| Name |
Elizabeth Forbes, F |
| Birth |
abt 1485, Traquair, Peeblesshire, Scotland |
| Father |
John Forbes, M (~1461-1547) |
| Mother |
Katherine Stewart, F (~1463-) |
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| Spouses: |
| 1 |
James "Sheumas nan Creach" Grant 3rd Earl of Freuchie, M |
| Birth |
abt 1485, Freuchie,Castle Grant,Scotland |
| Death |
26 Aug 1553, Freuchie, Castle Grant, Scotland Age: 68 |
| Burial |
Parish Church of Duthil,Moray,Scotland |
| Father |
Laird of Grant John Grant 2nd Earl of Freuchie, M (~1461-1528) |
| Mother |
Margaret Ogilvy, F (~1465-) |
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| Marriage |
1504, Freuchie, Castle Grant, Perth, Scotland |
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| Notes for James "Sheumas nan Creach" (Spouse 1) |
JAMES GRANT, 3rd of Freuchie, was called Sheumas nan Creach (James of the Forays). He was retoured heir to his father in Freuchie, with its castle and fortalice and other lands, in 1536 and 1539. In 1536 Castle Freuchie was built by Sir James Grant. The name later changed to Castle Grant. On 24 July 1543 he was one of those who signed the Secret Bond by Cardinal Beaton and others, which was directed against the designs of "our awld enymyis of Ingland" against Queen Mary and the Queen-Regent. He was made Bailie (effectively the chief magistrate of its barony) of the Abbey of Kinloss before 20 June 1544. In 1545, with consent of the dean and chapter of Moray, the lands of Knockando, Glencumrie, and Brodland, in the parish of Knockando, were granted by Alexander Douglas, Chaplain of St. Andrews (Knockando) to James Grant of Freuchie and Christian Barclay, his spouse. On 27 July 1545 he purchased the lands of Estir Urquhil (Easter Urquhart) and Cantradoun, within the barony of Clawach (Clava), in the sheriffdom of Nairn. On 23 April 1545, at Elgin, he exchanged the lands of Easter Urquhart and others with Alexander Dolas of Cantray for the lands of Rothiemurchus. On 4 May 1548 Queen Mary granted him various lands in Lochalsh and Lochcarron.
James, 3rd of Freuchie, died 26 August 1553 at Freuchie (today Castle Grant) and was buried by his own testamentary direction in the Parish Church of Duthil. He married, first, Elizabeth Forbes, daughter of John, 6th Lord Forbes; and, secondly, Christian Barclay, who survived him and married 2ndly Arthur Forbes of Balfour.
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