The Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707, K.M. Brown et al eds (St Andrews, 2007-2024), date accessed: 28 March 2024
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Decreet for [Thomas MacKenzie], laird of Pluscarden against MacEachan, MacGillreick, MacAlister and others
Anent the supplication and libel given in to his majesty's commissioner his grace and estates of parliament by Thomas MacKenzie of Pluscarden against Ùisdean mac Eachainn2 in Wester Delfur, Gilleasbaig mac Gill-riabhaich3 in Glengenag, Iain mac Alasdair mhic Uilleim4 there, Iain mac Thòmais Riabhaich5 in Stron,6 Domhnall mac Iain mhic a' Ghille Ghlais7 there, Domhnall mac Iain mhic a' Ghobhainn8 in Cluny, Eoghann mac Eoghainn,9 tailor there, Iain mac Anndra Dhuibh10 there, Iain mac Coinnich Ruaidh11 in Banchor, Domhnall mac Grasaich12 there, Eoghann mac Phàdraig,13 miller there, Domhnall mac Alasdair Ruaidh14 there, Maol-chalum [mac] Fhionnlaigh mhiv Uilleim15 there, Finlay Miller there, Matthew Dempster there, Iain Mór mac Eoghainn Ruaidh16 there, Donnchadh mac Iain mhic Dhonnchaidh17 in Corrunich, Iain mac Aonghais,18 tailor there, Lachlann MacPhersan in Pettinean,19 Iain mac Uilleim mhic an Léigh20 in Ruthven, Iain Bàn mac Alasdair mhic Uilleim21 in Crachiecroy, Lachlann mac Dhomhnaill Bhàin22 there, Iain mac Dhomhnaill mhic Néill23 there, Donald Grant there, Aonghas Dubh mac Ruairidh24 there, Iain Bàn25 in Pitgaveny, Aonghas mac Dhonnchaidh26 in Gask, Iain mac Codachaidh mac Iain aich Dhuibh27 in Crathiemore, Aonghas mac Iain Duibh28 there, Iain mac Dhomhnaill mhic Iain29 there, Aonghas mac Iain Duibh mhic Aonghais30 in Crachiecroy, Iain mac Dhomhnaill mhic Iain31 there, Alasdair mac Uilleim mhic Iain mhic Eoghainn32 in Blargiemore, Iain mac Aonghais mhic Dhomhnaill Bhàin33 in Killurcheir, Domhnall mac Fhionnlaigh,34 Iain Dubh mac Dhomhnaill35 in Gergask, Maol-chalum mac Phàill mhic Fhearchair36 in Blargiemore, Beathan mhic37 Iain mhic Eoghainn38 in Cluny, Dughall mac Dhomhnaill mhic Iain39 there, Aonghas mac Condachaidh40 mhic a' Bhleidir41 in Gask, Iain mac Iain Bhàin mhic a' Bhleidir42 there, Eoghann mac Coinnich Òig43 in Garviemore, Domhnall mac Iain mhic Fhionnlaigh44 in Tullochronbie, Tòmas mac Uilleim45 in Gaskloyn, Alasdair mhic Gille-Chaluim mhic Alasdair46 in Blarbiebeg, Duibhne mac Dhonnchaidh mhic Alasdair47 there, Maol-chalum mhic48 Uilleim mhic Dhughaill49 in Isserruand, Iain mac Aonghais mhic Dhomhnaill mhic Néill50 in Stramachie, Fionnlagh mac Duibh mhic Fhionnlaigh51 in Garviemore, Gilleasbaig mac Iain Duibh mhic Fhionnlaigh52 in Garviemore, Iain mac Sheumais mhic Gille-Phàdraig53 in Muckle, Eoghann mac Iain mhic Dhomhnaill Duibh54 there, Fearchar mac Dhomhnaill mhic Riabhaich55 in Fernmore, Alasdair mac Grasaich56 in Ferrobeg, Iain [mac] Fhionnlaigh mhic Anndra57 in Muidhe, Fionnlagh mac Sheumais Bhàin58 there, Iain Dubh mac Fhionnlaigh59 in Drunurd, Donnachadh mac a' Ghobhainn,60 Eoghann mac Iain mhic Dhomhnaill Duibh61 in Muckle, Fionnlagh Òg62 in Tullichrombie, Katherine MacPherson, widow of the deceased Alexander MacPherson in Crumbeg, and Angus MacPherson, her son, as heir to the deceased Alexander MacPherson, Iain MacPherson Ruadh,63 brother to Dugall MacPherson of Purie, one of the captains, Dughall mac Dhomhnaill mhic Dhomhnaill Duibh64 in Pressintrach, Domhnall mac Eoghainn [mhic] Eanraig65 there, Uilleam MacCullaich66 in Westerrate,67 Thomas Given in Pitmain, Aonghas mac Aonghais [mhic] Dhomhnaill Duibh68 in Strathrunichar, Malcolm MacPherson in Dunnichenmore, Iain Ruadh mac Mhuirich69 in Fermor and Iain mac Aonghais [mhic] Dhomhnaill Duibh70 in Aberarder, showing that the forenamed persons, defenders, in the month of June 1649, robbed and destroyed the supplicant and his tenants in the lands of Pluscarden without any order or power from any authority and long after the supplicant had ended his capitulation with Lieutenant General David Leslie, which was approved by the estates of parliament, and was living in a peaceable and quiet manner, whereby the pursuer was harmed in above the sum of £40,000 Scots as the value and price of the goods and others underwritten, in addition to the surplus profits thereof, in manner after mentioned, namely in the first place, there was robbed and away taken violently by the forenamed persons, defenders, upon the first, second, third, fourth and remaining days of June, or one or other, the year of God 1649, of the ground of the lands of Pluscarden, within the sheriffdom of Elgin, pertaining and belonging to the said pursuer, the number of 94 labouring oxen, some black, others branded, brown coloured etc., all of them being about five or six years old, each one of them worth £20 Scots overhead, and which oxen were in the possession of the said pursuer as his own oxen by labouring therewith, herding and grazing of the same by himself, and his servants in his name, upon the ground of the said lands of Pluscarden the time of the said depredation and diverse years, at least months, of before. Item, the surplus profits of the said oxen which they would have been worth to the pursuer if they had not been violently robbed, as said is, by the space of 240 work days in the year, at 3s 4d for the work of each ox per day, extends in the year, for the said whole 94 oxen, to the sum of 5,640 merks thereupon since they were robbed now by the space of eleven years and six months or thereby, to the sum of 64,860 merks money. Item, more robbed and away taken by the said defenders the said day, month and year foresaid from the said pursuer furth of the said lands of Pluscarden, Whiterows and Dollas being in his possession in his herding, and upon his grass in manner foresaid, 113 milk cattle with calves of the colours foresaid, whereof some four or five and some six years old or thereby, estimate each cow with her calf to £20 the piece overhead, extending the price of the said whole cattle to £2,260 Scots. Item, the profits of the said cattle which they would have been worth yearly to the pursuer if they had not been violently robbed, as said is, extending the said profits yearly each cow to the sum of 10 merks Scots thence by the space of eleven years since they were robbed, to the sum of 12,430 merks. Item, more the said cattle would have yielded the profits underwritten, namely each second year a calf for each cow, extending to 113 calves, whereof the second half preserved for store and breeding, and the other calves for sale or slaughter, extending the number of the said sale and slaughter calves by the said space to 600 calves at two merks the piece thence, the sum of 1,200 merks. Item, the other calves preserved for breeding extending to the number of 56 calves, which, within three years after the calving, as use is, would have eisened, and in the fourth year which would have fallen out in the year 1653 would have become milk cattle, and so would have been worth £20 the piece, extending to £1,120. Item, the profits and milkness of the said 56 cows, at 10 merk for each cow yearly, the years 1654, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59 and 60, extending the said profits of the said 56 cattle to the sum of 3,720 merks. Item, the said 56 cattle would have yielded calves every second year for the said space of seven years, whereof the one half being preserved for store and the other half for sale or slaughter, thereupon the said slaughter calves by the said space extending to the number of 100 calves at half a crown the piece, is £150 Scots. Item, the other half preserved for store extending to the number of 28 would have eisened the third year, and so would have been milk cattle, namely the year 1657, worth £20 the piece overhead, extending to £560 Scots. Item, the milkness thereof at 10 merks the piece as above yearly, the years 1657, 58, 59 and 60, extending the said profits to the sum of 920 merks. Item, violently robbed from the said pursuer the said days, month and year foresaid, by the said defenders, from the ground and possession as is above-written, 52 one year old stirks, whereof 20 heifers and 32 oxen stirks, estimated to £4 the piece overhead, extending to £208 Scots. Item, the said twenty heifers would have eisened and been with calve within two years thereafter, and so would have been milk cattle within three years, namely in the year 1652, and so would have been worth £20 the piece, and 10 merks for the milkness for each cow yearly from the said year 1652 to the year 1660, by the space of eight years thereafter, extending the said profits to the sum of 1,600 merks, and also the said stirks within three years thereafter would have been drawing oxen in the year 1652, and then their work would have been worth each ox 3s 4d Scots daily by the space of 240 days in the year, thereupon since the year 1652 by the space of eight years and six months, extends the profits thereof to 15,420 merks. Item, robbed also and violently taken away by the said defenders in manner foresaid from the said ground and possession, the days, month and year foresaid, 69 two year olds, whereof 27 heifers and 42 bull stirks, worth £8 the piece, extends to £552, whereof the profits of the said heifers being milk cattle in the year 1651, accounting the profits at 10 merk for each cow yearly, by the space of nine years and a half since the said depredation, and the said two year old stirks being labouring oxen in the year 1651, and their profits at 3s 4d each day counting as above, extends in the space of nine years and a half to the sum of 26,505 merks. Item, 58 three year olds whereof 17 heifers and 41 stirks worth £16 the piece overhead. Item, the profits of the said heifers being milk cows the year thereafter, namely in the year 1650, and of the said stirks being labouring oxen the said year, and so accounting as above, the profits of the said oxen at 3s 4d per day, and of the said cows at 10 merks the year in manner above-specified, extends to the sum of 26,500 merks. Item, there was also robbed and taken away by the said defenders the time and manner above-specified, from the said ground and possession above-mentioned, 9 English mares bought by the pursuer in England whereof two from Sir Nicolas Tempest, three from Sir Henry Babbington, two from Sir William Cannobie, one from Sir John Penix and one from Ralph Heron, whereof three white, red framed about eight year old, two dapple grey nine year old, one dark grey eight year old, another red, sand coloured white faced eleven year old, one streaked white ten year old and another black eight year old, all for breeding of the best kinds, worth 500 merks Scots the piece, extending to 4,500 merks. Item, the said mares would (if they had been permitted to stay with the pursuer) had yielded the profits underwritten, namely, a foal every year, being nine foals, which at three years old would have been worth fifteen pieces overhead, thereupon in the year 1652, 2,700 merks. Item, the foals in 1653 extend to the like sum and so furth thereafter, since the said depredation, extending to the sum of 8,100 merks. Item, five one year old stags and fillies of the breeding aforesaid worth 200 merks the peace overhead, extending to 1,000 merks Scots. Item, the profits thereof since the year 1651 being now by the space of nine years and a half each horse and mare's work, at 6s 8d the day by the said space, extending to the sum of 8,550 merks. Item, four fillies three years old and two stags three years old, estimated to 200 merks overhead, extending to £800. Item, the profits and work thereof at 6s 8d each day, extending by the said space of ten years and a half to the sum of 7,660 merks. Item, seventeen work horses, black, grey, white and streaked white, all within eight years old, at £40 the piece overhead, extending to £680. Item, the profits of each one of the said work horses at 6s 8d per day extending the said 17 horses to eight merks and a half daily, counting 360 days in the year, and so since the time foresaid of the said depredation being now by the space of eleven years and a half, extending to the sum of 35,190 merks. Item, robbed out of Whytroot, the said time and space in manner above-specified, 162 goats worth 40s Scots the piece, with one buck worth 10 merks, extending to the sum of 496 merks. Item, the profits of the said goats being 162 kids yearly, by the space foresaid, worth 13s 4d the kid, extending the said profits to the sum of 1,340 merks. Item, more robbed from Alexander Murdoch, servitor to the pursuer, from the ground and possession aforesaid, the time and in manner above-mentioned, 4 oxen, about five or six years old. Item, from Robert Proctor and William Cattanach, 4 oxen of the age above-written, worth £20 the piece overhead. Item, the profits of the said eleven oxen counted by the space and in manner above-mentioned, extending to the sum of 9,315 merks. Item, 4 sheep worth 40s the piece, is £8. Item, the wool and slice of each one of the said sheep, estimated to 10s yearly, is 40s Scots, thereupon by the space of eleven years, extending to £22 money foresaid. Item, from James Anderson, also servitor to the pursuer, a milk cow and a calf worth £20 Scots and 10 merks for the profits of the said cow yearly and each year by the space of eleven years and a half, extending to 115 merks money foresaid. Item, from him 54 head of sheep worth 40s the piece, extending to £108 money foresaid. Item, the wool, fleece and milk of the said sheep worth 20s the piece yearly, is £54, thereupon by the said space of eleven years, is £595. And also the said defenders did violently rob and take away, by way of plundering and oppression, without any warrant or shadow of authority, from the said pursuer, his tenants undernamed, the particular goods, oxen, cattle, sheep and others underwritten, of the value and prices after-mentioned, which were upon the ground of the said lands and were in the possession of the said tenants by herding, pasturing and labouring of the said goods, diverse months and years preceding the depredation, each one of the said tenants for their own parts, as is after divided, namely, from Thomas Anderson in Shallin, 9 oxen of four, five and six years olds, 5 milk cattle, 2 mares with foal, a work horse and 44 head of sheep; item, from James Hosack there, 2 mares, 5 oxen, 2 cattle and 36 head of sheep; item, from Ostler Falconer, widow in Forestseat, 13 oxen, 7 milk cattle, 2 work horse and 2 bulls; item, from Robert Baxter, 10 sheep; item, from David Taylor in Inchanock, 1 ox and 2 cattle, with 2 two year old heifers; item, from William Duncan, younger there, 4 oxen and 6 cattle, and 2 year old stirks; item, from William Duncan, elder there, 3 oxen, 6 cattle there, 3 year old heifers; item, from Thomas Glass in Drinkinghill, 9 oxen, 7 cattle with their calves, and 20 head of sheep; item, from John Allan, younger there, 6 oxen, 4 cattle, 40 head of sheep and 2 horses; item, from William Anderson in Westerton, 11 sheep and 2 cattle; item, from Thomas Russell there, 8 head of sheep, 1 cow and 1 calf; item, from James Ogilvie there, 4 oxen of five years old or thereby, 3 work horses of seven years old or thereby; item, from John Gregor there, 40 head of sheep, 6 oxen and 2 work horses; item, from Margaret Inch there, 2 milk cattle; item, from Margaret Petrie, 4 labouring oxen and 20 head of sheep; item, from Margaret Kinmont in Redavie, 6 horses, 10 labouring oxen and 8 milk cattle with 74 sheep and 10 goats; item, from James MacIsaac in Overton, 5 labouring oxen, 6 milk cattle with 4 work horses; item, from John Allan, elder there, 8 oxen, 9 milk cattle, 2 horses and 28 head of sheep; item, from Alexander Russell there, 5 oxen, 6 cattle and 2 horses; item, from Alexander Lay there, 9 labouring oxen and 20 head of sheep; item, from William Russell in Pittendreich, 8 labouring oxen that were then pasturing at grass in the said lands of Pluscarden; item, from James Watson in Easter Alves, 3 oxen and from John Forsyth in Argay, 6 oxen, being in all belonging to the said tenants, 118 oxen, 341 sheep, 73 cattle, 28 horses and mares, five heifers and 10 goats, each one of the said labouring oxen worth £20 the piece overhead, extending to £2,360, each of the said cattle worth £20 the piece overhead, extending to £1,460, and each one of the said horses and mares worth £40, extending to £1,120, each one of the said sheep at 40s the piece, extending to £682, each one of the said bulls worth £20 the piece, the said 2 stirks worth £16, the said 5 heifers worth £12 the piece, is £60, and the said 10 goats worth 40s the piece, is £20, together with the surplus profits of the said bestial and goods according to the rate and reckoning above-written, namely, 3s 4d for each day's work of each one of the said oxen by the space of 240 work days in the year, thereupon the space of the said eleven years and a half, extending to the sum of 92,460 merks, together also with the profits of the said cows, being each two years 73 calves, thereupon by the said space 428 calves at 30s the piece, is £642 money foresaid, together with the milk and profit of the said cattle by the said space at 10 merks per year, extending to 8,030 merks. Item, the profits of the said sheep being for milk and fleece, 20s yearly for each sheep by the said space of eleven years thereupon, the sum of £3,751. Item, the profits of the said horse at half a merk each horse per day thereupon by the said space of eleven years and a half, extending to 50,740 merks. Item, also robbed the said days and year from the said Thomas Anderson in Shallun the insight and plenishing of his house, such as pots, pans, bedding and other household stuff, estimated to £44 Scots. Item, from the said James Hosack his plenishing and household stuff, worth £25 Scots. Item, the said Ostler Falconer her household stuff, worth 100 merks Scots. Item, from the said Robert Baxter 8 ells of plaiding at 12s the ell, is £4 16s. Item, the said Thomas Glass his household plenishing, worth £20 Scots. Item, the said John Allan, younger, his household plenishing, also valued to £20 Scots and a sword worth £8 Scots. Item, the said Margaret Kinmont her insight and plenishing of her house also robbed, as said is, estimated to 300 merks. Item, the said James MacIsaac his plenishing, estimated to £26 Scots, and the said John Allan, elder, his domiciles worth £20 Scots. Item, the said Alexander Russell his domiciles, worth £24, and the said Alexander Lay his domiciles, worth £12 money foresaid. Item, there was also robbed, the time and manner foresaid, from Kenneth MacKenzie in Drinkinghill in the said barony of Pluscarden the particular goods, insight and plenishing underwritten, namely, in the first 1 black ox with a white face being skewered, 1 branded, 1 brown, 1 red and 3 black oxen, all being about eight years old, price of each one of the said oxen overhead, £20 Scots. Item, 2 black oxen of three years old at 20 merks the piece. Item, 2 other young oxen of two years old, 1 brown another in black, worth 16 merks the piece, being in all 13 oxen at 3s 4d or each day's profit of each one of the said oxen, by the space of 240 work days in the year, and so by the space of eleven years and a half since the said depredation, extending to the sum of 8,970 merks. Item, 5 cattle whereof 2 were at the calving, black coloured and 6 years old worth £20 the piece, 3 young cattle of three years old, 1 striped the other 2 black, worth £20 the piece. Item, the profits of the said cows at 10 merks the piece yearly and 5 calves every two years, at £7 10s, extending in the whole to the sum of £337 10s money foresaid. Item, 37 sheep estimated to 40s the piece, is £74. Item, the profits and milkness of each one of the said sheep, lamb and wool overhead, worth 20s yearly, thereupon by the said space of eleven years, extending to £407 money foresaid. Item, 2 horses, one black and another dapple grey, about ten years old, worth £40 the piece. Item, for the daily work and profit thereof at 13s 4d each day since the said depredation now by the space of eleven years and a half, extending yearly to the sum of 360 merks, and so by the said space to 4,140 merks. Item, a white plaid worth £8, with coat and trousers and shoes worth £4 Scots, with four pairs of linen sheets worth £4 the pair, a pair of bed plaids worth £24, 2 coverings worth £4 the piece, and 10 ells of new linen worth 20s the ell. Item, 10 ells of tartan at 30s the ell. Item, 2 suits of clothes belonging to the said Kenneth, one grey suit and another red, worth £100 Scots. Item, 2 gowns with petticoats conforming with wearing linens, worth £100 Scots. Item, 2 English hats, the one black the other grey, worth £10 the piece, with a gold string worth £8. Item, 3 gowns worth £20. Item 3 feather beds, 3 bolsters and 6 pillows worth £20 the piece overhead, is £60. Item, 1 boll of rye at 20 merks and 5 firlots of malt brown in all is £20. And therefore, the said defenders ought and should be decreed to make payment and deliverance to the said pursuer for himself and in name and behalf of his said servants and tenants, of the foresaid horses, mares, oxen, cattle, nolt, sheep, goats, bulls, goods, gear and others above-specified, to the ground and place where the same was as good as they were the time of the said depredation, at the least the values and prices of the same above-rehearsed, together with the increase in profits thereof above-mentioned, extending to the particular sums of money above-specified, in manner as is above libelled, as in the said supplication and libel at length is contained.
Which supplication and libel, with a report to the effect after-mentioned made and given by the lords and other commissioners for hearing of bills and for trade, to whom the said matter was referred, being at length heard, seen and considered by his majesty's commissioner his grace and estates of parliament, and they therewith, being well and ripely advised, his majesty and estates of parliament decrees and ordains the whole persons defenders above-named to make payment and deliverance to the said Thomas MacKenzie of Pluscarden, pursuer, of the sum of £40,000 Scots money to which sum the pursuer has restricted the values and prices of the goods and others libelled and additional profits thereof, deducing always therefrom the sum of £9,600 Scots for which the pursuer has decreet of parliament against Dougall MacPherson of Powrie, as having accession to the said robbery and depredation; because the said lords and other commissioners appointed for trade and bills, to whom the said matter was referred, as said is, having upon 22 February last past, taken the said petition to their consideration, found the same relevant and admitted the libel to the pursuer's probation, and having received, sworn and examined diverse reputable witnesses adduced by the said pursuer for proving thereof, after advising of the libel and depositions of the said witnesses, they found the same fully proven against the whole defenders above-written, as also found the number, prices, values and profits of the said goods proven by the oath of the said pursuer, administered to him conforming to the laws and practice of this kingdom in all such cases of spuilzie, and therefore, conceived that the said whole defenders above-named should be decreed to make payment to the said pursuer of the foresaid sum of £40,000, deducing the sum of £9,600 for which the said pursuer has decreet of parliament against the said Dougall MacPherson as having accession to the said robbery, as said is. Which report, being considered by the said estates of parliament, they approved the same report and gave their decreet in manner above-written, deducing as is before deduced, and ordains letters etc.
- NAS. PA2/26, 268-275.
- Hugh son of Hector.
- Archibald MacIlriach.
- John son of Alasdair son of William.
- John son of Grizzled or Nasty Thomas.
- Perhaps Strone or Strond.
- Donald son of John son of the Grey Lad.
- Donald son of John son of the Smith.
- Ewen son of Ewen.
- Donald son of John son of the Grey Lad.
- John son of Red-haired Kenneth.
- Donald MacGrassick. Could also be 'Donald, son of the shoemaker'.
- Ewen son of Patrick.
- Donald son of Red-haired Alasdair.
- Malcolm [son of ] Finlay son of William.
- Big John son of Red-haired Ewen.
- Duncan son of John son of Duncan. However, possible scribal error in grandfather and 'Condachie' in mss may be 'Conachie'.
- John son of the Angus.
- Possibly Pitmain.
- John son of William son of the doctor.
- Fair-haired John son of Alasdair son of William.
- Lachlan son of Fair-haired Donald.
- John son of Donald son of Neill. Probably this rather than 'Conall' for the father.
- Black-haired Angus son of Ruairidh (Roderick).
- Fair-haired John. But could also be simple surname 'John Bain'.
- Angus son of Duncan.
- John son of ?Duncan son of Grizzled or Nasty Black-haired John. 'Codachie' could be a mistake for 'Conachie'.
- Angus son of Black-haired John.
- John son of Donald son of John.
- Angus son of Black-haired John son of Angus.
- John son of Donald son of John.
- Alasdair son of William son of John son of Ewen.
- John son of Angus of Fair-haired Donald.
- Donald son of Finlay.
- Black-haired John son of Donald.
- Malcolm son of Paul son of Farquar.
- Perhaps sic. 'mac'
- Son or son of the son of John, son of Ewen.
- Dugald son of Donald so of John.
- That is, 'Dhonnchaidh'.
- Angus son of ?Duncan son of ?the flatterer. Some doubts over translation of 'bleber' to 'a' Bhleidir'.
- Perhaps sic. 'mac'
- Ewen son of Young Kenneth.
- Donald son of John son of Finlay.
- Thomas son of William.
- Alasdair son of Gille-Chaluim son of Alasdair.
- Duibhne (Campbell ancestral name) son of Duncan son of Alasdair.
- Perhaps sic. 'mac'
- Malcolm son or son of the son of William son of Dugald.
- John son of Angus son of Donald son of Neill.
- Finlay son of Black-haired John son of Finlay.
- Archibald son of Black-haired John son of Finlay.
- John son of James son of Gilpatrick.
- Ewen son of John son of Black-haired Donald.
- Farquhar son of Donald son of ?the Grizzled or Nasty Man?.
- Alasdair MacGrassick or 'Alasdair son of the shoemaker'.
- John [son] of Finlay son of Andrew.
- Finlay son of Fair-haired James.
- Black-haired John son of Finlay.
- Duncan son of the Smith. Possibly a surname.
- Ewen son of John son of Black-haired Donald.
- Young Finlay.
- Red-haired John MacPherson.
- Donald son of Donald son of Black-haired Donald.
- Donald son of Hugh son of Henry. However, if the mhic is a mac then it will be a surname with the ending 'son of Henderson'.
- William MacCulloch.
- Possibly 'Wester Erchite'.
- Angus son of Angus [son] of Black-haired Donald.
- Red-haired John son of Murdoch.
- John son of Angus [son] of Black-haired Donald.