Johanna de Ross 1
- Born: About 1346
- Marriage (1): FRASER, Alexander of Durris & Cowie, then of Philorth, Sheriff of Aberdeen, Sir 4 June 1375 (charter) 1
- Died: by 1400 1
Another name for Johanna was Joanna of Ross.2
User ID: L588.
Johanna married Sir Alexander FRASER of Durris & Cowie, then of Philorth, Sheriff of Aberdeen, son of Sir William FRASER Thane of Cowie and Durris and Margaret MORAY, 4 June 1375 (charter).1 (Sir Alexander FRASER of Durris & Cowie, then of Philorth, Sheriff of Aberdeen was born about 1340 and died by October 1411.)
Marriage Notes:
"Alexander Fraser of Durris and Cowie, 1st of Philorth, knight, Sheriff of Aberdeen, m 1st, in 1375, Joanna 2nd dtr of William, Earl of Ross, with whom he received Philorth, and m 2nd ante 1400 Elizabeth believed a dtr of David Hamilton of Cadzow. By his 1st wife he had a son:
A1 William, his heir in Cowie and Philorth
from Baronage website
"In 1375 Sir Alexander Fraser married Johanna, second daughter of William, Earl of Ross, whose elder daughter and heiress married Sir Walter de Leslie, a younger son of Sir Andrew de Leslie, and his wife Mary, daughter and co-heiress of Sir Alexander de Abernethy." (page 110)
"On the 4th June 1375 Sir Alexander Fraser and his wife, Johanna, received a charter from Sir Walter de Leslie, Dominus de Ross, of all the lands of Philorth, which are thus enumerated : 'terras de Kirktoun, Cairnbuilg, Inuerolochy, Ardglassey, Kinglasse cum molendino, Kinbog, Ardmakren, duos Brakours, Auchintuin, Auchmacludy, Braklawmoir, terras de maiore Drumquhendill et minore Drumquhendill, Auchinchogill, Plady, Loncardy, et Delgady, cum le Querell, terras de maiore Fintrie, Balchern, et Blaktoune,' all within the sheriffdom of Aberdeen ; the lands of Ferdonald, in Ross, with a pension of £80 sterling, in the sheriffdom of Inverness ; and the lands of the barony of Kregiltoun, with 'quadraginta libras tenendriarum,' in Galloway (Sir Walter reserving to himself, and his wife Euphemia, the castle of Kregiltoun, 'cum residuo tenendriarum'), to be held by them, or the survivor, and their heirs, in chief of the Crown, as fully and freely as Sir Walter and Euphemia held their own lands, and in compensation and satisfaction of Johanna's claims as heir-portioner upon the lands of the earldom of Ross.
This charter and another of similar import were confirmed hy Robert III. on 28th October 1405, thirty years after they had been granted." (pages 113 and 114)
from Frasers of Philorth 1 2
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