Scottish Clans - Clan MacLaren Of Scotland
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Published on 16 February 2009
Ignoring one traditional account claiming that the MacLarens are descended from Lorn, son of Erc, who landed in Argyll in A.D. 503, we find that the family is recorded to have been in possession of lands in Balquhidder and Strathearn in the twelfth century, and in the Ragman Roll in 1296, are three names that have been identified as belonging to the Clan MacLaren-Maurice of Tyrie, Conan of Balquidder and Laurin of Ardveche in Strathearn, all in Perthshire.
In the fourteenth century when the Earldom of Strathearn became vested in the crown the MacLarens were reduced from proprietors of their lands to perpetual tenants. They remained loyal to the crwon and fought for James III. At Sauchieburn in 1488, for James IV. At Flodden in 1513, and for Queen Mary at Pinkie in 1547. They are included in the Rolls of the Clans in1585 and 1594 appended to an Act of Parliament known as “ The General Band.” The MacLarens were a war-like clan and had their share of feuds with neighbouring clans. The greater part of the clan followed the Stewarts of Appin, while others followed the Murrays of Athol. Dugal Stewart, first of Appin, was the natural son of John Stewart, Lord of Lorn, and a daughter of MacLaren of Ardveche.
The clan was out in “ the ‘45” and suffered severely at Culloden. MacLaren of Invernenty who was taken prisoner there made a remarkable escape near Moffat when being conveyed to Carlisle. The incident is described by Sir Walter Scott in Redgauntlet.
John MacLaurin, Lord Dreghorn (1734-1796), proved his claim to the chiefship of the clan before the Lyon Court through hid descent from a family that had long held the island of Tiree.
Crests: A mortar-piece, azure. A lady from the middle upwards, vested vert, holding in her arms a child. Badge: Laurel. War Cry: Creag an Tuirc ( The Boar’s Rock).
Ignoring one traditional account claiming that the MacLarens are descended from Lorn, son of Erc, who landed in Argyll in A.D. 503, we find that the family is recorded to have been in possession of lands in Balquhidder and Strathearn in the twelfth century.
Ignoring one traditional account claiming that the MacLarens are descended from Lorn, son of Erc, who landed in Argyll in A.D. 503, we find that the family is recorded to have been in possession of lands in Balquhidder and Strathearn in the twelfth century, and in the Ragman Roll in 1296, are three names that have been identified as belonging to the Clan MacLaren-Maurice of Tyrie, Conan of Balquidder and Laurin of Ardveche in Strathearn, all in Perthshire. In the fourteenth century when the Earldom of Strathearn became vested in the crown the MacLarens were reduced from proprietors of their lands to perpetual tenants. They remained loyal to the crwon and fought for James III. At Sauchieburn in 1488, for James IV. At Flodden in 1513, and for Queen Mary at Pinkie in 1547. They are included in the Rolls of the Clans in1585 and 1594 appended to an Act of Parliament known as “ The General Band.” The MacLarens were a war-like clan and had their share of feuds with neighbouring clans. The greater part of the clan followed the Stewarts of Appin, while others followed the Murrays of Athol. Dugal Stewart, first of Appin, was the natural son of John Stewart, Lord of Lorn, and a daughter of MacLaren of Ardveche.
The clan was out in “ the ‘45” and suffered severely at Culloden. MacLaren of Invernenty who was taken prisoner there made a remarkable escape near Moffat when being conveyed to Carlisle. The incident is described by Sir Walter Scott in Redgauntlet.
John MacLaurin, Lord Dreghorn (1734-1796), proved his claim to the chiefship of the clan before the Lyon Court through hid descent from a family that had long held the island of Tiree.
Crests: A mortar-piece, azure. A lady from the middle upwards, vested vert, holding in her arms a child. Badge: Laurel. War Cry: Creag an Tuirc ( The Boar’s Rock).