Historical account of the family of Frisel or Fraser, particularly Fraser of Lovat

FAMILY OF FRASER. 27
T" Archibald Bishop of Moray, on the 9th of September 1258, " about the " chart. Mway, i.
p. 126.
church of Conway and lands of Ercliless.
At this time Sir Simon was only two years old, according to a MS.
of the Salton family. " Besides, Sii- John Bisset, last of Lovat, " (1258), " l" Author's hands.
•^ \ ^ w c[jaf{_ Moray,
had no heirs-male, '' and left but three daughters, isa
'' Nisbet's Heralihy.
1. Mary, the eldest, married David de Graham, knight, designed Vol. i. p. 87.
thereafter" de Loveth." " " Remarks on Rag-
2. Cecilia, the second, William Fenton of Beaufort.
3. Elizabeth, the youngest, Sii- Andrew de Boscho, * Dominus de
Redcastle, ' by whom she had a daughter, Maria de Boscho, who is de- ^ ibid. mss. of
signed Domina de Kilravock ; which lands and estate she brought to her FariL Coiiectiorin
husband, Hugh de Roos, from the south country. From this alliance is ^"^'^^ ' ™^
sprung Rose of Kilravock^* » Remarks on Rag-
I ^ ^ _ man Roll, 15.
I Hugo de Roos, designed " Dominus de Geddes," in the foundation-
charter of the priory of Beauly, Anno 1230,'' and his wife, Mary " MS. Hist, of
(daughter of Sir Andrew de Boscho and Ehzabeth Bisset), obtained a
charter of the barony of Kih-avock, from John Baliol, Anno 1293. "t ' ^'^"" Kikavock.
Shaw,"* a great stickler for the match between the Frasers and Bis- ' Hist, of Moray,
, ° p. 118, 135.
sets, evidently did not know of the^oMr daughters of the latter, whom z-e-
cord has made us acquainted with. He calls Mary alternately " Lady
\ Lovat" and " Lady Graham •" and, puzzled to account for this, he says,
" Either, then, Simon Fraser's wife was Mary Bisset, 'widow of Six- David
Graham, and well stricken in years ; or the daughter of Sir David be- -— — ^
\ came heiress of Lovat on her brother Patrick's death without issue."
*" Boscho, — This was a family of importance. William de Boscho appears in the char-
tularies, as chancellor of the kingdom, in 1211, and there are charters to them of the lands
of Easter Dodingstone, in the same year.* • chart. Kelso,
M'Farlan's Tran-
t Vide Diplomata Prioratus de Bello Loco XXII. p. 411 (Trans. Ad. Lib.), where there ''''P'' ^"^ ^^^' *^''-
is a charter " fratribus Vallis Caulium," wherein Cecilia Byset, designed " sponsa quondam
domini William de Fenton,'' grants to the monks the lands of Altyr, which belonged to her
in right of inheritance.
Elizabeth is documented, in a charter to the same monks, Anno 1278, wherein her hus-
band, Andrea de Boscho, is Called Dominus de Edirdor. XII. 417.— Ibid.
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