William, son of Freskin

William, son of Freskin (died c. 1203), Lord of Duffus and Strathbrock, was a Scoto-Flemish noble.

William, son of Freskin
Lord of Duffus and Strathbrock
Diedc. 1203
Noble familyde Moravia family
FatherFreskin

He was the eldest son of Freskin, a Flemish settler who arrived in Scotland in the reign of King David I of Scotland.[1] William obtained a grant from King William I of Scotland, of the lands of Strathbrock in West Lothian, as well as Duffus, Roseisle, Inchkeil, Machir and Kintrae in Moray, between 1165 and 1171.[2]

Map of medieval Moray from A History of Moray and Nairn by Charles Rampini, Edinburgh, 1897

Marriage and issue edit

William is known to have had the following issue:

References edit

  1. ^ G.W.S. Barrow, "Badenoch and Strathspey, 1130-1312: 1. Secular and Political" in Northern Scotland, 8 (1988), p. 3.
  2. ^ Paul, Sir James (1909). The Scots Peerage. Vol. 8. Edinburgh: David Douglas. p. 319.