Freskin of Kerdal

A man named Freskin of Kerdal is found amongst the benefactors of Spynie Cathedral, and Bricius refers to him as his uncle. The parentage of Freskin of Kerdal is not known, but he was undoubtedly a descendant of the original Freskin.[8]

William of Douglas may have married a sister of Freskin of Kerdal (Freskin de Kersdale of Moray, de Moravia), a Flemish laird from Moray.

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[Two probable siblings, parents not identified]:

• Unknown parent
  • 1. FRESKIN [IV] of Cardell (-after [1203/22]). He is named in the [1203/22] charter cited below under his supposed sister. He was presumably related to Hugh [II], father of William de Sutherland, considering that Hugh’s [1211] charter cited above was witnessed by “...Hugone Duglas, Freskyno Duglas...”, sons of his supposed sister. .... m ---. The name of Freskin’s wife is not known. Freskin [IV] & his wife had one child:
    • a) [MARJORY] . A charter dated 1234 records an agreement between "capitulum Moraviense" and “dominum Alexandrum de Striuelyn...et heredes sui si quos habuerit de sponsa sua...filia bone memorie...domini Freskyni de Kerdal” relating to "dimidiam dauacham terre...apud Deveth", by undated charter (dated to after 1222), witnessed by “Freskyno decano...”[382]. Her name is indicated by the following (unless the person in question was Alexander Stirling’s second wife): Fraser cites “an entry in an old inventory of the [Kilravock] family” which refers to a “charter of donation by Marjory de Moravia, widow of Sir Alexander Stirling” granting “the lands of Cantra Freskyn” to “her daughter Isobel” [undated], but dated to [1253/98] as witnessed by Archibald Bishop of Moray (who held the bishopric between those dates)[383]. m (before 1234) ALEXANDER de Stirling, son of --- (-after 1234).
  • 2. [--- . The family origin and marriage of the wife of William Douglas are indicated by the undated charter under which her son Brice Bishop of Moray confirmed "ecclesiam de Deveth" to the church of Moray at the request of "Freskyni de Kerdal avunculi nostri"[384]. Fraser dates this charter to [1203/22][385]. If “avunculus” in this document was used in its strict sense of maternal uncle, Freskin of Cardell was the brother of the bishop’s mother. m WILLIAM [I] de Douglas, son of --- (-1213 or after).]

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References

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_I,_Lord_of_Douglas
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freskin
   1. 8. Fraser, William (1885). The Douglas Book. Edinburgh. https://archive.org/details/douglasbook01fras/page/201/mode/2up?vie...
3. Laird Freskin "The Fleming" Sutherland, 1st Lord of Duffus