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Gillecalum "Malcolm" MacLean
(Bef 1314 - Bef 1371)
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== Biography ==Gillecalum, or Malcolm, son of Malise, married a daughter of the Lord of Carrick, and had three sons by her, Donald, Neil, and John Dubh. In 1296 "Malcolm McCulian en 1'isle de Kintyr," or Malcolm MacCulian in the Isle of Kintyre, rendered homage to Edward I. That Malcolm Maclean and Malcolm MacCulian were one and the same person may be regarded as a fact. For this belief there are several good reasons. Malcolm Maclean was known as Malcolm Mac Gille-Eoin; but Mac Gill-e-Eoin would, in the hands of aFrenchified English scribe, become readily transformed into Mac Cul-i-an. Malcolm Maclean must have been born about the year 1270, and Malcolm MacCulian was a prominent man in 1296. According to a tradition related by Hugh Macdonald, of Sleat, the Macleans came to Mull from Carrick. But Carrick, or the southern district of Ayrshire, was opposite Kintyre. Malcolm MacCulian had lands in Kintyre, which in his day was classed as one of the Western Islands. As Malcolm Maclean was married to a daughter of the Lord of Carrick, his wife may have had at least a life interest in some lands in that district. By regarding the two Malcolms as the same person, we find a substantial foundation for Hugh Macdonald's traditional statement. In 1325 Malcolm Maclean's three sons were apparently living in or near Kintyre. In that year Robert Bruce paid a visit to some of the Western Islands. Donald Maclean, Malcolm's eldest son, sent a ship in the King's service around the Mull evidently the Mull of Kintyre to West Tarbert. Neil and John, Donald's brothers, sent some of their men to watch the ship, while it remained at Tarbert.
Tradition states that Malcolm Maclean fought under Robert Bruce at the battle of Bannockburn in 1314, and that Bruce granted him some of the lands which had belonged to the Macdougalls of Lorn. It is highly probable that this tradition is true. It is clear that Bruce and Malcolm's sons were on very friendly terms in 1325. Then, at that time or shortly afterwards, the King appointed Neil, Malcolm's second son, constable of the castle of "Scraburgh," which is in all probability a misreading for Karnaburgh or Cairnburgh. In 1329 Neil received ten pounds in part payment for keeping the castle. If the Macleans had not supported Bruce in his hour of need if they had not fought for him at Bannockburn it is not likely that one of them would have been placed in charge of a royal garrison, as "Scraburgh," whatever
place he meant, must have been. ''(The Clan Gillean, P. 42-43)''
== Sources ==
* The Clan Gillean. By A. MacLean Sinclair. Charlottetown [P.E.I.] : Hazard and Moore, 1899. p. 44* Warriors and Priests. By Nicholas MacLean-Bristol. Tuckerll Press, 1995. P. 164. ISBN: 1 898410 6203.
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== Biography ==Gillecalum, or Malcolm, son of Malise, married a daughter of the Lord of Carrick, and had three sons by her, Donald, Neil, and John Dubh. In 1296 "Malcolm McCulian en 1'isle de Kintyr," or Malcolm MacCulian in the Isle of Kintyre, rendered homage to Edward I. That Malcolm Maclean and Malcolm MacCulian were one and the same person may be regarded as a fact. For this belief there are several good reasons. Malcolm Maclean was known as Malcolm Mac Gille-Eoin; but Mac Gill-e-Eoin would, in the hands of aFrenchified English scribe, become readily transformed into Mac Cul-i-an. Malcolm Maclean must have been born about the year 1270, and Malcolm MacCulian was a prominent man in 1296. According to a tradition related by Hugh Macdonald, of Sleat, the Macleans came to Mull from Carrick. But Carrick, or the southern district of Ayrshire, was opposite Kintyre. Malcolm MacCulian had lands in Kintyre, which in his day was classed as one of the Western Islands. As Malcolm Maclean was married to a daughter of the Lord of Carrick, his wife may have had at least a life interest in some lands in that district. By regarding the two Malcolms as the same person, we find a substantial foundation for Hugh Macdonald's traditional statement. In 1325 Malcolm Maclean's three sons were apparently living in or near Kintyre. In that year Robert Bruce paid a visit to some of the Western Islands. Donald Maclean, Malcolm's eldest son, sent a ship in the King's service around the Mull evidently the Mull of Kintyre to West Tarbert. Neil and John, Donald's brothers, sent some of their men to watch the ship, while it remained at Tarbert.
Tradition states that Malcolm Maclean fought under Robert Bruce at the battle of Bannockburn in 1314, and that Bruce granted him some of the lands which had belonged to the Macdougalls of Lorn. It is highly probable that this tradition is true. It is clear that Bruce and Malcolm's sons were on very friendly terms in 1325. Then, at that time or shortly afterwards, the King appointed Neil, Malcolm's second son, constable of the castle of "Scraburgh," which is in all probability a misreading for Karnaburgh or Cairnburgh. In 1329 Neil received ten pounds in part payment for keeping the castle. If the Macleans had not supported Bruce in his hour of need if they had not fought for him at Bannockburn it is not likely that one of them would have been placed in charge of a royal garrison, as "Scraburgh," whatever
place he meant, must have been. ''(The Clan Gillean, P. 42-43)''
== Sources ==
* The Clan Gillean. By A. MacLean Sinclair. Charlottetown [P.E.I.] : Hazard and Moore, 1899. p. 44* Warriors and Priests. By Nicholas MacLean-Bristol. Tuckerll Press, 1995. P. 164. ISBN: 1 898410 6203.
Events
| Birth | Bef 1314 | Scotland | |||
| Death | Bef 1371 | Scotland | |||
| Marriage | Living | ||||
| Reference No | 4393057 | ||||
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| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Spouse | Living |
| Child | John "Dubh" MacLean (1326 - 1371) |
| Child | Neil MacLean (1326 - 1329) |
| Child | Donald MacLean (1326 - ) |
| Father | Maoliosa "Malise" MacLean (1263 - ) |