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Kintail. It will be remembered that Ruari was married 

 to Margaret, the elder daughter of Torquil Conanach. 

 When the marriage took place, in 1605, Kenneth Mac- 

 kenzie gave his brother a charter of Coigeach, reserving 

 the life-rent to Torquil Conanach and his wife (Glengarry's 

 daughter) ; and in 1608, a further charter of Coigeach and 

 other lands was granted to Ruari by Kintail. The latter 

 was confirmed by a Crown charter dated I7th November, 

 1609, perhaps on the death of Torquil Conanach, whose 

 last recorded appearance occurs in the same year. The 

 laird of Applecross, in his Genealogy of the Mackenzies, 

 states that the consideration for Lewis, which island Torquil 

 Conanach and his son-in-law had made over to Kintail, 

 consisted of certain lands disponed to Ruari, and of certain 

 sums of money advanced to Elspeth, the younger daughter 

 of Torquil. The Tutor thus possessed, through his wife, a 

 more equitable claim to Lewis than his brother, although 

 he had surrendered his legal rights to the latter ; and it is 

 perhaps not surprising to find that after he had subjugated 

 Lewis, he sought to have these rights recognised. 



On nth June, 1611, a commission over Lewis was 

 granted to Ruari Mackenzie and four other chieftains of 

 the Clan Kenneth, viz., Colin Mackenzie of Killin (or 

 Kildun), Murdo Mackenzie of Kernsary, Alexander Mac- 

 kenzie of Coul, and Kenneth Mackenzie of Davochmaluag ; 

 and on the same date the Tutor became caution for one 

 Neil Mac-an-t'sagairt, a member of a clerical family who 

 appear, from the records, to have been particularly active 

 participators in the Lewis troubles. On i6th August, a 

 proclamation was issued, following the commission of June 

 nth. This proclamation informs us that the Lewis rebels, 

 taking fresh courage on account of the death of Kenneth, 

 Lord Kintail, and counting upon the assistance of their 

 neighbours, had risen in arms against the Tutor, whom the 

 Council had appointed to the office of Justiciary of Lewis, 

 rendered vacant by his brother's death. The proclamation 

 goes on to say, that although it cannot reasonably be 

 supposed that such assistance will be afforded to the 



