Individual Details
Roderick "Ruaidhri Mór" Macleod
(1332 - Abt 1425)
[[Category:Battle of Harlaw]]
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== Biography ==
}According to the Sleat historian he, together with his cousin, John MacLeod of Dunvegan, led the clan at the Battle of Harlaw on July 24, 1411. This is also accepted without debate by [http://www.macleodgenealogy.org/Research/Matheson2.html Matheson]Highland Papers I, 29 (Scottish History Society). According to MacVurich, there were also two other sons Torquil and Norman who took part in the battle Reliquiae Celticae II, 212). The MacLeods were not eager participants at the battle, reluctant to fight with Donald, Lord of the Isles, as he had deprived them of lands on Skye and defeated the kin, Mackays, at the Battle of Dingwall. They refused to fight under Donald's banner electing MacLean's banner on the right. Roderick must have been old by the time of Harlaw, about 80.
Roderick was alive, on record as Chief, where he is recorded as ''Ruaidhri Mór'', in 1405 but it was his brother, [[Macleod-351|Malcolm]], to whom his sister appeals in 1406 and who leads the clan at the Battle of Tuiteam Tarvach, and it could presumably mean that it was a smaller raid that some historians presume.
Matheson also mentions that "Roderick MacLeod, presumable of Lewis, witnesses a charter from the same Donald of the Isles to [[Mackay-1314|Angus Mackay]] of Strathnaver and his son Neil, dated 8th October 1415". This Charter, to lands, he was not entitled to, proved useless when tested by Mackay.
In his study of the family of MacLeod of Lewis, [http://www.macleodgenealogy.org/Research/Matheson2.html Matheson] refers to a manuscript collection of genealogies held in the archives of the Royal Irish Academy. One of these is mentioned as headed Ginalach McLeoid sonn (The Genealogy of MacLeod here) and reads: ''Ruaidhri McTurcaill McMurchadha McTormoit McLeoid McOlbuir McRaoige McOlbuir Snaige McAonghusa''. The sequence of names, starting with Roderick, son of Torquil, .....
This genealogy, of the house of Lewis, provides that Torquil was son of Murdoch, son of Tormod (Norman), son of Leod, and is depicted on these pages.
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.
Matheson mentions: "It was probably in response to a supplication from him that the Pope granted an indulgence, of the same date in 1403, to visitors to “the church of St Mary in Barwas in the isle of Lewis��� on certain feast days and those who should contribute to its reparation".
Roderick is said[[#S-1]] R.C MacLeod; page 67 to have married Margaret, daughter of the Lord of the Isles. Matheson notices another marriage, to a daughter of John MacLeod of Harris, but he seems to confuse the reference as this is a marriage to a later Roderick.[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/baronage/page384.html Baronage of Scotland] There is the notice mentioned above of a betrothal to Anna, daughter of William MacLeod, but it is not known whether this is this Roderick or his son; it seems likely to have been his son. The question arises as to which Lord of the Isles and when did the marriage occur?
As mentioned prior he is said to have led the Clan, together with his cousin, John MacLeod of Dunvegan, at the Battle of Harlaw on July 24, 1411. There were also two other sons Torquil and Norman who took part in the battle. This suggests that it was this Roderick and not another, as Torquil will become Clan Chief, that was at Harlaw and his son that died in 1403.
He is said to have died towards the end of the reign of James I (1437) and it was certainly prior to the Battle of Inverlochy when his son, Torquil, is Chief.
He is known to have had, at least, three sons:
* Torquil, who will inherit.
* Norman MacLeod, who becomes the first of the MacLeod of Assynt.
* Roderick MacLeod. There is 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. There is the notice, mentioned above, of a betrothal to Anna, daughter of William MacLeod, and it seems likely to have been this Roderick.
== 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.
* Source S-1}
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== Biography ==
}According to the Sleat historian he, together with his cousin, John MacLeod of Dunvegan, led the clan at the Battle of Harlaw on July 24, 1411. This is also accepted without debate by [http://www.macleodgenealogy.org/Research/Matheson2.html Matheson]Highland Papers I, 29 (Scottish History Society). According to MacVurich, there were also two other sons Torquil and Norman who took part in the battle Reliquiae Celticae II, 212). The MacLeods were not eager participants at the battle, reluctant to fight with Donald, Lord of the Isles, as he had deprived them of lands on Skye and defeated the kin, Mackays, at the Battle of Dingwall. They refused to fight under Donald's banner electing MacLean's banner on the right. Roderick must have been old by the time of Harlaw, about 80.
Roderick was alive, on record as Chief, where he is recorded as ''Ruaidhri Mór'', in 1405 but it was his brother, [[Macleod-351|Malcolm]], to whom his sister appeals in 1406 and who leads the clan at the Battle of Tuiteam Tarvach, and it could presumably mean that it was a smaller raid that some historians presume.
Matheson also mentions that "Roderick MacLeod, presumable of Lewis, witnesses a charter from the same Donald of the Isles to [[Mackay-1314|Angus Mackay]] of Strathnaver and his son Neil, dated 8th October 1415". This Charter, to lands, he was not entitled to, proved useless when tested by Mackay.
In his study of the family of MacLeod of Lewis, [http://www.macleodgenealogy.org/Research/Matheson2.html Matheson] refers to a manuscript collection of genealogies held in the archives of the Royal Irish Academy. One of these is mentioned as headed Ginalach McLeoid sonn (The Genealogy of MacLeod here) and reads: ''Ruaidhri McTurcaill McMurchadha McTormoit McLeoid McOlbuir McRaoige McOlbuir Snaige McAonghusa''. The sequence of names, starting with Roderick, son of Torquil, .....
This genealogy, of the house of Lewis, provides that Torquil was son of Murdoch, son of Tormod (Norman), son of Leod, and is depicted on these pages.
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.
Matheson mentions: "It was probably in response to a supplication from him that the Pope granted an indulgence, of the same date in 1403, to visitors to “the church of St Mary in Barwas in the isle of Lewis��� on certain feast days and those who should contribute to its reparation".
Roderick is said[[#S-1]] R.C MacLeod; page 67 to have married Margaret, daughter of the Lord of the Isles. Matheson notices another marriage, to a daughter of John MacLeod of Harris, but he seems to confuse the reference as this is a marriage to a later Roderick.[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/baronage/page384.html Baronage of Scotland] There is the notice mentioned above of a betrothal to Anna, daughter of William MacLeod, but it is not known whether this is this Roderick or his son; it seems likely to have been his son. The question arises as to which Lord of the Isles and when did the marriage occur?
As mentioned prior he is said to have led the Clan, together with his cousin, John MacLeod of Dunvegan, at the Battle of Harlaw on July 24, 1411. There were also two other sons Torquil and Norman who took part in the battle. This suggests that it was this Roderick and not another, as Torquil will become Clan Chief, that was at Harlaw and his son that died in 1403.
He is said to have died towards the end of the reign of James I (1437) and it was certainly prior to the Battle of Inverlochy when his son, Torquil, is Chief.
He is known to have had, at least, three sons:
* Torquil, who will inherit.
* Norman MacLeod, who becomes the first of the MacLeod of Assynt.
* Roderick MacLeod. There is 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. There is the notice, mentioned above, of a betrothal to Anna, daughter of William MacLeod, and it seems likely to have been this Roderick.
== 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.
* Source S-1}
Events
| Birth | 1332 | Lewis, Western Isles, Scotland | |||
| Marriage | 1360 | Margaret Macdonald | |||
| Death | Abt 1425 | ||||
| Alt name | of Lewis | ||||
| Reference No | 1694017 | ||||
| Reference No | 1720297 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Spouse | Margaret Macdonald (1350 - 1400) |
| Child | Torquil MacLeod (1370 - 1440) |
| Child | Roderick MacLeod (1380 - 1403) |
| Child | Margaret MacLeod (1400 - ) |
| Father | Torquil Og Macleod (1300 - 1360) |
| Sibling | Fynvola Macleod (1330 - 1370) |