 On 25 February 1508/9 he had a charter of Kintail, Eilean Donan and other lands, incorporated in a free barony of Eilean Donan.There is plentiful documentary evidence of Mackenzie's success over the years in expanding his estates.In 1526 he was infeft with his wife in the lands of Fothirte, Strathgarvy and Killyn [Killin].