John Grant, 2nd of Corrimony

John Grant, second of Corrimony, was infeft as heir of his father, in the Barony, on 24th May, 1536. As the lands had been in the hands of the Crown for the three years previous, it is probable that he only reached majority in that year, which would fix the date of his birth as 1 5 1 5. He is frequently mentioned as a witness among the papers preserved at Castle Grant. In 1569, he joined the army, raised in the north by the Earl of Huntly, on Queen Mary's behalf, which went through the country with " displayit baneris" invading both Aberdeen and Inverness. The cause of the Queen proving unsuccessful, he submitted, and received the royal pardon on 9th July, 1569. On 20th May, 1580, he resigned his estate into the king's hands in favour of Duncan Grant, apparent of Freuchie, and his heirs male, under reservation of his own frank tenement. In return he was to receive from the Laird of Freuchie, a liferent of half of the town and lands of Clowne or Cluny, in the Lordship of Badzenoche. The reason of this step is not narrated in the Instrument of Resignation, and as the Laird of Freuchie does not appear to have been proprietor of Cluny, the transaction looks suspicious, and it is not astonishing to find it being disputed afterwards by John's heir.

Following on this resignation, Duncan Grant obtained a charter of resignation under the Great Seal,

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but having died before sasine had been taken, his son John was infeft in the Barony, on 17th May, 1583.

John Grant, died before 1593, having been twice married. The name of his first wife is not recorded, but by her he had issue, a son John, who succeeded him. He married, secondly, Marjory, daughter of John Roy Grant, of Ballindalloch, and had issue, an only child Alexander, who afterwards acquired the lands of Sheuglie. By Margaret, daughter of John Wilson, burgess of Inverness, he had three natural sons, viz., John, to whom his father conveyed a half of the lands of Pitcherell, on 14th May, 1571

John Grant, died before 1593, having been twice married. The name of his first wife is not recorded, but by her he had issue, a son John, who succeeded him. He married, secondly, Marjory, daughter of John Roy Grant, of Ballindalloch, and had issue, an only child Alexander, who afterwards acquired the lands of Sheuglie. By Margaret, daughter of John Wilson, burgess of Inverness, he had three natural sons, viz., John, to whom his father conveyed a half of the lands of Pitcherell, on 14th May, 1 57 1 . This John Grant, of Freuchie, proposed in 1593 to reduce. As a resetter of the Macgregors, he is mentioned in a discharge granted by the Privy Council, to John Grant of Freuchie, on 25th February, 16 15, for 10,000 merks, being the fines for himself and clan. In 1624, he sold Pitcherell to John Grant of Glenmorriston, but having afterwards redeemed it. he re-sold it to John Grant of Corrimony, his half- brother, in 1628. He married Katherine, daughter of Donald McRorie. Gregor Grant, the second son of Margaret Wilson, received a charter from his father of the other half of Pitcherell, in 1 57 1 . He died before 1593. John Grant, the third son, is mentioned as heir to his brothers in these charters.

(courtesy of National Library of Scotland  "THE GRANTS OF CORRIMONY", by Frances J. Grant)