Blair Collection > Place names in Strathbogie, with notes historical, antiquarian and descriptive

I 64 Place Names in StratJibogie.
of date 1374, in which he gives 'to our cousin
William, Earl of Douglas, all and whole the
lands of the Cabrauche, and a half davat of the
land of Auchmayre, with the service of the free
tenants of the other half of the said davat which
is called Clouethe, with the pertinents within the
sheriffdom of Banff which formerly belonged to
David Brown of Glendriston, which the said
David has resigned ' (Reg. Mag. Sig., 104, 47).
During the next 200 years several persons of
note are associated with the Cabrach as propri-
etors, either in whole or in part, and these I can
only mention briefly. In 1397, Robert III. con-
firmed a donation of certain lands by Sir James
Sandilands to his son George, Earl of Angus,
whose mother was Countess of Mar and Angus,
and among these lands were Buck, Cabrach, and
Cloveth, In 1404, Lady Isabell, sister of the
Earl of Angus, and widowed Countess of Mar,
presented these lands along with much besides
— herself included — to Sir Alexander Stewart,
thereafter known as Earl of Mar and Garvioch.
On his death, disputes arose as to the succession
of the lands and honours of Mar, and one of the
claimants. Sir Robert of Erskine, in 1435, pro-
mised the Cabrach to Alexander of Forbes, if, by
his help and counsel, he succeeded in gaining the
Earldom. When the time came for implement-
ing the bargain. Lord Erskine retained the
Cabrach, and, after much ado, substituted lands