Series 5 > Calendar of Fearn

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CALENDAR OF FEARN
natural son of sir Thomas Ferguson, had letters of legitimation,
together with his own son Finlay Ferguson, on 10 February 1547 (RSS,
iii, 2138). He was provost of Tain, 26 July 1543 (GD96/28; see also
SC29/1/1, 10v-15v). He was vicar pensioner of Tain, 14 April 1545
(Laing Chrs., no. 495) and 5 August 1551 (CC8/8/12, 5 November
1583). He had a presentation in expectation to the chaplainry of
Morangie, 30 September 1547 (RSS, iii, 2469), and witnessed as
chaplain, 7 May 1550 (GD297/227/1-3). John Ferguson, ‘son of
deceased Andrew’, whose marriage contract was made on 27 April
1579 (Gray, 109r [see 233]) may have been his son.
Ill
Hand H: Unidentified 16th-Century Hand
1274
22 Obitus domini Vilelmi comitis de Ros . . . [margin lost] Mail anno
Domini M° cc° Ixxiiij.
Second earl of Ross. Cronicle, 4, reads: ‘at erlis allane 20 kalends of
Junii’, giving Calendar as source, but the date is impossible and Earl’s
Allan is not in Calendar text; entry is at approximately 18 May. See SP,
vii, 233; CP, xi, 143 (citing Cronicle [G], 319).
1323
23 Obitus Vilhelmi secundi comitis de Ros qui obiit apud Delny xxviij
die mensis Januarii anno Domini M° ccc° xxij.
Third earl of Ross. Cronicle, 4. See SP, vii, 233-5 ; CP, xi, 143 (quoting
Cronicle [G], 319).
1364
24 Obitus bone memorie Johannis de Ross filii domini Hugonis
comitis eiusdem xxvij die mensis Maii anno Domini M° ccc° Ixiiij.
Son of Hugh, fourth earl of Ross, and younger brother of William, fifth
earl (25). See SP, vii, 236. MS is badly faded.