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of £100 Scots yearly, till the agreement should be fulfilled. Dated
at Perth, 10th October 1413, 201
8. Charter by Robert Duke of Albany, Governor of Scotland, to William
de Hay of Errol, Constable of Scotland, his nephew, of the lands
of the barony of Cowie in the shire of Kincardine, which belonged
heritably to William Fraser of Philorth, and had been resigned by
him : To be held by the grantee and his heirs, of the king and his
heirs, in free barony for ever, for rendering the services due and
wont. Dated at Falkland, 14th May 1415, 202
9. Eetour of Sir Alexander Fraser, knight, as heir to Sir Alexander Fraser,
knight, his grandfather, in the barony of Cowie, which lands were
worth £40 per annum in time of peace, and were held of the Earl
of Errol by service of ward, and had been in the hands of the Earl as
overlord for three months or thereby, since the death of William de
Hay, who died last vest and seised therein. Expede at Kincardine,
14th April 1461, 203
1 0. Confirmation by King James the First, under the Great Seal, dated 8th
August 1430, of a charter of confirmation by King Robert the Third,
dated 5th October 1400, to Alexander Fraser, natural son of Sir
Alexander Fraser of Cowie and Durris, knight, of a charter made by the
said Alexander Fraser, lord of the baronies of Cowie and Durris, with
consent of Elizabeth de Hamilton his spouse, to the said Alexander
Fraser his son, for homage and service done and to be done by him
to them, the survivor of them, and the heirs of their bodies, of the
lands of the two Kynclonyes, Balcharne, and Balfuthachy, with their
pertinents, in the barony of Durris and shire of Kincardine : To be
held by him and the lawful heirs of his body (whom failing, to return
to the granter and his heirs), of the granter and the said Elizabeth, and
the heirs of their bodies ; and if the heirs of their bodies should fail,
he gives and confirms to the said Alexander his son, for service already
done to him, the whole foresaid barony of Durris, to be held by him