Inventory Dep.327 Fraser of Strichen and Lovat National Library of Scotland Manuscripts Division George IV Bridge Edinburgh EH1 1EW Tel: 0131-466 2812 Fax: 0131-466 2811 E-mail: [email protected] © Trustees of the National Library of Scotland Papers of the Frasers of Strichen and Lovat. This collection consists of the title deeds and estate papers of these two families from the 15th century to around 1800. It covers all aspects of the financial and legal affairs of both, but those of the Strichen family are particularly well detailed. The collection was preserved in the basement of Messrs Tods Murray and Jamieson WS, where it was probably lodged in the last century while the Strichen family was establishing its claim to the Fraser of Lovat title. The general arrangement is as follows: Titles 1-42 Titles to land in Aberdeenshire. 1. Strichen, 1550, 1554, 1561, 1566, 1589, 1591, 1595, 1605, 1711, 1727, 1759. 2. Muirland in Strichen, 1476, 1494. 3. Newton of Strichen, 1551, 1555, 1564, 1566, 1594-5. Whitehill and Mill of Strichen, 1553. 4. Auchorthie, 1506, 1510, 1554-5. 5. Auchorthie, 1563, 1568, 1570, 1573, 1583, 1613, 1623, 1632. 6. Kindrought, 1460-2, 1475, 1478, 1482, 1545, 1564, 1594, 1600. The first three documents relate to a confirmation by John Lord of the Isles as Lord of the barony of Kinedward to William Cumming of Culter of the lands of Kindrought and Adziel. 7. Kindrought, 1603, 1607, 1611, 1616, 1618. 8. Kindrought, 1619-20, 1622, 1650, 1656, 1663. 9. Halflands of Kindrought and third lands of Saithley, 1504, 1531-2, 1546. 10. Mains of Kindrought, 1600, 1603, 1628-30. 11. Denend of Kindrought, 1545, 1595, 1615. 12. Twaburnpleughs of Kindrought, 1598-9, 1617, 1629, 1643, 1654, 1657-8, 1663, 1668. 13. Croft and Yard of Kindrought, 1619. Various ploughlands in Kindrought, 1599, 1603. 14. Sunny half of Kindrought, 1546-7, 1550, 1564, 1567-8. 15. Sunny half of Kindrought, 1575-7, 1579-80, 1581-2, 1583-7, 1590. 16. Sunny half of Kindrought, 1599, 1600, 1603, 1607, 1615-18. 17. Shadow half of Kindrought, 1539, 1566, 1580-1, 1583-4, 1586, 1588-9. 18. Shadow half of Kindrought, 1590-1, 1593-5. 19. Shadow half of Kindrought, 1603-4, 1606, 1623, 1630. 20. Tyrie, 1549-50, 1558, 1562, 1570-1. 21. Tyrie, 1582, 1601, 1630, 1640, 1678. 22. Tyrie, 1722, 1745. 23. Muircroft of Tyrie, 1549. Mains of Tyrie, 1627. 24. Sunhalf of Kirktoun of Tyrie, 1566, 1580, 1594, 1599, 1601, 1630. 25. Shadow half of Kirktoun of Tyrie, 1566, 1569, 1594-5, 1598, 1601, 1617-18. 26. Easter Tyrie, 1570, 1575, 1585, 1592, 1598, 1623, 1643, n.d. 27. Shadow third of Easter Tyrie, 1583, 1586, 1590, 1603. 28. Sunhalf of middle third of Easter Tyrie, 1585, 1592. 29. Saithley, 1560-1, 1570-1, 1573. 30. Saithley, 1581-2, 1587-8. 31. Saithley, 1589-90, 1593. 32. Saithley, 1595, 1611, 1613, 1628, 1688, 1726, 1732. 33. Borrohill, including Whitehill, Auchnarie, Mill of Strichen and others, 1541, 1550, 1552-3, 1558, 1564, 1572-3. 34. Auchnarie, 1561, 1566, n.d. 35. Bodychell, 1604. 36. Bodychell, 1623, 1626, 1644, 1673, 1677, 1710. 37. Ardlethan, 1436, 1486, 1490, 1508-9, 1512, 1542, 1569. 38. Ardlethan, 1576, 1579, 1583, 1599, 1606, 1643. 39. Hatton of Forrest, Mill of Forrest, 1623 (copy), 1634, 1775, 1815. 40. Corsindae, 1594, 1596, 1615. 41. Brounside, 1663. Burntbrae, 1557. Memsie, 1643. Pittendrum, 1554. Whiteside of Mormond, 1587. 42. Tacks of lands in Aberdeenshire. Auchnarie, 1658. Auchorthies, 1661, 1664. Garth in Strichen, 1589. Kindrought, 1573, 1587, 1607. Rashieruif, 1658. Saithley, 1662. Savoch of Lonmay, 1690. Waukmill pleuch of Strichen, 1650, 1661. Whitewell, 1705. 42-93 Titles to lands in Invernesshire and Ross. 43. Lovat, 1539, 1545, 1565, 1568, 1576-7, 1580, 1585, 1589, 1621, 1641, 1645. 44. Lovat, 1655, 1659, 1665. 45. Lovat, 1666-7, 1669, 1672-4, 1678. 46. Lovat, 1688, 1690, 1695-8. 47. Lovat, 1702-4. 48. Lovat, 1706, 1708-10, 1713-14, 1718-19. 49. Lovat, 1731, 1734, 1737-8, 1741-2. 50. Barony and Bailliary of Beauly, 1571-2. 51. Barony and Bailliary of Beauly, 1573, 1575, 1580, 1582, 1591-2. 52. Barony and Bailliary of Beauly, 1635, 1669, 1689, 1692, 1707. 53. Mains of Beauly, 1565-83. Salmon fishings of Beauly, 1665. 54. John Cook’s lands in Beauly, 1524, 1588. 55. Aigas, 1523, 1536-7, 1575-6, 1579. 56. Aigas, 1599, 1607, 1610-11, 1638, 1647, 1694. 57. Lands of Ingliston in the barony of the Airds, including the lands of Monchrew, Phopachy, Beaufort, Kilbirnie and others, 1408, 1450, 1496, 1498-9. 58. Lands of Ingliston in the barony of the Airds, including the lands of Monchrew, Phopachy, Beaufort, Kilbirnie and others, 1501, 1507-9. 59. Lands of Ingliston in the barony of the Airds, including the lands of Monchrew, Phopachy, Beaufort, Kilbirnie and others, 1511-12. 60. Lands of Ingliston in the barony of the Airds, including the lands of Monchrew, Phopachy, Beaufort, Kilbirnie and others, 1529, 1536, 1542, 1566, 1568, 1571, 1574, 1578. 61. Castle of Lovat with third part of Aird, Abertarf, and Glenelg, 1501, 1524-5. 62. Mains of Lovat, 1580, n.d. 63. Urchany and Farley, 1575, 1577-8, 1592, 1617-18, 1620, 1635, 1659. 64. Wester Moniack, 1616, 1632, 1648, 1663-4, 1666, 1677, 1689, 1707. 65. Easter Moniack, 1614-15, 1649, 1657, 1659, 1694, 1728, 1732-3, 1735, 1742. 66. Kirktoun of Farnway, 1450, 1458. 67. Kirtoun of Kilmorack, 1430 (17th cent copy), 1572, 1675, 1677. 68. Balchraggan, 1640, 1643. 69. Balvraid, 1559-60, 1569, 1608. 70. Kinnoudy, 1550, 1554. 71. Conveth, 1576, 1626. 72. Groam, Fingask, and Mill of Achnagairn, 1626, 1670, 1675, 1688, 1718, 1723. 73. Kirktoun of Inchberry, 1478, 1527, 1569-70, 1597, 1614, 1641. 74. Brigend and Abriachan, 1509, 1571, 1580, 1588, 1590, 1612, 1618-19. 75. Phoineas, 1574, 1603, 1663. 76. Lands in Inverness, 1538, 1540, 1648. 77. Erchless, 1514, 1528-9. 78. Struy, 1513, 1528, 1532. Eskadale, 1620, 1622. Craigscorry, 1604. Easter Crochail, 1626. Fanellan, 1620 Comercroy, 1628. Boblainy Wood, 1695. 79. Dalcross, 1501, 1577, 1597, 1599. 80. Lands of Daltulich and Leys in Dalcross, 1511, 1528-9, 1538, 1576-7, 1605, 1620-1, 1623, 1666. 81. Lands in the barony of Abertarf, 1529, 1580, 1612, 1620, 1626, 1640, 1648, 1657, 1666, 1673, 1690, n.d. 82. Lands in Stratherrick, 1495, 1557, 1574, 1639, 1660, 1668, 1683, 1688, 1696, 1714, 1727, 1731, 1733-4. 83. Aberchalder, 1590, 1623, 1649. 84. Ballicheronoch, Terricherichan, Knockie, 1511, 1557, 1575, 1588, 1595, 1600. 85. Ballicheronoch, Terricherichan, Knockie, 1606, 1612, 1659, 1666, 1733. 86. Erchit and Achnabat, 1541, 1612, 1615. Dunnichea, 1687-8. 87. Dingwall, 1614, 1616, 1618. 88. Glenelg, 1542, 1572. 89. Lands in Strathcarron and Strathoykell belonging to Monro of Foulis, ?1617, 1642. 90. Kinkell, 1607, 1610. 91. Tacks of Farnway and Wardlaw, 1578-9, 1618, 1690, 1708. 92. Tacks of: Aberchalder, 1580, 1585, 1588, 1590, 1601. Ballicheronoch, 1578, 1589, 1609, 1612. Balvraid, 1690. Conveth, 1571-2, 1618, 1691. Grazings in Glen Convinth, 1663. Culmulin, 1670. Farley and Urchany, 1575. Ingliston and Phopachy, 1590. Inverness, 1660. Killin in Abertarf, 1571, 1651, 1679. Killochy, 1590. Kinmiuy, 1670. Teinds of Lovat, 1707. Meikle Glendo and Ardachy, 1593. Moniack, 1616, 1661-3, 1666, 1678. Thesaury of Ross, 1611. 93. Miscellaneous titles, etc. Bruach, Banffshire, 1624. Charter of erection of Campbeltown, Kintyre, 1727 (copy). Lands of Drummowie and Kinrossy in Perthshire, 1522. Duffus, Moray, 1540. Spynie, Moray, 1626. Strathairlie, Fife, 1705, 1707. Trotternish and Sleat, 1572. Wemyss, 1678. 94. Wills, 1592, 1595, 1606, 1613, 1633, 1635-6, 1640, 1643, 1649, 1651, 1662, 1667-8, 1675, 1702, 1706, 1723, 1726-7, 1736, 1738, 1792, n.d. 95. Commissions, warrants &c, 1568, 1573, 1580, 1662, 1668, 1685. Factories, tutories &c, 1524, 1540, 1577, 1581, 1631, 1646, 1660, 1662, 1666, 1668, 1680, 1727, 1787. 96. Marriage Contracts, 1572, 1589, 1591-3, 1595 (copy), 1606, 1628, 1642-3, 1649, 1652, 1668, 1671, 1678, 1684-5, 1697, 1702, 1711, 1715, 1729, 1733, 1764, 1785, 1799. 97. General retours, 1546, 1576, 1629, 1654, 1656-7, 1702, 1705, 1711, 1713, 1752. 98. Rentals of Strichen and Tyre, 1657, 1675, (18th cent copy), 1682, 1690, 1720, 1733, 1740, 1757-8, 1763, 1766, 1778-82, 1784, 1798. 99. Rentals, Ardlethan, 1599, 1645, 1661. Cardno, 1689. Hatton, 1788. Kindrought, 1653, 1682. Lands in Invernessshire belonging to Fraser of Strichen, 1700, 1703, 1711, n.d. Farnway, 1691. Knockie, 1691. Wester Moniack, 1657, 1663. Stratherrick, 1701. 100. Inventories of writs, 1656-7, 1663, 1671-3, 1678-80, 1691, 1708, 1730-1, n.d. 101. Estate memoranda, 1589, 1597, 1599, ca.1600, ca.1615, 1620, 1629, 1640, 1650, 1654-9, 1661-3, 1665, 1667-8. 102. Estate memoranda, 1670, 1673-4, 1676-81, 1686-7, 1689, 1696, 1701, 1721, 1724, 1727, 1731, 1765, 1767, 1794-5, 1801, n.d. The memorandum of 1794 is a map of part of Strichen. 103. Receipts for teinds etc, Aberdeenshire. Ardlethan, 1601-2, 1605, 1607-8, 1614, 1619, 1622-3, 1625-7, 1629-30, 1632-3, 1642, n.d. Lands in parish of Alford, 1618-21. Feuduty receipts for Saithley, 1576, 1579, 1589, 1595, 1604, 1607-8, 1612- 13, 1615-20, 1622-4, 1627-8, 1634, 1639, 1658, 1667, 1676. 104. Miscellaneous papers regarding the raising of funds of Ellon Bridge, 1788- 91. 105. Receipts for teinds &c in Invernessshire. Aberchalder, 1589-91, 1599-1602, 1604-5, 1607, 1611, 1613, 1616-17, 1621, 1627, 1632, 1643, 1646, 1654, 1665. Ballicheronoch, 1591, 1596-7, 1601, 1604, 1606-7, 1610-11, 1617, 1619-22, 1628, 1630, 1635, 1637, 1639, 1641-2, 1648, 1666, 1692. Moniack, 1613, 1647, 1649-51, 1654. Wester Moniack, 1613, 1637, 1643-57.