Gilbert de Fraser I

• Preferred Name: Gilbert de Fraser I^[1]
  
• Gender: M
  
• FSID: LX3L-6PV
  
• Birth: 1098 in Tweeddale, Peebleshire, Scotland at LATI: N5.75 LONG: E3.25
  
• LifeSketch: with note: Description: Designated in charters as Dominus Bernardus Fraser miles. He married a sister of Nessus de London and died about 1258 He witnessed a charter in 1258.
  
• Burial: ABT 1164 in Tweeddale, Peebleshire, Scotland at LATI: N5.75 LONG: E3.25
  
• Death: ABT 1164 in Tweeddale, Peebleshire, Scotland at LATI: N5.75 LONG: E3.25
  
• Occupation: Sheriff of Stirling
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Sheriff of Stirling in 1234 and thereafter is designated in charters as Dominos Bernardus Fraser miles. He married a sister of Nessus de London and died about 1258
  Bernard Fraser, Kt.
  Birthdate: 1164
  Birthplace: Drumelzier, Peebles-shire, Scotland
  Death: 1258 (94)
  Oliver Castle, Tweedsmuir, Peebles-shire, Scotland
  
  Immediate Family:
  Son of Udard de Fraser and Unknown de Fraser or son of Gilbert (History of the Frasers of Lovat, MacKenzie 1896)
  Husband of Mary Ogilvie
  Father of Fenella Fraser; Sir Gilbert Fraser, Kt., Sheriff of Tweeddale; Adam Fraser; Helen Fraser and Cesilia Fraser
  Brother of Gilbert de Fraser, II; Cecilia de Fraser; Adam Fraser; Simon Fraser and Nessius de Fraser
  
  Occupation: Sheriff of Stirling 1234, Ambassador to England 1238
  Managed by: James Fred Patin, Jr.
  Last Updated: January 22, 2019
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  SIR BERNARD FRASER, first of Touch-Fraser, Vicomes of Stirling in 1234, had a daughter Helen who became a nun.
  
  In the reign of Alexander the Second (1214-1249) the chief of the family was Bernard de Fraser, supposed to have been the grandson of the above-named Gilbert, by a third son, whose name is conjectured to have been Simon. [Anderson’s Hist. Acc. of the frasers, p. 8.]
  
  Bernard was a frequent witness to the charters of Alexander the Second, and in 1234 was made sheriff of Stirling, an honor long hereditary in his family. By his talents he raised himself from being the vassal of a subject to being a tenant in chief to the king. He acquired the ancient territory of Oliver castle, which he transmitted to his posterity. He was one of the magnates of Scotland who swore to the performance of the treaty of peace agreed upon between Alexander the Second and Henry the Third of England at York in 1237.
  
  He is said to have married Mary Ogilvie, daughter of Gilchrist, thane of Angus, whose mother, Marjory, was the sister of Kings Malcolm the Fourth and William the Lion, and the daughter of Prince Henry. He was succeeded by his son Sir Gilbert Fraser, who was sheriff or vicecomes of Traquair during the reigns of Alexander the Second and his successor. He had three sons; Simon, his heir; Andrew, sheriff of Stirling in 1291 and 1293; and William, chancellor of Scotland from 1274 to 1280, and bishop of St. Andrews from 1279 to his death in 1297.
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  My Maternal 25th. Great Scottish Grandfather, Gilbert de Fraser I
  Name: Gilbert de Fraser I
  Born: 1098 in Tweeddale, Peebles-shire, Scotland
  Marriage: before 1118 in Scotland to Margaret de Alpin, of Lochaber
  Children: (6)
  John de Fraser of Lovat 1118–1230 • LKVP
  
  === REFN: HWS45188
  Ancestral File Number: REFN: HWS45188
  Ancestral File Number: 9QC8-3K
  
  === Sheriff of Traquair; Dean of Glasglow - ===
  Sheriff of Traquair; Dean of Glasglow - consecrated Bishop at Rome by Pope Nicolas III in 1280.
  
  === Sir Gilbert Fraser, probably a brother o ===
  Sir Gilbert Fraser, probably a brother of Sir Bernard and Adam Fraser, is the direct ancestor of the Frasers of Philorth. He is first found in or before 1214 witnessing a charter by Nesius, son of Nesius, to the monks of Newbottle. In 1233 King Alexander II addressed a precept to Gilbert Fraser, Sheriff of Traquair, ordering him to try a cause between William, Bishop of Glasgow, and Mariota, daughter of Samuel, who resigned her claim to the lands of Stobo. He also, as Sheriff, in the same year witnessed a resignation of those lands by Eugene, son of Anabell, another daughter of Samuel. He had a mandate from Alexander II to imprison all excommunicated persons whom the Bishop of Galsgow should report as having been for forty days under the censure of the Chruch. As Sheriff of Traquair, he witnessed a charter by "Christiana quondam filia Ade filii Gilberti' to the chapel of St Mary of Ingolfiston between the years 1233 and 1249.
  
  In 1259 as assize was held in the court of 'Gilbertus Fraser miles vicecomes de Peebles.' One of the members was Nes Fraser. Nes Fraser and Laurence Fraser swore with EArl Patrick in 1244 that they had no part in laying wast the King of England's land in Ireland or elsewhere, nor received any of his enemies. The above records prove that Sir Gilbert Fraser was Sheriff both of Traquair and Peebles. He died probably about 1263, as the next year his son is mentioned as Sheriff of Peebles. [The Scots Peerage VII:420-421]
  
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  Sir Gilbert Fraser of Oliver Castle, "Vicecomes de Traquair," who flourished during the reign of Alexander III. He is believed to be the second holder of the name of the Sheriffship of Traquair. An important lawsuit between William, Bishop of Glasgow, who held that see from 1233 to 1258, and a lady named Mariota, was transmitted by the King's precept to and tried before Sir Gilbert "tunc Vicecomes de travquair," the result of which was that Mariota resigned her claim to the lands in question "in curia vicecomitatu de Travquair." He is witness to a charter by Eugine, son of Amabill, in which he resignes his mansion of Stobo to Bishop William of Glasgow, and as Sheriff of Traquair he witnesses a charter by Christiana, granting certain lands to the Chruch of St Mary, during the reign of Alexander III. [History of the Frasers pp6-7]
  
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  === Sheriff of Stirling in 1234 ===
  Sheriff of Stirling in 1234
  
  === Sir Gilbert Fraser, whose wife's name wa ===
  Sir Gilbert Fraser, whose wife's name was Christian, died about 1263 leaving a family of four sons, John, Simon, Andrew and William. The eldest, John, predeceased his father; Andrew did homage to King Edward I at Dunfermline in 1291, and died before 1308; William was a famous man in his day: he took holy orders, became Dean of Glasgow, was Chancellor of Scotland (1274), and Bishop of St. Andrews (1279). After the death of King Alexander III. (1285-6) he was elected one of' the three regents for the North, along with Duncan, Earl of Fife, and Alexander Comyn, Earl of Buchan. He was also one of the King's executors. He died abroad in the year 1297. Direct ancestor of the Frasers of Muchalls and the Frasers of Philorth. Also thought to be the direct ancestor of the Frasers of Lovat, of Strichen, of Inverallochy, etc.
  
  === John Fraser, the eldest son of Sir Gilbe ===
  John Fraser, the eldest son of Sir Gilbert, is first mentioned in the 'Liber Vitæ' of Durham, 'Gilbertus Fraser et Christiana uxor ejus et Johannes filius eorum.' He appears never to have succeeded in his father's estates, but to have predeceased him, as after Sir Gilbert's death his lands are held by Richard Fraser, who was the proprietor of the lands of Rig near Arkelton, which John Fraser got by his marriage, before 1243 (in which year Roger Avenel died), with Alicia, daughter of William de Conigburg, Lord of Stapilgorton, and which his father-in-law held as a feudatory of Roger Avenel. Lord of Eskdale. [The Scots Peerage VII:423-424]
  
  === There was a Udard Fraser mentioned in th ===
  There was a Udard Fraser mentioned in the charters of some of his descendants, who lived in the latter half of the twelfth century, and married a sister of Oliver, son of Kylvert above mentioned, who is said to have been the founder of Oliver Castle in Peeblesshire. [The Scots Peerage VIII:418]
  
  === From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 J ===
  From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.

• m. BEF 1118 in Scotland

1. Udard Fraser, b. 1128 in Drumelzier, Peebleshire, Scotland     d. 1169 in Drumelzier, Peebleshire, Scotland
2. Maria Fraser, b. 1120 in Scotland    
3. John Fraser of Peebles, b. ABT 1118 in Tweeddale, Peebleshire, Scotland     d. ABT 1200 in Lochawe, Argyll, Scotland

1. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Simon Fraser - Published information: birth-name: Udard De Fraser
   Note: Published information: birth-name: Udard De Fraser Published information: birth: 1131; Scotland Published information: death: 1161; Scotland
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