Red and white book of Menzies

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THE ADMIRABLE CHIEF.
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in the Parliament of James III., held at Edinburgh, 12th January 1468. He was
also chosen as " Auditor of Complaint" in 1482 and 1483. — Acts of Par., Scot.
ANDREW MENZIES, who was Lord Provost of Aberdeen from 1454 to 1461,
and who was a witness to a charter granted by James Murray to the Parish of
Fyve, 1458.
CHIEFTIAN ALEXANDER MENZIES, Baron of Fortingal. He was the son of
Sir Alexander, the brother of John the 43rd — see p. 88 ; Within. His barony of
Fortingall was the afterwards sub-baronies of Garth, Rannoch, Struan, Strath-
tummel, and Bolfracks, with the lands of Lassintullich, Tullcroskie or Crossmount,
Kynachan, and the town of Lynnoch. — Robertson's Earldom of A thole. Also in
his barony was the ancient church of the ecclesiastical Menzies' of Fortingall. A
relic of them, and their early Celtic Christian church still remains which was in use
in his time. It is the Celtic Menzies Bell of Fortingall, given under. He had an
only daughter Janet, who married Duncan Stewart — see p. 138. — Tran. Soc. Antiq.
Scot., p. 105, vol. 14.
THE MENZIES CELTIC BELL OF FORTINGALL.