Thomas Fraser of Lovat

Thomas Fraser, laird of Lovat, was the son of Hugh Fraser and Janet Fenton. He died before 20 May 1455.

From The Scots Peerage, V. 5, page 522:

Thomas Fraser of Lovat.

He was probably the heir referred to in the above contract of 1422," and bound, while only an infant, to marry a daughter of Thomas Dunbar, Earl of Moray, but it does not appear that the Earl had any family. On 20 July 1440, as Thomas Fraser, Lord of Lovat, he witnessed a charter of Alexander de He, Earl of Ross,'° and in 1441 liis seal was appended to a letter written by Alexander de Urchart, Oonstabularius de Foress." He is therein designed Thomas Fraser, lord de Lovet. He died before 20 May 1455, when his son is styled ' Huclione Fraser of the Lovate,' having been a ward of Archibald Douglas, Earl of Moray, then recently dead.'- This is supported by the fact that in 1456 the Chamberlain ciiarges himself with £'143 of rents of the lands of Aird, Strath glass, Abertarft', and Stratherrick, then being in the hands of the King by the death of the late Thomas Praser of the Lovat, in the ward of the earldom of Moray.

It is not known whom he married, but he left two sons : —
1. Hugh, who succeeded him.
2. William, mentioned as being the father of Agnes Fraser, named in a consistorial pleading against John Grant of Culcabok on 9 May 1549.'

From Clan Fraser in Scottish History

References

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Fraser,_1st_Lord_Lovat cites
   1. Paul, James Balfour (1908). "Fraser, Lord Fraser of Lovat". The Scots Peerage; Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; Containing an Historical And Genealogical Account of The Nobility of That Kingdom. Vol. V. Edinburgh: David Douglas. pp. 522-523. Retrieved 19 February 2022. < Archive.Org >
   2. Burke, Bernard (1869). A Genealogical And Heraldic Dictionary of The Peerage And Baronetage of The British Empire. 59 Pall Mall, London: Harrison. p. 712. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
   3. "Clan Fraser in Scottish History" (PDF). clanfraser.org. Retrieved 19 February 2022. < PDF >
   4. Kidd, Charles; Williamson, David, eds. (1990). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 ed.). New York: St. Martin's Press.
   5. http://www.fraserchief.co.uk/history.html
   6. http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/lovat1457.htm
2. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Fraser-1471 cites
   1. Paul, James Balfour. "The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom", Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1908, Vol. V, Archive.org, p. 522
   2. Whether he is a son of the first or second wife is not clear. His father's first marriage was on 3 Mar 1416 and his second before before 1429 but how much before is not known. Some assume that he was born shortly after his first marriage but the only certain statement that can be made is that he was born before 9 Aug 1422 - that is, if one is convinced that he is the heir mentioned in his father's contract made on that date.
   3. Burke, John Bernard, "Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage, Privy Council, and order of preference" , London: Burke Publishing Company, Ltd., 1925, 83rd ed., Hathitrust, p. 1466
   4. MacKenzie, Alexander. "History of the Frasers of Lovat, with Genealogies of the Principal Families of the Name to which is Added Those of Dunballoch and Phopachy", Inverness: A & W Mackenzie,1896, < Archive.org >, p. 57
   5. Paul, James Balfour. "The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom", Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1908, Vol. V, Archive.org, p. 523 See also:
   6. The Peerage: Thomas Fraser, 7th of Lovat and The Peerage: Hugh Fraser, 8th of Lovat; these two are the same person with two names it appears.
3. http://www.thepeerage.com/p50033.htm#i500325
4. http://www.thepeerage.com/p39239.htm#i392385