Scottish Clans - Clan Macleod Of Lewis
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Published on 16 February 2009
The Siol Torquil branch of the Clan MacLeod are descended from Torquil, son of Leod.
In the fourteenth century King David II granted to Torquil Macleod a charter of the barony of Assynt in Sutherland. Lewis had been held by this branch of the clan as vassals of the MacDonalds and with the acquisition of other lands in Raasay, Waternish and Gairloch, the Siol Torquil rivalled the Siol Tormod in importance and disputed the chiefship of the clan.
Torquil, who was chief of the Lewis MacLeods, had his estate forfeited in 1506 for assisting Donald Dubh MacDonald in his rebellion to obtain the forfeited Lordship of the Isles. The forfeited estate of Lewis was restored to Malcolm, brother of the attainted Torquil in 1511.
In the sixteenth century the history of the Siol Torquil became a succession of feuds, not only with other clans, but between members of their own clans, and when the main lines of the Lewis MacLeods became extinct in the early seventeenth century, the chiefship of this branch passed to the MacLeods of Raasay, and afterwards to the MacLeods of Cadboll, who are the oldest cadets of the MacLeods of Assynt.
Crest: The sun in his splendour, proper. Badge: Red whortleberry.
In the fourteenth century King David II granted to Torquil Macleod a charter of the barony of Assynt in Sutherland. Lewis had been held by this branch of the clan as vassals of the MacDonalds and with the acquisition of other lands in Raasay, Waternish and Gairloch, the Siol Torquil rivalled the Siol Tormod in importance and disputed the chiefship of the clan.
The Siol Torquil branch of the Clan MacLeod are descended from Torquil, son of Leod. In the fourteenth century King David II granted to Torquil Macleod a charter of the barony of Assynt in Sutherland. Lewis had been held by this branch of the clan as vassals of the MacDonalds and with the acquisition of other lands in Raasay, Waternish and Gairloch, the Siol Torquil rivalled the Siol Tormod in importance and disputed the chiefship of the clan.
Torquil, who was chief of the Lewis MacLeods, had his estate forfeited in 1506 for assisting Donald Dubh MacDonald in his rebellion to obtain the forfeited Lordship of the Isles. The forfeited estate of Lewis was restored to Malcolm, brother of the attainted Torquil in 1511.
In the sixteenth century the history of the Siol Torquil became a succession of feuds, not only with other clans, but between members of their own clans, and when the main lines of the Lewis MacLeods became extinct in the early seventeenth century, the chiefship of this branch passed to the MacLeods of Raasay, and afterwards to the MacLeods of Cadboll, who are the oldest cadets of the MacLeods of Assynt.
Crest: The sun in his splendour, proper. Badge: Red whortleberry.