Freskin, Mary;
dau. of Freskin, younger,
and Johanna of Strathnaver, m. Sir
Reginald Chen
II, had one fourth of Caithness.
Freskyn, Walter, de Moravia of Duffus;
son of Hugo F. of Sutherland,
succeeded to Strabrock and Duffus;
his wife;
known as Sir Walter de Moravia;
of Duffus;
his son, Freskin, m.
Johanna of Strathnaver;
grant of land in Clon from
earl of Ross.
Freskyn, Walter, of Petty.
Freskyn (MacFreskyn), William, eld. son
of Freskyn de Moravia;
charter of Strabrock and other
lands in Lothian and Moray;
his sons;
omitted in Sutherland Book;
second lord of Duffus and
Strabroc;
his eldest son, Hugo of Sutherland.
Freskyn, William, dominus Sutherlandiae,
first earl of Sutherland;
eld. son of Hugo F.;
de Sutherland;
cr. earl of Sutherland:
dominus Sutherlandiae
from about 1214;
uncle of Freskyn the younger;
his lands bounded by those
of Johanna on the north and east;
was probably Johanna’s
guardian;
cr. earl after 10th October
1237;
repulsed a Norse invasion
(?) at Embo;
death.
N.B.—All these Freskyns’ name was de Moravia, not Freskyn.—J.G.
Freskyn, William, of Petty, son of William son of Freskyn.
Freswick (now Bucholie) Castle, (Lambaborg).
Fretheskin, see Freskin.
Frida, dau. of Kolbein Hruga, m. Andres, son of Sweyn Asleifarson.
Furness;
Wemund, monk of.
Gaedingar, too, 152 (n. 22).
Gaelic;
superseded Pictish;
in Sutherland full of Norse
words;
Psalms translated into by
Gilbert, bishop;
Gaelic blood crossed with
Norse produced the Saga;
Gaelic in Sutherland and Caithness
included many Norse words;
a trustworthy vehicle of Norse.
Gairsay;
Sweyn’s castle;
robbed by earl Harald;
Sweyn’s life and large
drinking hall.
Gall, Eilean nan;
traditional combat.
Gall-gaels, or Gaelic strangers;
mixed Gaelic-Norse;
held sea from Lewis to Isle
of Man;
of Argyll.
Galloway;
part of Valentia;
subdued by earl Thorfinn;
rebellion subdued;
Roland of, defeated Donald
Ban MacWilliam;
rebellion put down by king
Alexr. II.
Geographical Collections, (W. Macfarlane).
Gibbon, Gillebride or Gilbert, earl of
Orkney and Caithness;
son or brother of earl Magnus
II;
his dau. Matilda m.
Malise, earl of Stratherne;
d. 1256, succ. by son Magnus
III.
Gilbert, alleged earl of Orkney.
Gilbert d’Umphraville, earl of Angus, m. Matilda, countess of Angus.
Gilbert d’Umphraville, earl of Angus;
son of Matilda.