Scottish clan Clan Grant. During the Wars of Scottish Independence, feudal tenures were introduced by Robert the Bruce that harnessed and controlled the prowess of clans by the award of charters for land in order to gain support in the national cause against the English. For example, the Clan MacDonald were elevated above the Clan MacDougall, two clans who shared a common descent from a great Norse-Gaelic warlord named Somerled of the 12th century. Clanship was thus not only a strong tie of local kinship but also of feudalism to the Scottish Crown. It is this feudal component, reinforced by Scots law,
Clan Henderson where there is a monument to him. Meanwhile, John Henderson, 5th of Fordell fought as a staunch royalist for the king during the Scottish Civil War. There were Hendersons in the far north of the country who lived in Glen Coe, in the Highlands. The English version of their name is taken from the Gaelic "Maceanruig", claiming descent from a Pictish prince, Eanruig Mor Mac Righ Neachtain, or "big Henry son of King Neachtain". Neachtain (Nechtan mac Der-Ilei) is said to have reigned between 700 and 724. It is not known when the Hendersons came to Glen Coe but it