Freskin the Fleming^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

Abt 1107 - Bef 1172  (65 years)

• Name	Freskin the Fleming
  Birth	Abt 1107	Flanders, Holland
  Gender	Male
  Death	Bef 1172	Duffus Castle, Morayshire, Scotland
  Notes	Name Suffix: Lord of Duffus Freskin, whose curious name has been the subject of some speculation. Heis said to have been a person of Flemish origin, whom David I took northwith him from the Lowlands and settled in Moray, when he suppressed aninsurrection of the natives of that province in 1130. From the terms of acharter granted to one of his sons by William the Lion, it would appearthat Freskin held from King David the lands of Strabrok inLinlithgowshire, along with his lands in Moray, but he is nowheredesigned 'Flandrensis' or le Flamyng, as was the custome when Flemingswere mentioned in early charters. It may be, as has been surmised, thathis name is the same as Fresicus, the Low Latin for Friscian, and wastherefore sufficiently distinctive. On the other hand, Freskin may be acorruption of some compund of the Gaelic 'Fear,' with a noun or adjectivedescriptive of some trait of character or physical peculiarity. [TheScots Peerage II:120-121] Freskin, a person of unknown descent, but who is believed to be ofFlemish origin, upon whom King David I, in pusuance, it is said, of acolonising policy, bestowed wide landed possessions. These includedStrabrock (Uphall and Broxburn), in West Lothian, and the lands ofDuffus, Roseisle, Inchkeil, Macher, and Kintray, forming the larger partof the parish of Duffus and a portion of the modern parish of Spynie,between Elgin and the Moray Firth. At least Freskin is said to have heldthese lands of King David I, for Freskin himself is named only once, in acharter granted to his son William, between 1166 and 1171, by KingWilliam the Lion, which confirms the lands named as having been held byFreskin. Freskin therefore must have died before 1166. According to theeditor of the 'Registrum Moraviense,' followed by Sir William Fraser inhis 'Sutherland Book,' he had three sons, Hugh, who was the ancestor ofthe Sutherland family, William of Duffus, and Andrew, a churchman. ButHugh, son of Freskin, is only named once, in a writ dated between 1147and 1150, and that in such circumstance as to make the evidenceuntrustworthy, while Andrew is clearly identical with a namesake of laterdate. The weight of testimony rather points to the probability thatFreskin had only one son, a view already adopted by Lord Hailes andGeorge Chalmers. Shaw, in his 'History of Moray,' also assigns to Freskinonly one son. [The Scots Peerage VIII:319-320]
  Person ID	I7625	Wilson-Maynard Family Tree
  Last Modified	11 Jul 2004

  
  

  Family
  Notes	_UIDE2C0C7365E855E4EB4D65BC7F38BDA24564D
  Children	1. William de Moravia,   b. Bef 1139, Duffus Castle, Morayshire, Scotland d. Aft 1204, Duffus Castle, Morayshire, Scotland (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F4315	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S536291611] Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom; GE Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd , XII/1:537. [S536291612] Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley {1999}, 2769. [S536291620] The Scottish Nation; or the Surnames, Families, Literature, Honours, and Biographical History of the People of Scotland; , III:541. [S536291614] The Scots Peerage; Sir James Balfour Paul {1904-1914, 2000 rev} with Addenda et Corrigenda {2000}, II:120-121, VIII:319-320.