Raid of Angus
Raid of Angus | |||||||
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Part of Wolf of Badenoch feuds | |||||||
Glen Brierachan, where the final fight took place | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Clan Stewart Clan Robertson Clan Mackay |
Clan Ogilvy Clan Lindsay Clan Gray | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Alexander Stewart Angus Mackay[1] |
Sir Walter Ogilvy Sir David Lindsay |
The Raid of Angus took place in 1391 when Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan, otherwise known as the Wolf of Badenoch, raided the lands of Angus, Scotland.
Background
In 1391,
The raid
Following the plunder of lands belonging to
As Sheriff of Angus, Sir Walter Ogilvy of Auchterhouse gathered a force including his allies Sir Patrick Gray and Sir David Lindsay, and confronted the raiders at Dalnagairn, Glen Brierachan.[5] Though charging with cavalry with heavy armor and lances, the Ogilvys were outnumbered, and Sir Walter Ogilvy, several lairds, and nearly sixty followers perished.[5] Gray and Lindsay were seriously wounded in the fighting, but survived.[5] An account of the battle by Andrew of Wyntoun said the following about Sir Walter Ogilvy: "Gud Schir Walter off Ogylvy, That manly knycht and that worthy Scherrave that tyme off Angus, Godlike, wis, and vertuous...."[6]
References
- ^ a b Mackay, Angus (1906). The Book of Mackay. Edinburgh: N. MacLeod. pp. 52–53.
Quoting: Winton's Chronicle and Acts of Parliament, I., 579
- Blackie & Son. p. 91.
- ^ "The Wolf of Badenoch: Alexander Stewart, 1st Earl of Buchan". Undiscovered Scotland. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
- ^ "Clan Ogilvy". Electric Scotland. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f "Transactions, Volume 18". Gaelic Society of Inverness. 18. Inverness, Scotland: The Northern Chronicle: 247–248. 1894. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
- ^ Wyntoun, Andrew (1426). "14". The orygynale cronykil of Scotland (Vol 9 ed.). Edinburgh, Scotland: EDMONSTON AND DOUGLAS. pp. 59–60. Retrieved 23 July 2018.