Notes for Robert Munro: Robert was just a child when his father was killed at the Battle of Halidon Hill. His estates were carefully managed by his uncle, John, until Robert attained majority. John was able to redeem portions of the estate that had previously been mortgaged.
Robert is described as being "a man of abilities and economical habits of life."
He had a charter from William, Earl of Ross, of the lands of Pitlundie and others in which the rental was a pair of white gloves or three pennies Scots, if required, alternately.
In 1364, Robert obtained from William, Earl of Ross, a charter of confirmation of Easter Fowlis and other lands. Mackenzie claims that this charter mentions that these lands had belonged to his predecessors since the time of Donald, the founder of the family. R.W. Munro says the charter contains no such allusion to Robert's predecessors. This charter was confirmed by King David II later in the same year.
Some evidence suggests that Robert served as one of the Baron Bailies of the Earldom of Ross, a very important office in those feudal times.
Robert is the first Munro chief for whom there is contemporary genealogical evidence.
(1) "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Edinburgh (1978) - K
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA - email: Alger@alum.MIT.edu (Medical):Robert was killed while assisting William, Earl of Ross in an obscure clan fight while in pursuit of a band of fugitives.
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Robert Munro (b. Abt. 1330, d. 1369)
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