Raids of Urquhart

Ewen Cameron of Lochiel, chief of Clan Cameron, and MacDonald of Glengarry made expeditions to the Grant's lands of Glenmoriston and Glen Urquhart where the Grants held Urquhart Castle.^[2] Among the goods taken were two hundred bolls of oats, with fodder; one hundred bolls of bere; one hundred cows; one hundred calves; forty young cows; ten one year-old stirks; eight horses and four mares; four young horses; one hundred and forty ewes; sixty gimmers and dinmonts; one hundred lambs.^[2][3]

From Urquhart Castle, were stolen; twelve beds, with bolsters, blankets and sheets; five posts; six pans; one basket and one chest which contained three hundred pounds in money; two brewing cauldrons; twenty pieces of artillery; ten stands of harness; and several other items of considerable value including doors; bedsteads, chairs and boats.^[2] According to Mackenzie, the large number of goods taken shows that the people of Glen Urquhart were "very well-to-do in those days".^[2][3]

Summonses were issued under the royal signet dated 3 August 1546 against Cameron of Lochiel and his coadjutors.^[2] According to Mackenzie, the raids probably helped secure the conviction and execution of Ewen Cameron of Lochiel in 1547.^[2] However, the principal charge against him was his part taken in the Battle of the Shirts, and of having supported the Earl of Lennox.^[2]