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GRANT, John 2nd of Freuchie, 'Am Bard Ruadh', 'The Red Bard'
(About 1460-1528) |
GRANT, John 2nd of Freuchie, 'Am Bard Ruadh', 'The Red Bard' 2
User ID: V208. General Notes: "...on 31st March 1489 a precept was issued for infefting John Grant as heir to his grandfather in the half of Freuchie, the two Culfoichs, the two Congashes, and Glenlochy, all in the shire of Inverness. The infeftment in favour of the Laird was expede on 17th June 1489, at the foresaid lands of Freuchie and Congashes, which are on opposite sides of the Spey, upon the soil and messuages of the same. Messuages imply that there were mansions or principal residences on these lands, although no mention has been found of a castle of Freuchie until some years later... John married Margaret OGILVY, daughter of Sir James OGILVY 2nd of Deskford and Findlater and Margaret INNES, 16 September 1484(contract).1 (Margaret OGILVY was born about 1466.) Marriage Notes: "10. Elizabeth (Ogilvy), who, on 16 July 1487, received from Nicholas Dun of Ratee the lands of Ratee, Ardwne, and Bothquhanstoun, in the sheriffdoms of Banff and Aberdeen. She was married (contract dated 15 September 1484) to John Grant of Freuchie." John next married. |
1 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 7 (1910).
2 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 4 (1907).
3 e-books, The Rulers of Strathspey: A History of the Lairds of Grant and Earls of Seafield by the Earl of Cassillis (1911).
4 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 9 Index (1914).
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