GRANT, Duncan of Freuchie, Sir ^{1 2 3}

   Another name for Duncan was GRANT, Duncan of Mullahard.⁴

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  General Notes:

"Tradition connects Duncan Grant of Freuchie with the lands of Glencarnie at this date, and it may be perfectly correct in doing so. It is the case that Duncan Grant of Freuchie was, in 1457, the Crown tacksman of the lands of Ballindalloch, which lands are afterwards closely associated with Glencarnie. In the account to which reference has just been made, there is allowed to the accounters by the auditor the sum of £3, 6s. 8d. 'of the rents of the lands of Ballyndalach, which comprise one davoch, are situated in Strathown, and pertain to the property of Moray, which Duncan Grant holds, but from the enjoyment of which he is deterred by Sir Walter Stewart.'

It is not, therefore, improbable that Duncan Grant was the tacksman of Glencarnie, and it is all the more likely from the interest he had in the lands through his mother. Shaw, on the authority of the Exchequer Rolls, states that the lordship of Glencarnie was set in lease by the Crown to Sir Duncan Grant in the year 1478. This is the earliest authentic intimation of the possession of Glencarnie by the Grants of Freuchie, but the lease mentioned in the Rolls may have been only a renewal of a previous one.

The lease of 1478 was renewed and converted into a feu in favour of Sir Duncan Grant's grandson and successor, John Grant, second Laird of Freuchie, by a charter of King James the Fourth, dated 4th February 1498, when the rent of the lands is still further reduced. This charter is still preserved at Castle Grant, and narrates the good, faithful, and thankful service, rendered and to be rendered by the said John in peace and in war, for which the King bestows all 'our lands of Glencarnie and Balnadalach, and mills thereof, within our sheriffdom of Elgin and Forres,' to be held in fee and heritage for a yearly rent of £71 Scots, paid at the customary terms of Whitsunday and Martinmas, in name of feu-farm only. It farther stipulates that should John Grant or his heirs, fail in payment of the rent at the specified terms, or at least, if one term's payment had not been made on the arrival of the ensuing term, the donation and infeftment were thereupon to be of no force or effect.

Sasine of the lands of Ballindalloch was given to John Grant of Freuchie at the 'place of Ballindalloch, as the principal messuage' of the lands, on 8th April 1499,-and on the same day sasine of the lands of Glencarnie is said to have been given at Mullochard, 'locum de Mulquuharde, principale messuagium dictarum terrarum.'

from Chiefs of Grant ¹

Duncan married.¹

  Marriage Notes:

"Sir Duncan Grant is said to have married Muriel Mackintosh, daughter of Malcolm, tenth chief of the Mackintoshes ; but as she is also said to have married John Mor Grant of Freuchie, whose existence cannot be traced, no definite statement can be made on this point. That a daughter of Malcolm or 'Gylhchallum' Mackintosh did marry a Laird of Grant, is asserted by a document, dated 20th February 1568, and signed by Lacklan, the then chief of the Mackintoshes ; but no name is given either to the Land or the lady. The same document, however, corroborates the evidence of other authorities as to the marriage of Sir Duncan Grant's daughter, Catherine. Sir Duncan Grant had one son - John Grant, younger of Freuchie, who predeceased him.

from Chiefs of Grant




"It is said that he married Muriel Mackintosh, daughter of Malcolm, tenth chief of the Mackintoshes, but the evidence points to her having married John Grant, Sir Duncan's son."

from Scots Peerage (vol 7) ^{1 5}