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OBSERVATIONES CHRONOLOGICÆ.

HIC Shaus in Septentrionalen Scotiæ plagam venit cum
Milcolumbo 4 Scotorum Rege ad supprimendam insurrectionem
(per Morravos excitatam) Anno Ch. 1163, et ob ejus virtutem
et fortitudinem in Rebelles a Rege arcis Innernessæ. Præ-
fectus (seu Constabularius) eodem Anno est constitutus et
agrorum Pettiæ Brachliæ cum Saltû Stratherniæ (quæ olim
Moraviorum in illâ Rebellione interfectorum prædia erant)
possessionem accepit.

SHAUS in arce Invernessensi habitans per vicinos Makin-
toshich vocabatur (id est, Thani filius): Nam pater ejus licet
Comitis titulo honoratus vulgò Toshach, i.e. Thanus a plebe
designabatur.

THANUS erat honoris seu dignitatis titulus: Nam Primores
Regni Scotorum Thani tunc dicebantur, et Linguâ Hibernicâ
Thanus interpretabatur Toshach, i.e. Regionum Primarius seu
Princeps, et Makintoshich est Primarii filius, et hæc est cog-
nominis Makintoshich significatio et origo.

SHAUS fatis occubuit Anno ab incarnato Christo 1179.

CHRONOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS.

This Shaw came to the north country of Scotland along with
Malcolm IV. King of Scots, to suppress an insurrection, stirred up
by the men of Moray, in the year of Christ 1163, and for his
valour and fortitude against the rebels he was, in the same year,
appointed governor (or constable) of the Castle of Inverness, and
received possession of the lands of Petty Brachley, with the forest
of Stratherne, which formerly were the estates of the men of
Moray slain in that rebellion.

Shaw, while dwelling in the Castle of Inverness, was called by
his neighbours Mackintoshich (that is, son of the Thane). For his
father, though honoured with the title of Earl, was vulgarly
designated by the common people, Toshach, that is, Thane.

Thane was a title of honour or dignity. For the nobles of the
kingdom of the Scots were then called Thanes, and in the Gaelic
tongue Thane was interpreted Toshach, that is, the chief or prince
of the country, and Mackintoshich is son of the chief, and this is
the signification and beginning of the surname Mackintosh.

Shaw died in the year from the incarnation of Christ, 1179.