The History of the Feuds and Conflicts Among the Clans (1764) - Searchable PDF & Surname Index

Uncover Six Centuries of Scottish Highland & Hebridean Clan Warfare, Blood Feuds, Marriage Alliances & Ancestral Pedigrees (1031–1619)

Tracing Scottish Highland and Island ancestors prior to the mid-1700s is one of the greatest challenges in British genealogy, as Old Parochial Registers in the northern shires and Hebrides rarely survive from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. First printed at Glasgow in 1764 by the celebrated University printers Robert and Andrew Foulis from a manuscript written in the reign of King James VI (compiled ca. 1620 by Sir Robert Gordon of Gordonstoun, Tutor of Sutherland), The History of the Feuds and Conflicts Among the Clans in the Northern Parts of Scotland and in the Western Isles (1031–1619) is an extraordinary primary chronicle that names hundreds of clan chiefs, cadet lairds, tutors, brothers, bastard sons, marriage alliances, and hostages (pledges) across thirty historic conflicts.

What's Inside This Enhanced Fairbairn's Crests Digital Edition:

• Complete 170-Page Archival Volume: Includes the unabridged 1764 Foulis Press text (Title Page, Original Table of Contents, and all 147 printed pages) paired with 4 pages of newly written Fairbairn's Crests Front Matter (Pages i–iv) and a 16-page Comprehensive Back-of-Book Surname & Place Index.
• Restored Pure-White (#FFFFFF) Archival Pages: All 150 historical scan pages have been professionally cleaned and whitened to a crisp, pure-white (#FFFFFF) paper background with high-contrast black typography. All blank scanner flyleaves, institutional library stamps, edge shadows, and Google Books digitizer watermarks have been completely removed.
• Every-Word Searchable Dual OCR Layer: Search instantly using Ctrl+F (Windows) or Cmd+F (Mac) across both original 18th-century spellings (including medial long-s forms) and normalized modern spellings, supported by our Orthographic & Patronymic Research Guide on Page iv.
• Exact Page Offset Navigation & PDF Bookmarks: Fully bookmarked by chapter and conflict, with a clear conversion formula (Merged PDF Page = Original Printed Page + 7) so researchers can jump effortlessly between the Back-of-Book Index and the original 1764 pagination.
• 382 Verified Index Entries: Features 180 alphabetical surname, clan, patronymic, and noble family entries (Part A) and 202 parish, island, castle, burgh, and battle-site entries (Part B) mapped to exact printed page numbers.

Historical & Regional Overview

Spanning the reign of King Malcolm II in 1031 through the pacification of the Borders and Isles under King James VI in 1619–1620, this volume preserves firsthand traditions of the great northern and western kindreds. In Sutherland, Caithness (Catteyness), Strathnaver, Assynt, and Ross-shire, it chronicles the battles of Drumilea (1031), Enbo (1259), Bealach nam Brog (1299), Clachnaharry (1341), Tutim-Tarvach (1406), Harpsdale (1426), Druim na Coub (1427), Blar-na-Pairc (1477), the slaying of the Chieftain of Clan Gunn (The Cruner) by the Keiths in the Chapel of St. Tears (1478), Aldy-charrish (1487 — citing the Fearn Abbey manuscript casualty roll), Torran-Dow (1517), the burning of Dornoch Cathedral (1570), and the protracted wars between the Earls of Sutherland, the Sinclairs of Caithness, and the MacKays of Strathnaver.

In the Northeast, Central Highlands, and Western Isles, the chronicle details the bitter 1571–1572 civil wars between the Gordons and the Forbeses at Tillyangus and Craibstone, the feud between the Earls of Huntly and Moray culminating in the burning of Donibristle (1591/1592) and the Battle of Glenlivet (1594), and the Jesuit conspiracy of the Spanish Blanks (1592–1594). Across Skye, Mull, Islay, Jura, Tiree, Uist, Harris, Raasay, and Lewis, it provides unmatched genealogical detail on the blood feud between the Macdonalds of Sleat and Kintyre and Sir Lauchlan Maclean of Duart (including the 1586 Mullintrea hostage crisis, "Maclean his Nuptials", and the 1598 Battle of Loch Gruinart), the 1601 war between Donald Gorme Macdonald and Sir Rory Macleod of Harris (Seil-Tormot), the 1602 war between Lord Kintail (Clan-Cheinzie) and Glengarry, the 1611 shipboard battle at Raasay, and the dramatic struggle for the Isle of Lewis between the rival sons of old Rory Macleod (Seil-Torquill), the Morrison Brieves (Clan-vic-gill-voir), the Fife Adventurers, and the Mackenzies of Kintail.

Surnames & Families Indexed in This Volume:

Abercrombie, Aberigh, Abergeldie, Abirscors, Aberscors, Achindowne, Ackergill, Acrigell, Angus, Argyle, Argyll, Arran, Athole, Atholl, Auchinbreck, Auchindowne, Back-lawighe, Backies, Balcolmy, Ballendallegh, Ballindalloch, Ballinegowne, Balmerinoch, Balnagown, Balnegowen, Balnigowne, Bane, Bayne, Boece, Boethius, Bonietoun, Bothwell, Bowes, Brackley, Breaghley, Breinre, Brienre, Brieve, Bruce, Buchan, Buckie, Buquhan, Calder, Cameron, Campbell, Car, Care, Cattey, Catteyness, Cattigh, Catus, Cawdor, Chisholm, Chisholme, Clan-Chattan, Clan-Cheinzie, Clan-Chenzie, Clan-Chrattan, Clan-Donald, Clan-Gregor, Clan-Gun, Clan-Iver, Clan-Lean, Clan-Leawe, Clan-Phersone, Clan-tall-wigh, Clan-Vic-Gillcolme, Clan-vic-gill-voir, Clanchattane, Clunie, Cluny, Coll, Colle, Colvill, Colville, Connaldagh, Craufurd, Crawford, Crichton, Crightoun, Crowner, Cruner, Cubin, Culbin, Dingwall, Douglas, Dow, Drum, Duff, Dumfermline, Dun, Dunbar, Dunfermline, Elphinstone, Enetus, Enzie, Erroll, Erskine,Fintrie, Forbes, Forbesses, Forss, Forsse, Foulis, Fraser, Frasers, Freesh-weik, Freswick, Gairloch, Gald, Garlogh, Gartie, Garty, Geight, Gight, Gillcolme, Gillecallum, Gillespick, Glames, Glamis, Glammes, Glasse, Glengarrie, Glengarry, Gofpeter, Golspitour, Gordon, Gorme, Graham, Grant, Grants, Gray, Griffen-mains, Gruner, Gun, Gunn, Hamilton, Hay, Heres, Herris, Holmogh, Home, Hoveden, Hume, Huntley, Huntlie, Huntly, Innermarkie, Innes, Invermarkie, Inverugie, Inverugy, Irvine, Irvines, James-son, Jamieson, Keith, Keiths, Kennedy, Kerr, Kildun, Kintail, Kintaile, Lennox, Leslie, Leslies, Lesmoir, Lindores, Lindsay, Lindsey, Livingstone, Lochiel, Lochinell, Lochnell, Lowe, Mac-Marthow-Mac-William, Macalester-Roy, Macallen, Macculloch, Macdonald, Macdonald-Williamson, Macdonell, Macdonell-Duy, MacGillecallum, MacGilleMhoire, Macgillespick, Macgillcolme, Macgillicallum, MacGregor, MacIan, MacIver, Macintosh, Macjames, Mackames, MacKay, Mackean, Mackenzie, Mackintosh, Macky, Maclean, MacLeay, Macleod, MacLeod, Macneill, Macneill-Warray, Macpherson, Macrenald, Macronald, Macrorie, Mactormot, Macwilliam, Maitland, Mar, Marle, Macean, Macean-Macangus, Macean-Macjames, Macean-Macwilliam, Maccoll, Macconald, Macconald-Tearreagh, Messen, Methven, Mitchell, Moir-Mackean-reawighe, Monro, Monroes, Morrison, Morton, Mowat, Munesse, Munro, Murckle, Murkle, Murray, Na-werighe, Newtoun Gordon, Ogilbie, Ogilbies, Ogilvie, Olanus, Pitsligo, Reawighe, Roberts-son, Robertson, Ross, Rosses, Roy-Murray, Seil-Tormot, Seil-Torquill, Seton, Sinclair, Siol Tormod, Siol Torquil, Skirkag, Smith, Southe, Spence, St. Colme, Stewart, Stirkoke, Strath-gar-neck, Strathgarnoch, Sutherland, Talvigh, Tearreagh, Terrell, Tillihoudie, Tillychoudie, Tormot, Torquill, Tullibardine, Tullibairne, Tulloch, Vance, Vaus, Walsingham, Walsinghame, Wans, Wasse, Williamson, Wood, Wormistoun, Zouche.

Parishes, Townships & Settlements Indexed:

Abbay of Halyrudhouse, Aberdeen, Aberscross, Abirscors, Achindowne, Ackergill, Acrigell, Air, Aldchonlihan, Aldgawne, Aldicharrishe, Aldine-beh, Alloa, Alloway, Alltachoylachan, Alltachuilain, Alltan-Beath, Angus, Ardemurchie, Ardnamurchan, Argyle, Argyll, Assint, Assynt, Athole, Atholl, Auchindowne, Ayr, Backies, Badenach, Badenoch, Bagayes, Balgavies, Ballendallegh, Ballindalloch, Balnagown, Balnegowen, Balnigowne, Bass Rock, Bealach nam Brog, Beallegh-ne-Broig, Ben Griam, Ben More, Benquhillin, Berisay, Berridail, Berriedale, Berrissay, Bin-guillin, Bin-moir, Bingrime, Blackness, Blair-ne-pairk, Blair-tannie, Blar-na-Pairc, Bohemia, Borthwick, Borve Castle, Borwe, Braechat, Brahan, Brayle, Brea-Chatt, Brechin, Breichen, Bridge of Dee, Brige of Dee, Buchan, Buckie, Buquhan, Cabereghe, Cabrach, Cairnborrow, Caithness, Carinish, Carneborrow, Castle-Sinclair, Cattey, Catteyness, Clachnaharry, Clagh-ne-herey, Clash-ne-gep, Clen-trednal, Clyne, Cogigh, Coigach, Coigigh, Connan, Conon, Contin, Craibstane, Craibstone, Crabstaine, Craig, Creach-lairn, Creagh-ne-kain-kish, Creich, Creigh, Crissaligh, Culsalmond, Culsamond, Cumbrae, Cumray, Daill-reawighe, Dalreavoch, Darnaway, Dingwall, Doil, Donibristle, Dornoch, Dornogh, Druim na Coub, Drum-ne-coub, Drumilea, Drumin, Druminnor, Druminour, Drummin, Drummoy, Duart Castle, Duddingston, Duddistoun, Dumbaith, Dun, Dunbeath, Duncansby, Dundee, Dungesby, Dunibrissill, Dunrobin Castle, Duray, Eddirachilis, Eddrachillis, Edinburgh, Ellan-logh-gorme, Embo, Enbo, England, Farr, Fearn, Ferindonald, Ferne, Ferrin-donell, Fife, Finavon, Finnevin, Flanders, Forfarshire, Forres, Forress, Forss, Forsse, Foulis Castle, France, Freesh-weik, Freswick, Gairloch, Gar-warie, Garioch, Garlogh,ereagh, German Sea, Girnigo, Girnigoe, Glasgow, Glenbervie, Glenlivat, Glenlivet, Glenmuick, Glenmuck, Golspie, Golspitour, Gofpeter, Groinart, Halkirk, Halyrudhouse, Harpsdale, Harris, Helmisdel, Helmsdale, Heres, Herris, Holland, Holyrood, Ila, Innerkeithing, Inver-knock-wrick, Inverkeithing, Inverness, Inverugie, Inverugy, Ireland, Islay, Jedburgh, Jura, Juray, Kelso, Kessak, Kessock, Kildonan, Kille-trynaid, Kinnes of Ila, Kintail, Kintaile, Kintradwell, Kintyre, Kirkhill, Knock-artoll, Kulcraigie, La-ne-creigh-moir, Laggivreid, Lairg, Latheron, Lathron, Lauder, Lawder, Learable, Leckmeline, Leckmelm, Leith, Lewes, Lewis, Liriboll, Little Ferry, Loch Broom, Loch Fleet, Loch Gorm, Loch Gruinart, Loch Moy, Loch-Groinart, Loch-Salachie, Lochaber, Lochbrime, Lochcarron, Logiebride, Loin-Harpisdell, London, Lough-Broom, Marle, Marrel, Mearns, Mond, Montrose, Morar, Moray, Moray Firth, Moroll, Moy, Mull, Mullintrea, Mulndrhea, Murray, Murray-frith, Musselburgh, Mussilburgh, Nairn, Navidale, Nawidell, Neise, Nerne, Ness, North Uist, Old Aberdeen, Ord of Caithness, Ouyst, Perth, Pettie, Petty, Polrossie, Portnecouter, Queensferry, Raasay, Rasey, Reay, Rhinns of Islay, Ri-Chroishe, Riven of Badenoch, Rogart, Rona, Roney, Ross, Ross-shire, Ruoig-hanset, Ruthven, Sandside, Sanset, Skibo Castle, Skie, Sky, Skye, Slains Castle, Slaitt, Sleat, Spain, Spanzedell, Spinningdale, St. Andrews, St. Duffus, St. Duthac, St. Johnstoun, St. Ninians, St. Tayre, St. Tears, Staplegate, Steplegate, Stirling, Strath-Charron, Strath-fleit, Strath-ullie, Strathardale, Strathardle, Strathaven, Strathawen, Strathbogie, Strathbrora, Strathbrory, Strathcarron, Strathdown, Strathdowne, Strathearn, Strathern, Strathfleet, Strathnaver, Strathoickell, Strathoykel, Strathspey, Strathulli, Strome Castle, Sutherland, Tain, Taine, Tarbat, Tarbot, Tarnoway, Tayne, Thurso, Tilliangus, Tillyangus, Tiree, Tirhie, Tong, Tongue, Toran-Dow, Torloisk, Torloiske, Torran-dow, Tutim-Tarvach, Tuttum-tarwigh, Uist, Unes, Weik, West Isles, Western Isles, Wick.