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

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Isles. The Ogilvies, Leslies, Frasers, Gordons, and other tribes, re-
sisted the pretensions of the Island Chieftain to the earldom of Ross,
and a bloody fight ensued at Harlaw, near Aberdeen, in which the Earl
of Marr was triumphant. The victors had little cause to rejoice, al-
most the whole strength of Angus being cut oiT; and tradition reports,
that of the family of Leslie of Balquhain, the father and seven sons
were among the slain. ^ p Lamus LesUeana,
In the march of Donald of the Isles, before this fight, he burnt the '*^^'''' aa! v™?/'
greatest part of Inverness, and the oak bridge, one of the finest in the ''
kingdom. ■» One John Cumine, a bui-gess, son of Cumine of Ernside, ? *^ss. of Erasers
in Moray, ai-rayed in his head-piece, and armed with a two-handed
sword, offered so stout a resistance at the west end of the brido-e, as
would have compelled the assailants, had there been ten such men (says
the chronicler) in the town, to have retked in dismay.
In 1422, ' a contract or indenture was entered into between " an ' '^."^''t Case,
nobyllord and- mighty, Thomas of Dunbar, Earl of Mun-ay, on the one ^^^'of "'
part, and an nobyl man, Hutcheon Eresal, Lord of the Lovat," on the
other part, whereby the said Hutcheon obliges himself, that his son and
heir shall maiTy a daughter of the Earl's ; and this heii-, the son of the
said Lord of Lovat, " failing, and (as God forbid he do) bot an he haif
an douchter ayr, or douchters ayi-s, the said Lord of Lovat, oblyges him-
self to gif that douchter his ayr, or his douchters ayres, to the Earl's
son or sons, to be gottyn betwixt hym and Isybell of Innis, his spousit
wife ; and the ayi-s male or female, sonys or douchters, of the said Lord of
the Lovat failzeand, the said Lord of the Lovat is oblyst, andbythir '
letteris oblyses him, that his ayrs whatsoever shall hold and fulfil this '"'
treaty." In contemplation of the marriage, the Earl of Moray granted
to Lord Lovat tlae barony of Abertarff, »* and the ward and relief of '/ch' h"? '^'^®'
WUliam of Fenton, Lord of the Baky, and of Alexander Chisholm, Lord "
* See MS. Genealogical Collections, Advocates' Library, for a literal transcript of this
contract
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