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Simon Fraser, pater, 2nd of Oliver Castle

b. 1245, d. before 15 January 1292

Birth

Simon Fraser, pater, 2nd of Oliver Castle, was born in 1245.

Parents

Father	Simon Fraser, 1st of Oliver Castle (b. 1224, d. before 1283)
Mother	Grizzle Flava

Children with Maria Bisset

Son	Simon Fraser, filius, 3rd of Oliver Castle and Neidpath+ (b. circa 1270, d. 8 September 1306)
Son	Thomas Fraser (b. 1272, d. after 1306)

Titles

Simon Fraser, pater, 2nd of Oliver Castle, held the title of knighted in 1288.¹

Working life

In 1279 Simon Fraser, pater, 2nd of Oliver Castle, was occupied as justice itinerant in Werke in Tynedale.^1,2
On 5 February 1284 Simon Fraser, pater, 2nd of Oliver Castle, was occupied as member of the council in Scone.^1,3
On 3 February 1289 Simon Fraser, pater, 2nd of Oliver Castle, was occupied as was one of the co-executors who signed off on the King's probate in Carham upon Tweed.⁴
On 18 August 1291 Simon Fraser, pater, 2nd of Oliver Castle, was occupied as keeper of the forest of Selkirk.⁵

Property^6,7

Death

Simon Fraser, pater, 2nd of Oliver Castle, died before 15 January 1292.^1,2,5

Citations

[S28] Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland (Edinburgh: T and A Constable, 1911), vol 7, p 417-423.
[S161] Alexander Fraser, 17th Lord Saltoun, The Frasers of Philorth, 3 vols (Edinburgh: Privately printed, between 1879 and 1880), I, xiii; online image, Internet Archive ( : accessed.
[S161] Alexander Fraser, 17th Lord Saltoun, The Frasers of Philorth, 3 vols (Edinburgh: Privately printed, between 1879 and 1880), II, 76; online image, Internet Archive ( : accessed.
[S160] Joseph Stevenson, Editor, Documents Illustrative of the History of Scotland: from the Death of King Alexander the Third to the Accession of Robert Bruce, MCCLXXXVI–MCCCV, 2 vols (Edinburgh: H.M. General Register House, 1870), i, 73; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/documentsillust00stevgoog/page/97/mode/2up : accessed.
[S161] Alexander Fraser, 17th Lord Saltoun, The Frasers of Philorth, 3 vols (Edinburgh: Privately printed, between 1879 and 1880), II, 78; online image, Internet Archive ( : accessed.
[S160] Joseph Stevenson, Editor, Documents Illustrative of the History of Scotland: from the Death of King Alexander the Third to the Accession of Robert Bruce, MCCLXXXVI–MCCCV, 2 vols (Edinburgh: H.M. General Register House, 1870), ii, 93; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/documentsillust00stevgoog/page/97/mode/2up : accessed.
[S161] Alexander Fraser, 17th Lord Saltoun, The Frasers of Philorth, 3 vols (Edinburgh: Privately printed, between 1879 and 1880), II, 79; online image, Internet Archive ( : accessed.

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