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Bernard Fraser, of Forton and Linton

b. 1193, d. 1250

Birth

Bernard Fraser, of Forton and Linton, was born in 1193.1

Parents

FatherUdard Fraser (b. circa 1150, d. circa 1200)
MotherMargaret daughter of Kylvert

Working life

  • In 1234 Bernard Fraser, of Forton and Linton, was occupied as Sheriff of Stirling in Stirling.1,2
  • In 1238 Bernard Fraser, of Forton and Linton, was occupied as Envoy to Henry III.1

Property

Bernard Fraser, of Forton and Linton, possessed claimed Milnehach from Maria de Hales, daughter of Kylvert, before regranting the lease on them to Newbattle Abbey in 1230 in Milnehach of North Hales.1

Death

Bernard Fraser, of Forton and Linton, died in 1250 at age ~57.1,2 He had his estate probated in 1250 in North Hales.1

Citations

  1. [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.
  2. [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.
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Last Edited 22 June 2026