Editing Inner Hebrides (section)

===Clans and Scottish rule===
The Lords of the Isles, a phrase first recorded in 1336,<ref>Oram, Richard "The Lordship of the Isles: 1336–1545" in Omand (2006) p. 123</ref> but which title may have been used earlier, would continue to rule the Inner Hebrides as well as part of the Western Highlands as subjects of the King of Scots until [[John of Islay, Earl of Ross|John MacDonald]], fourth Lord of the Isles, squandered the family's powerful position. Through a secret treaty with [[Edward IV of England]], negotiated at [[Ardtornish Castle]] and signed in 1462, he made himself a servant of the English crown. When [[James III of Scotland]] found out about the treaty in 1476, he issued a sentence of forfeiture for MacDonald's lands. Some were restored for a promise of good behaviour, but MacDonald was unable to control his son [[Aonghas Óg]], who defeated him at the [[Battle of Bloody Bay]], fought off the coast of Mull near [[Tobermory, Mull|Tobermory]] in 1481. A further rebellion by his nephew, [[Alexander of Lochalsh]], provoked an exasperated James IV to forfeit the lands for the last time in 1493.<ref>Oram, Richard "The Lordship of the Isles: 1336–1545" in Omand (2006) pp. 135–38</ref>
[[File:Floramacdonald2.jpg|thumb |left|Portrait of [[Flora MacDonald (Scottish Jacobite)|Flora MacDonald]] by [[Allan Ramsay (artist)|Alan Ramsay]]]]
The most powerful clans on Skye in the post-Norse period were [[Clan MacLeod]], originally based in [[Trotternish]], and Clan MacDonald of [[Sleat]]. Following the disintegration of the Lordship of the Isles, the Mackinnons also emerged as an independent clan, whose substantial landholdings in Skye were centred on [[Strathaird]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mackinnon.org/mackinnon-short-history.html#Beginnings |title=The Clan Mackinnon: a short history |last=Mackinnon |first=C. R. |year=1958 |access-date=30 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527071109/http://www.mackinnon.org/mackinnon-short-history.html |archive-date=27 May 2010 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> The MacDonalds of [[South Uist]] were bitter rivals of the MacLeods, and an attempt by the former to murder church-goers at [[Trumpan Church|Trumpan]] in retaliation for a previous massacre on Eigg, resulted in the [[Battle of the Spoiling Dyke]] of 1578.<ref>[[#Mur66|Murray (1966)]] p. 156.</ref><ref>[http://www.thehendrys.freeserve.co.uk/eigg/eigg.htm "The Massacre at Trumpan Church and the subsequent Battle of the Spoiled Dyke"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006170343/http://www.thehendrys.freeserve.co.uk/eigg/eigg.htm |date=6 October 2008}}. The Hendry Family. Retrieved 25 May 2008.</ref>

After the failure of the [[Jacobitism|Jacobite]] rebellion of 1745, [[Flora MacDonald (Scottish Jacobite)|Flora MacDonald]] became famous for rescuing Prince [[Charles Edward Stuart]] from the [[House of Hanover|Hanoverian]] troops. Her story is strongly associated with their escape via Skye and she is buried at [[Kilmuir, Skye|Kilmuir]].<ref>[http://www.ambaile.org.uk/en/item/item_photograph.jsp?item_id=12379 "Flora Macdonald's Grave, Kilmuir"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119050419/http://www.ambaile.org.uk/en/item/item_photograph.jsp?item_id=12379 |date=19 January 2012 }} Am Baile. Retrieved 24 October 2009.</ref> She was visited by [[Samuel Johnson]] and [[James Boswell]] during their 1773 [[A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland|''Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland'']] and written on her gravestone are Johnson's words that hers was "A name that will be mentioned in history, and if courage and fidelity be virtues, mentioned with honour".<ref>[[#Mur66|Murray (1966)]] pp. 152-4.</ref> In the wake of the rebellion the clan system was broken up and islands of the Hebrides became a series of landed estates.