. 2286.] and in other documents of
1478/9, 1492 and 1494. [RMS (II) nos. 1419, 2221; R. W. Munro (1961) jp.
143.] His last known dated record is of 2nd June 1496 when he granted
lands in Assynt to Neil Macleod and his son, Angus. [C.Frser=Mackintosh,
TGSI (XXIV) p. 380. He married (1) Margaret, daughter of John MacLeod of
Dunvegan. [Sir Robert Douglas (1798) p. 384.]
According to the clan historian, A. MacKenzie, Roderick married (2)
Agnes, daughter of Kenneth MacKenzie of Kintail, but there seems to be
no good authority for this. [Matheson, TGSI (LI) pp. 330, 335, n. 80.] The
MacKenzies did not emerge until after the forfeiture of the earldom of
Ross in 1476 and would therefore have been unlikely to contract
marriage alliances with the chiefs of Macleod of Lewis at that date.
Nevertheless, Roderick and his second wife, whoever she was, had issue.
!SOURCE: Alick Morrison, THE MACLEODS: THE GENEALOGY OF A CLAN,
Section V, Edinburgh, The Associated Clan MacLeod Societies, 1976, p.
11.
!NOTE: On page 8, Morrison shows this to be Roderick VIII of Lewis;
however, on page 11, he has him as Roderick VII of Lewis. However, the
VII of Lewis is Torquil. He should actually be IV of Lewis, according to
Matheson. See RIN 406.