Editing Leod (section)

===Clan MacLeod===
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According to an account of MacLeod tradition written in 1797 for the clan's chief, Olaf the Black had three sons by his third wife, Christina, daughter of the [[Earl of Ross]]—''Gunn'', from whom descended [[Clan Gunn]]; ''Leandres'', from whom descended Clan Leandres in Ross; and ''Leod''. The tradition goes on to say that Leod was fostered by "Pol, son of Bok", sheriff of [[Skye]]. This Pol then gave Leod [[Harris, Outer Hebrides|Harris]]; later Leod married a daughter of "McCraild Armuinn" and, in consequence, received Dunvegan and all the Skye estates which the MacLeods held in later times.<ref name="MacLeodRC">{{cite book |last=MacLeod |first=Roderick Charles |title=The MacLeods of Dunvegan |url=https://archive.org/details/macleodsofdunveg00macl |year=1927 |publisher=Privately printed for the Clan MacLeod Society |location=[[Edinburgh]] |page=[https://archive.org/details/macleodsofdunveg00macl/page/4 4] }}</ref> In the ''Bannatyne manuscript'', the sheriff is called "Paal Baccas", and is stated to have owned the isle of Harris, as well as the following lands on Skye: [[Sleat]], [[Trotternish]], Waternish, and [[Snizort]]. The manuscript states that he had a [[natural son]], but named Leod his heir.<ref name="MacLeodRC-2426">{{cite book |last=MacLeod |first=Roderick Charles |title=The MacLeods of Dunvegan |url=https://archive.org/details/macleodsofdunveg00macl |year=1927 |publisher=Privately printed for the Clan MacLeod Society |location=[[Edinburgh]] |pages=[https://archive.org/details/macleodsofdunveg00macl/page/24 24]–26 }}</ref> The "Pol, son of Bok" and "Paal Baccas" of MacLeod tradition are considered to be identical with the historical [[Páll, son of Bálki]], who is mentioned within the ''[[Chronicles of Mann]]'' as a loyal ally of Olaf the Black.<ref name="ref-APMacLeod"/> The ''Bannatyne manuscript'' states that Paal Baccas was killed in 1231; after which Leod peacefully succeeded to his possessions.<ref name="MacLeodRC-2426"/>

The ''Bannatyne manuscript'' is the main authority for information on the early chiefs of Clan MacLeod.<ref name="I7">{{cite web|url=http://www.macleodgenealogy.org/ACMS/D0027/I7.html |title=Malcolm Gillecaluim Macleod (III Chief) |access-date=16 January 2010 |work=macleodgenealogy.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727053728/http://www.macleodgenealogy.org/ACMS/D0027/I7.html |archive-date=27 July 2011 }} This webpage cited: {{cite book |first1=MacKinnon |last1=Donald |first2=Morrison |last2=Alick |title=The MacLeods: the genealogy of a clan |year=1969 |location=[[Edinburgh]] |publisher=Clan MacLeod Society |pages=10–11 }}; and also {{cite book |title=The Chiefs of Clan MacLeod |last=Morrison |first=Alick |year=1986 |publisher=Associated Clan MacLeod Societies |location=[[Edinburgh]] }}</ref> It states that the first seven chiefs of Clan MacLeod were buried at [[Iona]].<ref name="MacLeodRC-30"/> The [[Choir (architecture)|choir]] of [[Iona Abbey]], for the most part, dates from the early 16th century. Within the centre of the choir there is a large stone which once contained a [[monumental brass]], traditionally said to have been a MacLeod.<ref name="morrison">{{cite book |last=Morrison |first=John |title=Behold Iona |url=https://archive.org/details/beholdionaguides00morruoft |year=1947 |publisher=[[Iona Community]] |location=[[Glasgow]] |page=[https://archive.org/details/beholdionaguides00morruoft/page/14 14] }}</ref> The stone formed a [[Matrix (printing)|matrix]] which at one time contained the [[brass]] inlay (tradition states it was a silver inlay). It is the largest carved stone on the island, measuring {{convert|7|ft|9.25|in|m|2}} by {{convert|3|ft|10|in|m|2}}.<ref name="MacMillan">{{cite book |last=MacMillan |first=Archibald |title=Iona: Its History and Antiquities |url=https://archive.org/details/ionaitshistoryan00macmuoft |year=1898 |publisher=Houlston & Sons |location=London |pages=[https://archive.org/details/ionaitshistoryan00macmuoft/page/82 82]–83 }}</ref> The early 20th-century clan historian R.C. MacLeod speculated that perhaps Leod and five of his successors were buried beneath—however, in his opinion the fourth chief, [[Iain Ciar MacLeod|Iain Ciar]], was buried elsewhere.<ref name="MacLeodRC-30">{{cite book |last=MacLeod |first=Roderick Charles |title=The MacLeods of Dunvegan |url=https://archive.org/details/macleodsofdunveg00macl |year=1927 |publisher=Privately printed for the Clan MacLeod Society |location=[[Edinburgh]] |page=[https://archive.org/details/macleodsofdunveg00macl/page/30 30] }}</ref>{{#tag:ref|Also buried within the tomb, according to tradition, was the [[standard bearer]] of the seventh chief (see [[Fairy Flag]]). MacLeod noted that there was another MacLeod stone on Iona; in his opinion this stone marked the grave of the fourth chief, [[Iain Ciar MacLeod|Iain Ciar]].<ref name="MacLeodRC-30"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.macleodgenealogy.org/ACMS/D0028/I8.html |title=John Iain Ciar Macleod (IV Chief) |access-date=10 January 2010 |work=macleodgenealogy.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924085329/http://www.macleodgenealogy.org/ACMS/D0028/I8.html |archive-date=24 September 2011 }} This webpage cited: {{cite book |title=MacLeod Chiefs of Harris and Dunvegan |last=MacKinnon |first=Donald |year=1969 |publisher=[[Edinburgh]] |page=11 }}; and also {{cite book |title=The Chiefs of Clan MacLeod |last=Morrison |first=Alick |year=1986 |location=East Kilbride, Scotland }}</ref>|group=note}} In fact, the stone may actually mark the tomb of a [[Clan MacLean|MacLean]], rather than that of a MacLeod.<ref name="Sharpe">{{cite journal |last1=Sharpe |first1=Richard |author-link=Richard Sharpe (historian) |year=2012 |title=Iona in 1771: Gaelic tradition and visitors' experience |journal=[[The Innes Review]] |volume=63 |issue=2 |page=186 footnote 77, 253 |publisher=[[Edinburgh University Press]] |doi=10.3366/inr.2012.0040 }}</ref>{{#tag:ref|The stone is mentioned in the late 17th century by William Sacheverell (c. 1675–1715), who visited Iona in August 1698: "In the middle on a flat stone, the proportion of a Man in Armour engrav'd, which seems very Ancient, and they say was laid there in Honour of one of the Family of Mac-Leon, who were for many Ages Lords of Mull".<ref name="Sharpe"/>|group=note}}