;
founder of the family;
entertained king David I at Duffus Castle;
year of death;
his two sons;
father of William MacFriskyn, and Hugo the witness;
derivation of name;
revised pedigree;
he and successors appointed guardians of Moray and Nairn;
defended Moray against the Norse;
the family introduced into Sutherland;
no thanes of this line in Sutherland;
name also spelt Fretheskin;
his neighbour in Moray, earl Waltheof.
(See Appendix, Pedigree.)
Freskin de Moravia, younger, lord of Duffus;
eld. son of Sir Walter de Moravia;
in Strathnaver and Caith.;
m. Johanna of Strathnaver;
his date fixed;
by marriage became owner of lands in Strathnaver and of a
moiety of earldom of Caith.;
lineage;
born in or after 1225, lord of Duffus by 1248;
m. 1245-1250;
nephew of William, earl of Sutherland;
signatory to National Bond;
d. 1260-1263;
buried in church of Duffus;
his maternal uncle, William MacFerchar, earl of Ross;
possible violent death.
(See Appendix, Pedigree.)
Freskyn, Andrew, son of Hugo F. of Sutherland;
parson of Duffus, bishop of Moray.
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