Melisa Perschon' Family (Midgley, Ruganis, Hodgson, Simmons):Information about Malcom MacGregor
Sir Malcom MacGregor Malcom MacGregor (b. 1113, d. 1164)
Notes for Malcom MacGregor:
Sir Malcom Macgregor was a man of incredible Strength of body. Being of the Kings retinue at a certain hunting party. In a forest, his Majesty having attacked a wild boar or some other animal of prey, he was likely to be bested by the beast and in was in great danger of losing his life. When Sir Malcom, coming up, demanded his Majesty's permission to encounter the beast, the King hastily answered, "e'en do, bait spair nocht." Sir Malcom is said to have torn a young oak up by it's roots, and thrown himself between his Majesty and the fierce assailant, with the oak in one hand, kept the animal at bay until he got the opportunity to run it through the heart. In honor whereof his Majesty was pleased to raise him to the peerage by the title of Lord MacGregor, to him, "et hoeredioius masculis"; and in order to perpetuate the Remembrance of the brave action, gave him an oak tree eradicate, in place of the fir tree which the family had formerly carried.
We have his arms blazoned by an ancient herald in these words, "Lord MacGregor of old, argent a sword in bend azure and an oak tree eradicate, in bend sinister proper; in chief a crown gules. Crest: a lyons head crowned with an antique crown, with points. Motto: E'en do, bait spair nocht. Supporters on the dexter an unicorn argent crowned, horned or, and on the sinister a deer proper tyn'd azure.
Sir Malcom was called "moref hir Callum nan caistel" or Lord Malcom of the castles, because of the several castles which he built; such as those of Caol-Charn (now Kilchurn), beautifully situated at the north-east end of Lochawe, and that of Finlarig, and the chapel which was last consecrated to the Blessed Virgin, and the old castle of Taymouth, at least to have had their residence there.
He married Marjory, youngest daughter of William, Lord Lindsay, the first Lord Crawford and Chief of the Army.
Children of Malcom MacGregor and Marjory Lindsay are:
- +William MacGregor, b. 1165, Scotland492, 492, d. 1238, Scotland492, 492.