Individual Details
Roderick MacLeod
(Abt 1380 - Abt 1403)
== Biography ==
}This Roderick is not mentioned in the [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/baronage/page384.html Baronage of Scotland by Douglas]. He is mentioned as a son by [http://www.macleodgenealogy.org/Research/Matheson2.html William Matheson], the family historian.
He is mentioned in the Vatican archives: “the nobleman Roderic MacLeord [sic], baron of Leows” is granted an indult, dated 9th June 1405, to have a portable altar, and, in a papal document dated 27th May 1403, it is stated that “the nobleman Roderic Macleord had formerly been betrothed to Anna, daughter of the nobleman William Macleord” of Sodor diocese. In a papal indult, dated 15th May 1403, granted to “Roderic Roderici Macliord, layman, Sodor diocese, to choose a suitable and discreet priest as his confessor in mortis articulo.” (at the point of death) Matheson suggests it likely that this is a son of Roderick MacLeod, baron of Lewis
He is not mentioned as a son to Roderick MacLeod in the discussion on the clan regarding the Battle of Harlaw, in 1411, although his two brothers are. We can thus presume him dead prior. He is not mentioned with his uncle at the battle of Tuiteam Tarvach in 1406 and likely dead prior to then.
He may have married Anna, daughter of William MacLeod but since that diocese was so large, encompassing the entire western isles, it would be impossible to suggest which one. There are no known children. He may have been the William MacLeod of Harris, mentioned in family histories.
== Footnotes ==
== Sources ==
* MacLeod family historian, [http://www.macleodgenealogy.org/Research/Matheson2.html William Matheson], provides critical research in the family of MacLeod, particularly of Lewis.
}This Roderick is not mentioned in the [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/baronage/page384.html Baronage of Scotland by Douglas]. He is mentioned as a son by [http://www.macleodgenealogy.org/Research/Matheson2.html William Matheson], the family historian.
He is mentioned in the Vatican archives: “the nobleman Roderic MacLeord [sic], baron of Leows” is granted an indult, dated 9th June 1405, to have a portable altar, and, in a papal document dated 27th May 1403, it is stated that “the nobleman Roderic Macleord had formerly been betrothed to Anna, daughter of the nobleman William Macleord” of Sodor diocese. In a papal indult, dated 15th May 1403, granted to “Roderic Roderici Macliord, layman, Sodor diocese, to choose a suitable and discreet priest as his confessor in mortis articulo.” (at the point of death) Matheson suggests it likely that this is a son of Roderick MacLeod, baron of Lewis
He is not mentioned as a son to Roderick MacLeod in the discussion on the clan regarding the Battle of Harlaw, in 1411, although his two brothers are. We can thus presume him dead prior. He is not mentioned with his uncle at the battle of Tuiteam Tarvach in 1406 and likely dead prior to then.
He may have married Anna, daughter of William MacLeod but since that diocese was so large, encompassing the entire western isles, it would be impossible to suggest which one. There are no known children. He may have been the William MacLeod of Harris, mentioned in family histories.
== Footnotes ==
== Sources ==
* MacLeod family historian, [http://www.macleodgenealogy.org/Research/Matheson2.html William Matheson], provides critical research in the family of MacLeod, particularly of Lewis.
Events
| Birth | Abt 1380 | ||||
| Death | Abt 1403 | ||||
| Reference No | 9385379 | ||||
| Reference No | 9866751 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Father | Roderick "Ruaidhri Mór" Macleod (1332 - 1425) |
| Mother | Margaret Macdonald (1350 - 1400) |
| Sibling | Torquil MacLeod (1370 - 1440) |
| Sibling | Margaret MacLeod (1400 - ) |