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Malcolm of Luss succeeded his father, Sir John. He received from Malcolm fifth Earl of Lennox a charter confirming to him the lands of Luss as they had been granted to Gillemore by Maldouen third Earl of Lennox.^[1] The charter is without date, but it must have been made between the year 1292, when Malcolm fifth Earl of Lennox is supposed to have succeeded his father, and the year 1333, when he fell at Halidonhill.

As usual in charters of that date, it is in Latin, and may be translated as follows:—

To all who shall see or hear this writing, Malcolm Earl of Levenax, son and heir of the deceased Lord Malcolm Earl of Levenax, everlasting salvation in the Lord: Know ye all that we have inspected and diligently listened to a charter of Gilmore, son of Maldouen, made upon a donation and grant of Lord Maldouen, late Earl of Levenax, of his lands of Luss, with their pertinents, not obliterated, not cancelled, nor vitiated in any part; which charter we, for us and our heirs, as freely, fully, quietly, and honourably, as the said charter in itself by all and in all points testifies and bears, confirm, and for us and our heirs ratify for ever: which charter does not contain or specify any homage in it, but for the sake of respect to us and our heirs, we will and concede to Malcolm of Luss, son and heir of Sir John of Luss, and his heirs, all his foresaid lands of Luss, with their pertinents, for simple homage only, he and his heirs rendering it thence only to us and our heirs; and for that service which is contained in the said charter made to the said Gilmore, son of Maldouen, late Lord of Luss, by the said Lord Maldouen, late Earl of Levenax, namely, for two cheeses for the common army of our Lord the King, when occasion requires, from every house in the said lands of Luss in which cheese is made. Moreover we will, for us and our heirs, that the said Malcolm and his heirs shall be for ever free and relieved of wards, reliefs, maritages, and suits of Court, and from all and whatsoever other secular services, as well forinsic as intrinsic, customs, exactions, and demands, which may ever possibly be exacted or required by us or our heirs of the said Malcolm or his heirs from his forenamed lands of Luss: In testimony of which thing we have put our seal to this writing, before these witnesses, Malcolm Flemyng, Sheriff of Dunbretane, Richard of Culneath, and Hugh Flemyng, Knights, Sir Nicholas, rector of the church of Luss, Gilbert of Drummond, Ingeram of Colquhoune, Duncan, son of Murechach, and many others.

Malcolm of Luss, apparently about the same time that he received the charter now mentioned, obtained from the same Earl a charter of a carucate of land and a half-quarter of land in the exterior part of Glyne, lying between the land and marches of Syf and Lekych, to be held for rendering forinsic service in the King’s common army as much as belonged to such an extent of land in the earldom of Levenax, and three suits yearly at the three head courts of Levenax, for every other secular service, exaction, and demand.^[2]

In the year 1326 or 1327 Malcolm of Luss had a royal gift of part of his teinds out of the estate of Luss,^[3] as appears from the account of Sir Malcolm, Vicar of Dumbarton, commencing 18th February 1326, and rendered in the year 1329. He was witness to a charter by Earl Malcolm to Patrick Galbraith of the lands of Balecarrage, and to a charter by the same Earl to Gilbert of Carric of the lands of Cronverne and Buchmonyne.^[4] He was also a witness to a charter by Donald sixth Earl of Levenax to William of Galbraith of the lands of Achrefmoltoune; to another by the same Earl to Patrick of Lindsay of the lands of Buchnwl; to a third by the same Earl to Robert of Dunbretane of the lands of Bullul; and to another by the same Earl to Walter of Foslen of half a carucate of the lands of Laterwwald [Letrualt].^[5] These charters by Donald sixth Earl of Lennox are without date, but they must have been granted in or between the years 1333 and 1364, the period during which that Earl enjoyed the earldom. Malcolm seems to have been the father of Godfrey, who succeeded him as the sixth Laird of Luss.

[1]	Cartularium Comitatus de Levenax, p. 23.

[2]	Cartularium Comitatus de Levenax, p. 24.

[3]	Accounts of the Great Chamberlains of Scotland, vol. i. p. 160.

[4]	Cartularium Comitatus de Levenax, pp. 33, 44.

[5]	Ibid. pp. 34, 52, 69, 95.