History of the Frasers of Lovat
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52 HISTORY OF THE FRASERS.
purporting in itself, and the ward and the relief of umquhile William
of Fenlon, Lord of the Baky, and of Alexander of Chisholm, Lord
of Kinross, pertaining to the said Lord the Earl, within the Aird and
Strathglass, in the Sheriffdom of Inverness, within the Earldom of
Moray, after the tenor of the evidence made to the said Lord Lovat
thereupon, and fifty merks of the usual money of Scotland, after the
tenor of his obligation made thereupon. In witness of the which
thing - , the seals of the said Lord the Earl, and the said Lord Lovat,
interchangeably are to be put, the place, day, month, and year
before written."*
Mr Chisholm Batten, who prints the foregoing as one
of the Appendices to the Priory of Beauly, says that the
dominium utile of Abertarff must have belonged to the
Frasers before this, and that they probably derived it
from a daughter of Patrick Le Grant, Lord of Stratherrick.
When in 1423 it was agreed to liberate James I. from
his eighteen years' captivity in England a safe conduct
was granted to several of the Scottish nobility to cross the
Border and meet him at Durham, and among them is
found the name of " Hugo Fresale de Lovet," and when,
in 1424, that monarch returned from England with his
Queen, Lady Joanna Beaufort, daughter of the Duke of
Somerset, "Hugo Dominus de Lovat" was one of the
hostages given for his ransom. This shows that he was
a man of very high standing and importance — of the first
rank — among the Scottish aristocracy.
The disturbed state of the Highlands at this period is
well known, and need not here be gone into. But it may
be stated that Hugh of Lovat, "by his authority and
prudent conduct," not only protected his own vassals from
the encroachment of their neighbours, but what was as
difficult in those times — at peace among themselves. He
greatly improved the paternal estate by his marriage with
Janet, daughter of Thomas and sister of Lord William
Fenton. His piety afforded the means of building the
north work of the Church of Beauly and the Chapel of
the Holy Cross, and he obtained the privilege of a fair
to be held there on the 3rd of May annually, called Cross
* Spalding Club Miscellany, v. 256.
purporting in itself, and the ward and the relief of umquhile William
of Fenlon, Lord of the Baky, and of Alexander of Chisholm, Lord
of Kinross, pertaining to the said Lord the Earl, within the Aird and
Strathglass, in the Sheriffdom of Inverness, within the Earldom of
Moray, after the tenor of the evidence made to the said Lord Lovat
thereupon, and fifty merks of the usual money of Scotland, after the
tenor of his obligation made thereupon. In witness of the which
thing - , the seals of the said Lord the Earl, and the said Lord Lovat,
interchangeably are to be put, the place, day, month, and year
before written."*
Mr Chisholm Batten, who prints the foregoing as one
of the Appendices to the Priory of Beauly, says that the
dominium utile of Abertarff must have belonged to the
Frasers before this, and that they probably derived it
from a daughter of Patrick Le Grant, Lord of Stratherrick.
When in 1423 it was agreed to liberate James I. from
his eighteen years' captivity in England a safe conduct
was granted to several of the Scottish nobility to cross the
Border and meet him at Durham, and among them is
found the name of " Hugo Fresale de Lovet," and when,
in 1424, that monarch returned from England with his
Queen, Lady Joanna Beaufort, daughter of the Duke of
Somerset, "Hugo Dominus de Lovat" was one of the
hostages given for his ransom. This shows that he was
a man of very high standing and importance — of the first
rank — among the Scottish aristocracy.
The disturbed state of the Highlands at this period is
well known, and need not here be gone into. But it may
be stated that Hugh of Lovat, "by his authority and
prudent conduct," not only protected his own vassals from
the encroachment of their neighbours, but what was as
difficult in those times — at peace among themselves. He
greatly improved the paternal estate by his marriage with
Janet, daughter of Thomas and sister of Lord William
Fenton. His piety afforded the means of building the
north work of the Church of Beauly and the Chapel of
the Holy Cross, and he obtained the privilege of a fair
to be held there on the 3rd of May annually, called Cross
* Spalding Club Miscellany, v. 256.
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