Muniment Hill 77 was created in Latin on January 18^th, 1541, and is a sasine (land deed) in favour of Duncan Mcfarlane the 13^th Baron of Arrochar and 10^th Chief.  Duncan was the son and heir of Andrew Macfarlane, the 12^th Baron of Arrochar, and the 9^th Chief of Clan MacFarlane.  John was the last vest and seised (being the last person legally invested with the formal possession and ownership of land or property before their death).  Perhaps this means that Andrew Mcfarlane the 12^th Baron of Arrochar and the 9^th Chief did not go through the legal process for this land.  This was  the lands of Arrochar McGilchrist extending to a forty-pound land of old extent lying in the Earldom of Lennox within the Sheriffdom of Dumbarton proceeding on a Precept of Clar Constat (legal document issued by a superior to formally recognize and confirm an heir's right to inherit land held by a deceased tenant).  It was granted by Mathew Stewart the 4^th Earl of Lennox. 

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