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Sutherland dated 16 August 1518, in which Mackay renewed the bond that his father had made with the Gordon Earl of Sutherland before him. Angus Mackay states that historian Sir Robert Gordon incorrectly refers to these skirmishes as "defeats" for the Mackays, and that Gordon also fails to mention that the Mackays rounded the year off by securing a title to the lands in the said parish of Rogart as confirmed by the
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Alexander's royal charter of the earldom, dated 1 December 1527 describes his parents as the Earl of
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branch of clan was killed as was his brother Donald, and on the other side was killed John Murray of
Aberscross. Shortly after this the Mackays burned the town of Pitfure in Strathfleet, Rogart. However, this was immediately followed by a bond of friendship between the Mackays and Adam Gordon, Earl
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Alexander Sutherland was in prison in 1517 when the Battle of Torran Dubh is supposed to have taken place. Angus Mackay says that the Battle of Torran Dubh was actually fought by the Clan Mackay against the
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