Muniment - Hill 80 1547
Muniment Hill 80 was created in Latin on July 27th, 1547, and is an Instrument of Sasine (land deed) to Dunchanus (Duncan) Makferland. Duncan Mcfarlane was the 13th Baron of Arrochar and 10th Chief of Clan MacFarlane. Duncan was the son and heir of Andrew Macfarlane, “The Wizard”, the 12th Baron of Arrochar, and the 9th Chief of Clan MacFarlane. Duncan sided with the Earls of Lennox and Glencairn who were in 1544 and 1545 still supporting the marriage of a young Prince Edward of England the son of King Henry VIII to Mary Stuart Queen of Scots. Mary's father was King James V of Scotland and her mother Mary of Guise who he married to strengthen the Auld Alliance with France. King James V died when Mary was about a week old and he had previously lost two sons in 1541 and now had no living heirs other than Mary. Duncan, aligned with the Earls, fought James Hamilton the Regent Arran for the infant Queen Mary of Scotland and their adherents and the Catholic Party but were defeated in the Battle of Glasgow Muir in 1544. Duncan then forfeited his lands, but Duncan had powerful friends. In 1546 he was granted remission or pardon Duncan for his treasonable remaining away (no show) when there was a royal proclamation to muster on Roslin Moor on July 28th of 1545. This sasine appears to be the result of his powerful friends supporting him to get back this land deed for Arrochar McGilchrist. One of these supporters appears to be Archibald Campbell, the 4th Earl of Argyll.
Duncan would die less than two months later at the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh along with many of his clan, among others his uncle Walter MacFarlane of Gartartan, 1st Baron.
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