General Notes

Name Prefix:<NPFX> Lord
Name Suffix:<NSFX> Ii Of Freuchie
Ancestral File Number:<AFN> 9G40-6P
JOHN GRANT, 2nd of Freuchie, called "the Red Bard" (Am Bar
d Ruadh). On 8 June 1483, on a precept from William Crawfor
d of Federeth, he was infeft in the lands of Inverallan. O
n 16 September 1483 he received a gift from George, Earl o
f Huntly, of the lands of Kinrara and others, in the lordsh
ip of Badenoch, in liferent for man-rent service. On 4 Janu
ary 1493-94 he had a confirmation of his lands, which wer
e erected into the barony of Freuchie. John Grant, as earl
y as 1488, must have acquired an interest in Urquhart, as i
n a dispute between the Laird of Freuchie and Alexander, Lo
rd Gordon, the rents (270 merks) of the lands of Urquhart a
nd Glenmoriston are stated, 28 January 1492-93, to be fou
r years in arrear.
He subsequently accepted from the Crown a lease of the lord
ship of Urquhart and Glenmoriston for five years from Whits
unday 1502 at the old rent of £100, of which, however, £2
0 a year was allowed to himself as his fee for keeping th
e castle. On 4 February 1498-99 the King bestowed on him th
e lands of Glencarnie and Ballindalloch, with the mills o
f the same. He purchased the lands of Nether Auchroisk in 1
505 from John Nairn, the Baron of Cromdale. On 8 December 1
509 he received a charter from King James IV of the baron
y of Urquhart. On 10 January 1512-13 he had a charter of sa
le from Alexander Gaderar, a burgess of Elgin, of the land
s oi Auldcash, in the shire of Elgin. On All Saints' Day, 1
513, Sir Donald Macdonald of Lochalsh, who had been proclai
med Lord of the Isles, invaded Urquhart, seized the castle
, plundered the neighbourhood, and held the lands for thre
e years. John Grant died on 1 May 1528, having married (con
tract 16 September 1484), Margaret, 4th daughter of Sir Jam
es Ogilvy of Deskford. He left issue two legitimate sons an
d five daughters:-