FRASER, Hugh elder, 1st of Lovat 2 3
- Born: About 1332
- Marriage (1): CALDER, Jane about 1365 1
- Died: by 30 March 1410 2
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General Notes:
"Hugh Fraser, of Lovat, the first of the family on record designed 'of Aird and Lovat,' both places, as is well known, being situated in the county of Inverness, and still possessed as the principal estates of the family by Hugh's descendants. He was served heir to his father in 1349, and in the Chartulary of Moray, under date of 11th of September, 1367, he is mentioned as Hugh 'Dominus de Loveth et portionarius terrarum de Ard,' doing homage to the Bishop of Moray for his share of the half davoch lands of Kiltarlity and Esser, and the fishings of the River Forn, now the Beauly and Farrar [....]
His name appears during the regency of Robert Duke of Albany in a charter of confirmation to Peter de Striveleyne and his son John, dated the 30th of March, 1410, of an original charter by him dated the 30th March, 1407, of the lands of Easter Brecky in the Barony of Kynnell, Forfarshire, in which he is described as 'Hugo Fraser Dominus de Lovat et de Kynnell.' That he was dead before 1410 is clear from the fact that he is referred to in the charter of confirmation of that year as the quondam Hugonis Fraser de Lovat, his designation of Kynnell having apparently been dropped when he parted with the lands situated in the barony of that name."
from History of the Frasers of Lovat 4
Research Notes:
NEW ORDER OF LAIRDS OF LOVAT
"The modern Clan Fraser of Lovat records the Lairds of Lovat as follows:[8 'Clan Fraser in Scottish History' (PDF). clanfraser.org.]
Sir Simon Fraser (son of Andrew Fraser and was killed at the Battle of Halidon Hill in 1333)
Alexander Fraser (died 1361)
Hugh Fraser, 1st Laird Lovat (died before 1410)
Hugh Fraser, Laird of Lovat (died 1440)
Thomas Fraser, Laird of Lovat (died by 1455)"
from Wikipedia 5
Hugh married Jane CALDER about 1365.1 (Jane CALDER was born about 1342 and died by 1398 6.)
Marriage Notes:
"Hugh, 4 Lord Fraser of Lovat, who entered young to his interest, I find him served and retoured to his father anno 1349 at Edinburgh, being at court with King David 2. At his return he married Jane Calder, daughter to Laurence (see Note below) Calder, Thane thereof. With her he had 4 sones and 3 daughters, his eldest sone Alexander, 2 Hugh, 3 James, 4 William ; all well educat with the monks in Beauly."
from Chronicles of the Frasers
Note:
No 'Thane of Cawdor (Calder) of this name has been found. By date, if Hugh Fraser's wife was indeed a daughter of such a thane, the man in question is likely to have been William, for in 1310 Robert de Brus granted a charter of land to William, Thane of Calder for a yearly payment of '12 merks'.[1](Wikipedia) 1 7
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