 Abt 1537 - 1607 (~ 70 years)
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- 1 - A dispute arose between Thomas Fraser of Knockie, the brother of the late 5th Lord Lovat, and William Fraser of Struy (d. 1607), the young Lord's grand-uncle, as to who should exercise the much coveted duties of Tutor or guardian; the latter arguing that he had discharged the same trust on behalf of the late Lord. Party spirit was aroused, and Mr. Donald Dow Fraser [subsequently, 1592, parson of Wardlaw, but living at Fingask] hastened secretly to Beaufort to get Lady Lovat to intervene by asking Fraser of Struy to abandon his claims. The minister of Wardlaw later claimed that so far as she was concerned the visit was a failure, and the opposing parties settled their differences without her interference.
Another tradition puts the matter differently. Much as she respected him, she said that propriety and a sense of her own dignity forbade her intervention or presence at their meeting, seeing they had not considered her worthy of being consulted. She also said that if the worst should befall them and the sword should decide it, not a drop of Stewart blood would be shed. The minister was determined not to fail in his mission, but his anger was aroused by her answer. He unsheathed his dirk, the weapons of persuasion having failed, and declared that her own blood would be the first to flow if she did not send a message to the meeting. Awed by the attitude of the militant cleric, Lady Lovat wrote at once to William Fraser of Struy, who withdrew his claim, and Thomas Fraser of Knockie was appointed Tutor.
2 - "Queen Mary, in 1563, hunted and took her summer journeys in the west and south-west of Scotland; but her brother James, the new Earl of Moray, came north to Inverness late in the autumn, with his two brothers, to hold courts and consolidate his power, and there first put in execution the new Act against witchcraft, sorcery, and necromancy, by burning two old women as witches. On the 15th October 1563, Campbell of Cawdor was served heir before him as sheriff-principal by a jury, including of the family of the founder of the priory, William Fraser of Struy, uncle of Hugh Lord Lovat, now a minor;
[http://www.electricscotland.com/canada/fraser/beauly_priory.htm]
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- [S6] Stirnet Genealogy, Peter Barns-Graham, fraser14.
- [S12] Burkes Peerage 2003 107th Edition, (107th Edition pub 2003/4).
- [S6] Stirnet Genealogy, Peter Barns-Graham, Fraser02.
- [S6] Stirnet Genealogy, Peter Barns-Graham, Fraser02: TSP (Lovat), BP1934 (Lovat).
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