Bannatyne manuscript (Clan MacLeod)

Not to be confused with the Bannatyne Manuscript of Edinburgh merchant and amateur poet George Bannatyne (1545–1608).

The Bannatyne manuscript is a traditional account of Clan MacLeod, consisting of 142 sheets of foolscap paper. The author's name does not appear upon it; however, it is considered to have been written by William Bannatyne, Lord Bannatyne — from whom it takes its name. Lord Bannatyne was the son of Roderick MacLeod, and a great-grandson of Sir Norman MacLeod of Bernera. Lord Bannatyne's mother was a daughter of Bannatyne of Kames and through her he succeeded his uncle's estate and took the name "Bannatyne".[1] The manuscript is thought to have been written in about the 1830s.[2] Lord Bannatyne also wrote an earlier account of the clan in 1767.[3] The Bannatyne manuscript is the main authority for much of the information on the clan's earliest chiefs.[4] It has been stated that Lord Bannatyne based his manuscript on early traditions, which had been handed down through the ages orally by bards and senachies.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 MacLeod, Roderick Charles (1927). The MacLeods of Dunvegan. Edinburgh: Privately printed for the Clan MacLeod Society. pp. xi–xv.
  2. ↑ Matheson, William (1977). "The Ancestry of the MacLeods". www.macleodgenealogy.org. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
  3. ↑ Morrison, Alick (1986). "The Origin of Leod". www.macleodgenealogy.org. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
  4. ↑ "Malcolm Gillecaluim Macleod (III Chief)". www.macleodgenealogy.org. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
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