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THE FRASERS OP TOTJCH-FRASER, ETC., AND COWIE. 37
"quia testatum est quod est nunc inimicus Eegis ;" 1 but Sir Eichard Fraser
made his submission early in 1296, and on the 3d September bis lands were
restored to him, the restoration to date from the Friday of the Paschal week,
Good Friday, on which day, so runs the order, the castle of Berwick was
surrendered 2 This seems to show that he was taken prisoner on that occasion,
and subsequently readmitted to the favour of Edward I. ; indeed, Pierre de
Langtoft says that William de Douglas and Eichard Fraser were made
prisoners when Berwick was taken. 3
Sir Eichard Fraser twice swore fealty to Edward I. for his lands in
Stirlingshire and Dumfriesshire on the 28th of August 1296 at Berwick, 4 but
he does not appear to have been one of the Barons carried captive into
England, for on the 24th of May 1297, invitations to serve Edward in his war
with the King of France were sent to him and others resident in Scotland, 5 and
on the 28 th of the same month he was accepted as surety for his cousin, Sir
Simon Fraser, filius, who was released from captivity upon undertaking to
serve under Edward I. in his war with France, and the obligation to that
effect was sealed by the two cousins at Brembre, Bamborough Castle,
in Northumberland. 6
Sir Eichard does not appear to have served personally in Edward's
expedition to Flanders, for on the 26th of September in the same year he was
one of the Scottish Barons summoned to assist Brian Fitzallan, Custos of the
kingdom, against Wallace and his followers ; 7 but after this no further men-
tion of him is found until the year 1306, when he probably joined Bruce
in his first effort for independence, as he certainly shared in the misfortunes
of the defeated Scottish party, and various requests for his estates were made
by the rapacious soldiers of England in that year.
John de Luc asked for the lands of Tulchfraser (Touch-fraser), in the
county of Stirling, belonging to Eichard Fraser. 8
Alexander de Baliol made a request for the lands of Eichard Fraser, and
1 Historical Documents of Scotland, vol. i. 5 Historical Documents of Scotland, vol. ii.
p. 367. p. 169.
2 Rotuli Seotise, voL i. p. 26. 6 Original Document in Record Office,
3 Metrical Chronicle of Pierre de Langtoft, London.
vol. ii. p. 235. 7 Rotuli Scotia?, vol. i. p. 50.
* Ragman Polls, p. 162. 8 Palgrave, p. 303.