John Fraser (bef. 1346)

Born before 1346 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Marjory (Unknown) Fraser — married before 1367 (to after 1367) in Moneymusk, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Died [date unknown] in Scotland

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Biography

John was the second son of William Fraser and Margaret Moray.^[1] His birthdate is unknown, 1346 is the year his father died and he was likely to have been born considerably earlier than that.

He was first mentioned in a charter granted to him by King Robert II on 18 June 1373, in which he was styled "filius quondam WIllelmi Fraser militis."^[2][3] On 19 May 1376 his older brother, Alexander, granted him a charter of the lands of Auchinschogill, Loucardy, Plady, and Delgady in the Deveron valley, in exchange for the payment of a pair of gilt spurs on each feast of Pentecost, payable at Philorth.^[4] On 2 March 1387/8 he received a charter of Forglen from the Abbot of Arbroath.^[1] On 8 January 1388/9 he purchased the lands of Balhelvie and "duas villas de Ardendracht."^[1]

John Fraser married Marjory, a daughter of John of Monymusk. There was one child from this marriage, a son John who died without issue.^[1]

He had two illigitimate sons, Andrew and William, by unknown mistresses, who were both mentioned in the charter of Forglen (mentioned above).^[1]

The date of John's death is unknown.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Paul, Sir James Balfour. The Scots Peerage. Edinburgh: D. Douglas (1904), vol 7, pp. 429-431
2. ↑ Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum. London: H.M. Treasury 1306-1424, vol. 1, p. 161, no. 444 (1373).
3. ↑ Saltoun, Alexander Fraser. The Frasers of Philorth. Edinburgh: by the author (1879), vol. 1, p. 103
4. ↑ Ant. of Aberd., i.470, cited in Paul, Sir James Balfour. The Scots Peerage. Edinburgh: D. Douglas (1904), vol 7, pp. 429-431