John Grant (II of Freuchie) (called the "Bard Roy)

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  • John GRANT II of Freuchie
    [6064] [6065]
    1468 - 1 May 1528
    BIRTH: 1468, of, Freuchie, Fife, Scotland
    DEATH: 1 May 1528, , , Inverness, Scotland
    BAPTISM: 25 Mar 1993
    Temple: IFALL
    ENDOWMENT: 13 May 1993
    Temple: IFALL
    SEALING TO PARENTS:
    Status: SUBMITTED
    AFN: 9G40-6P
    
    Father: John GRANT
    
    Family 1 : Elizabeth (Margaret) OGILVY
    MARRIAGE: AFT 15 Sep 1484, Contract
    SEALING TO SPOUSE: 23 Feb 1994
    Temple: IFALL
    +James GRANT
    John GRANT First of Corrimony
    Margaret GRANT
    Anna GRANT
    Agnes GRANT
    Elizabeth GRANT
    Christiana GRANT
      GRANT
    Family 2 : CAMPBELL
    MARRIAGE: 15 Sep 1484
    +John Mor GRANT I of Glenmoriston
    
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                           _Duncan GRANT Sir, I of Freuchie_+
                          | (1424 - 1485) m 1447           
    _John GRANT _________|
    | (1448 - 1482)       |
    |                     |_Muriel _________________________+
    |                       (1426 - ....) m 1447           
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    |--John GRANT II of Freuchie
    |  (1468 - 1528)
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    [6064] !From the book, "The Chiefs of Grant:" John Grant, Second of Freuchie, called the "Bard Roy." Received on 16th September 1483, a gift from George Earl of Huntly of the lands of Kinrara and others in liferent, for manrent service. On 15 September 1484 he entered into a contract of marriage with Margaret Ogilvy, daughter of James Ogilvy of Deskford. On 17 June 1489 he was infeft in the half lands of Freuchie and others, as heir of his grandfather, and on 20 Jun 1491 in the lands of Tullochgorm and others. On 4 Jan 1493, he, on his own resignation, recieved a charter from King James IV.,erecting the whole of his lands into a barony, to be called the Barony of Freuchie. On 8 November 1508 he entered into a contract with John Cumming of Erneside for the marriage of Margaret Grant, his daughter, to Thomas Cumming, younger of Erneside. In 1509 he received a charter from King James IV, of the barony of Urquhart. On 22 October 1520 he contracted a marriage between his daughter, Agnes Grant, and Donald, son of the cheif of Clan Cameron. He died on 1st May 1528. He left two sons and five daughters. He was succeeded by his eldest son.
    From the book, "Major Alpin's Ancestors": John Grant, II of Freuchie, "Am Bard Ruadh" It was under the Bard that the Grants first established themselves in Urquhart and Glenmoriston. The original barony of Urquhart, dating from the early part of the 14th century, and including Glenmoriston, was erected into a Lordship 100 years later, and had been held by the Lords of the Isles from 1394 to 1476. In Glenmoriston the Macdonalds for years opposed the Grants, and kept the lands waste. In 1482 the Bard became tenant of the Lordship, and in 1509, James IV granted him a charter of a new Barony of Urquhart; to his second son John, "Iain Og", (by Margaret, daughter of Sir James Ogilvie of Deskford) a charter of a Barony of Corrimony (Grants of Corrimony); and to his natural son (by a daughter of Stuart of Kincardine) John, "Iain Mor", a charter of a Barony of Glenmoriston. The Bard's eldest son, James, succeeded him as III of Freuchie and from him are descended the Grants of Grant, now Earls of Seafield.
    
    
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