The Scottish Nation Volume 3; Or, the Surnames, Families, Literature, Honours, and Biographical History of the People of Scotland (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1877 Excerpt: ...her son in his lawless proceedings. Some of the imprisoned chiefs were executed, but the greater part, and among them the lord of the Isles, were soon set at liberty. In 1429 he summoned together his vassals, both of Ross and the Isles, snd at the head of 10,000 men, wasted the crown lands in the vicinity of Inverness, and burned the town itself to the ground. At the head of some troops, which he had promptly collected, the king hastened, by forced marches, to Ivochaber, and surprised the earl. The mere display of the royal banner won over the dan Chattan and the clan Cameron from bis support, and he himself, suddenly attacked and hotly pursued, was compelled to sue, but in vain, for peace. Driven to despair, be resolved to cast himself on the royal mercy, and on Easter Sunday, on the ere of a solemn festival, with his legs and arms quite bare and covered only with a plaid, he rushed into the king's presence, amidst bis assembled court in the church of Holyrood, and surrendering his sword, which he held by the point in his band, fell upon his knees, and abjectly implored his sovereign's clemency. His life was spared, but he was committed to close wsrd for two years in the castle of Tantallou. His mother, the countess, wss also kept in close confinement in the ancient monastery of Inchcolm, on the small island of the nsme in the Frith of Forth. (fbrdun, vol. iv. p. 1286.) They were both released after about fourteen months' imprisonment, snd about the same time he juoceeded his mother as earl of Roes. In 1431, he received a free pardon in Darliament for all his crimes, and for some time afterwsrds is conducted himself peaceably, and even rose into favour. During the minority of James II. he held the office of justiciary of Scotland north of the Forth, and to...