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THE FRASERS OF COWIE, DURRIS, AND PHILOETH. 121
sheriffdom of Wigtown; but who this lady was, or how her cousinship with
him arose, cannot be ascertained. 1
The seal of Sir Alexander Fraser has not been discovered, but it may be
noticed that from his acquisition of Philorth and other estates by his marriage
with the heiress, Johanna de Ross, their descendants quartered the arms of
the Earls of Eoss with the Fraser rosettes or cinquefoils.
These arms were gules, three lions rampant argent, as appear on the seals
of Euphemia, Countess of Eoss, and her uncle, Hugh de Eoss, Lord of Philorth.
It is also probable that he adopted the crest that has since been used by
the family, an ostrich holding a horse-shoe in its beak, which may have been
taken from the supporters of the arms of the great family of Comyn, Earls of
Buchan, of whose property Philorth had formerly been a part.
After an active life, Sir Alexander Fraser died in or shortly before
1411, as in October of that year William, his only son by his first marriage,
appears as Dominus de Philorth, and in possession of the family estates.
By his second wife, who survived him, he had no issue. ,
Euphemia, Countess of Ross, 1381. Hugh de Ross, Lord of Philorth, 1365.
SIE WILLIAM FEASEE,
OF COWIE AND DURRIS, AND SECOND OF PHILORTH.
ELINOR L»E DOUGLAS, MARJORIE?
PROBABLY NATURAL DAUGHTER OF SECOND
EARL OF DOUGLAS.
In the year 1397, William Fraser confirmed his father's charter of Auchin-
shogill, Plady, Loncardy, Delgattie, etc., to his uncle, John Fraser. 2 He is
1 Antiquities of Aberdeen, vol. iv. p. 642.
2 Charter-room, Slains. Antiquities of Aberdeenshire, vol. i. p. 470 ; vol. ii. p. 352.
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