The Frasers of Philorth, Volum 1private circulation, 1879 |
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The Frasers of Philorth, Volum 1 Alexander Fraser (17th baron Saltoun.) Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1879 |
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Aberdeen ABERNETHY Adam Fraser Antiquities of Aberdeenshire appears army barony brother Bruce Cairnbulg Cart Chamberlain charter Countess Countess of Ross Crown daughter David death descendants died Douglas Earl of Buchan Earl of Ross earldom Edinburgh Edward eldest England estates Euphemia father favour filius Forbes Fraser of Philorth Fraserburgh George Gordon granted Hales heiress heirs held honour Hugh Ibid James Johanna John Fraser King Robert Knight Kylvert Lady Laird of Philorth lands letter Lord Fraser Lord Lovat Lord Saltoun lordship March Margaret Abernethy Margaret Fraser Marischal marriage married Menzies merks Moray Nesius de Londres Newbottle Oliver Castle Parliament Parliaments of Scotland Philorth Charter-room possession probably resignation Richard Fraser Robertson's Index royal Scotland Scottish seal Sir Alexander Fraser Sir Andrew Fraser Sir Bernard Fraser Sir Richard Fraser Sir Simon Fraser Sir William Fraser Stewart succeeded surname thanage of Cowie Touch-fraser Vicecomes Walter de Leslie wife witness
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Side 237 - The Earl of Chatham, with his sword drawn Stood waiting for Sir Richard Strachan ; Sir Richard, longing to be at 'em, Stood waiting for the Earl of Chatham.
Side 26 - Tomb of the Bishop Saint Nicholas." Moreover, in the very spot where the cross was found, many a miracle was, and is, wrought by that cross ; and the people poured, and still pour, thither in crowds, devoutly bringing their offerings and vows to God. Wherefore the king, by the advice of the bishop of Glasgow, had a handsome church made there, to the honour of God and the Holy Cross.
Side 155 - ... being a part of the debt due to him by Mr. Fyffe. Differences having arisen between Mr. Fraser and Mr. Fyffe, and Mr. Herriot having demanded payment of the debt contained in the assignation to him, and payment having been refused, Mr. Herriot brought an action before the Court of Session for the purpose of obtaining payment, but before any progress had been made in that action he died, leaving a trust deed under which the appellants were appointed his trustees. In these circumstances an agreement...
Side 180 - This Battle was fought with various success for some hours, but still hopeful on your part ; and in the end became an absolute Victory...
Side 180 - Indeed this hath been a very glorious mercy ; — and as stiff a contest, for four or five hours, as ever I have seen.
Side 83 - Tullibody is introduced among her ancestors ; but whatever truth there may be in this, it is certain that the Touch there referred to was not Touch-fraser, which was in Margaret Fraser's hands down to the year 1407.
Side 294 - British llegiments, the Bengal Volunteers, and the flank companies of the 41st Madras Native Infantry, was placed under Lord Saltoun's immediate command.
Side 40 - ... (1) polydactyle (many-toed) ; (2) they are lovers of swamps, marshes, or dense forests ; (3) they have a comparatively simple alimentary system ; and (4) their teeth present little or no modification of the simple fourlobed pattern which is the prevailing type of the middle and upper Eocene period.* Although there is no positive evidence of the fact, yet there is every reason to believe, and we are at liberty to conclude from an analogical stand-point, that these animals, during the Eocene and...
Side 171 - The civil jurisdiction of a lord of regality was in all respects equal to that of a Sheriff ; but his criminal was truly royal, for he might have judged in the four pleas of the Crown, whereas the Sheriff was competent to none of them but murder. It was even as ample as that of the justiciary as to every crime except treason.
Side 105 - Fcchtfine or tribe land (the Tir Cyfrif of the Welsh laws, the Folcland of the Saxon), and secondly, of the Orba or inheritance land (the Tir Gwelyawg of the Welsh, and the Bocland of the Saxons). These lands were occupied by the Fine or tribes thus. The Indfine, or commonalty of the Fine or tribe, possessed the tribe land. The arable land was distributed at stated intervals among the Ceile, or free members of the tribe, each having their share, and a redistribution taking place as fresh claimants...