Alexander Fraser of Touchfraser and Cowie
- Alexander Fraser of Touchfraser and Cowie
Alexander Fraser of Touchfraser and Cowie {died August 11 1332) was a member of the Scottish nobility who served as the Lord Chamberlain of Scotland and also as the Sheriff of Stirling. [Lineage of Fraser Family] He was a descendant of the Clan Fraser members deriving from Oliver Castle. He married Mary Bruce, daughter of Sir Robert de Brus, 6th Lord of Annandale; Mary Bruce died in the year 1323. Alexander died at the Battle of Dupplin Moor nine years later.
Lands
King Robert the Bruce conferred vast lands including the Barony of Cowie, Barony of Cluny and Barony of Kinnaird upon Alexander Fraser, who was his chamberlain at least as late as 1319. [R.W.Billings, 1901] The major transport routes over these lands in the Middle Ages were two ancient trackways known as the Elsick Mounth [C.M.Hogan, 2008] and Causey Mounth. [A. Watt, 1985]
ee also
*Cowie Castle
*Muchalls Castle
Line notes
References
* Robert William Billings and John Hill Burton (1901) "The Baronial and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Scotland", Oliver and Boyd
* C. Michael Hogan (2007) "Causey Mounth", The Megalithic Portal, editor A. Burnham [http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=17932]
* Lineage of Fraser Family [http://www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/british/ff/fraser01.htm]
* Archibald Watt (1985) "Highways and Byways around Kincardineshire", Stonehaven Heritage Society
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