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Alexander Sutherland
(Abt 1395 - Aft 15 Nov 1456)
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==Biography of Alexander Sutherland 1st Laird of Dunbeath ==Alexander was born around 1395 almost certainly at Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, Sutherland, Scotland, the main seat of his father [[Sutherland-156|Robert Sutherland, 6th Earl of Sutherland]] .
Alexander was married to Mariotta MacDonald, daughter of Donald MacDonald, Lord of the Isles. They had a large family including sons Alexander, Edward, Robert, Nicholas and John and daughters Marjory and Marion.
Alexander died shortly after dictating his last will on 15th November 1456. He was staying with his daughter [[Sutherland-148|Marjory Sutherland]] and her husband [[Sinclair-144|William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness]] at their home Roslin Castle, Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland.
In his will which follows in full, he makes provision for all 7 of his children and also includes references to his nephew Sir Alexander Stratton of Lauriston, son of his sister Christian.
==Will of Alexander Sutherland, 1st Laird of Dunbeath==
I, Alexander of Suthyrland of Dunbeth, seyk in body, hayl in mynd, makis my Testament in this maimer. In the fyrst, I gif my saul til Almychti God of hevyn, and til his blessit modir the gloriouss Virgyn Mary, and til al the haly company of hevyn; my body to be gravyt in the College Kyrk of ane hie and mychti Lord, Wilyam Erle of Catheness and Orknay, Lord Sinclar, &c., in Rosslyng, ner quhar hymself thinkis to ly, quhar the said Lord Erle thinkis spedful. Item, I gif and I leyf til a prest to sing perpetualy for my saul in the said College Kyrk x pundis of anual rent yeirly; that is to say, vj markis and vj s. of anual rent that I had fra Robyn Gray of Leyth, of the quhilkis vj markis thar lyis fifty s. worth yeirly in Louranston besid Leyth, and xx s. of the Landis of Leyth in the self, the quhilkis wes the said Robin Grays, and xxvj s. yerly of the lands wes James Taylouris lyand in the Canongayt: And gif it happynys the said landis to be quyt out, I gif andI assigne the mone to my Lord Erle of Orknay and Catheness, &c, and til his ayris, to by fa mekle anual as the mone extendis to. Item, I gif a hundreth lib. to my Lord Erle to by ix markis of land or of anual, to fulfil furth the said feft-ment: And gif it happynys that the said sex markis vj s. of anual may nocht be bruikyt be law to the feftment of the said Chappellan, I ordan myn executoris and myn ayris, to fulfill to the said Lord and the said College, vj markis worth of anual, in als convenable a place, or else als mekle mone as wil by als mekle anual in als gaynand places: And gif it happynys at the said hundreth pundis wil nocht by the ix markis worth of land or anual, I ordan myn executoris to gif als mekle mar to the said Lord Erle as fulfill the ix markis worth of land forsaid or anual; and the said Lord to ger the said Chappellan incontinent syng for my saul as he wil answer befor God. Alsua, I gif and I leyf a hundreth poundis of mone that the Abbot of Feyrn hafis in kepyn, to the byggyn and reparatioun of the said College Kyrk, and the said Lord to by me throuch stane to lay upon myn grave. Item, I gif and I leyf of the landis of Ester Kyndeiss yeirly, til a prest to syng for me, and the Lady my wif in to the Chanonre of Ross perpetual; the quhilkis vj markis fal be tan up be myn ayris or assigneis, and fal be payd at twa usual termes of the ycr, that is to say, Witsonday and Mortymes, to the said Chappellan. Item, I gif and I leyf to the Chanonis of Feyrn for a Mess, wyth not of the Requiem, to be done dayly for my saul perpetually, vj markis of usual mone of my landis of Multayth and Drumnern, and falyeand of thame of my landis of Dunbeth, to be delyverit at twa termes of the yer, as is befor said, to the said Chanonis be myn ayris or assigneis. Alsua I gif and I leyf to my son, Master Alexander of Suthyrland, Ersden of Catheness, the twa hundreth pundis that Sir James of Werk hafis in kepyn of myn, my said Son passand for me in pilgrimage to Sant Peter of Borne, and to do the thyngis for me and my saul that I have chargit him under confessioun, as he will answer befor the hyeast Juge upoun the day of Doum, as he wes oblist to me. Item, I gif and I leyf to be brynt in wax in the day of my sepultur viij stan. Item, I ordane thrie .eln of brayd clayth to wynd me in. Item, xviij pennys til ilk prest that cummys to myn erdyng and says Messe for me, and ij s. to thame that cummys ofer, and vj d. til ilk an that redis the Salter for me. Item, I ordane xxx Trentallis to be said for my saul, of the quhilkis viij in the Chanonre of Ross, iiij in Feyrn, iiij in Tayn, iiij in Dornouch, iiij in Kinloss, and vj in Orknay. Item, I gif and I leyf to my Lord the Erle of Ross xl lib., xviij chalder of bere, the bol sald for half a mark, thre chalder of quheyt, the bol sald for viij s., and a hundreth wedy of yrn, the wedy sald for viij s., the quhilk the Erle of Huntle aw me, of the quhilk I have his obligacioun of xl lib., and the bere, quheyt, and yrn, he tuk fra my childyr in Abyrden. Item, I gif to my Lord Erle of Ross, xl lib. of it at Makyntoyss aw me, he beand gud lord, manteynar, supplear, and defendar to my barnes executoris and assigneys, and all my kyndmen and servandis, and to supple my executoris in the gettyn of my dettis. Item, I gif and I leyf to my Lord Erle of Catheness and Orknay, and Marjory my douchtir, and to the barnys gottyn and to be gottyn betuix thame, the thusand lib. that the Erle of Suthyrland hes of my, and is awand me, or quhat at may be recoveryt tharof. Item, I gif, I leyf, and assignys to the barnes gottyn and to be gottyn betuix my said Lord Erle of Catheness and Orknay, &c, and my douchtir Marjory, al the landis that I have in wedsettyng of the said Lord Erliis wythin the Erledom of Catheness, togidder wyth al the rycht and clame of wedsettyng that I have and had to the landis of Noss, wyth the pertinents, and to the landis of Turbuster, wyth the pertinents; the maylls and profitts of the said landis to remain to the use of my said Lord and Douchtiris barnys, ay and quhil thay be quyt out be thame or thair ayris that layed thaim to me; and quhat tym at the said landis be quyt out the mone to be disponyt and turnit to the use and profyt of the said barnys, the quhilkis I have made my assigneys to the said landis, males, and mone, as my letter of assignatioun mar fermyllie proports in the self. Item, I gif and I leyf and assigneys to my son Robert, half the landis of Jaxton, and half Skaldouthmure, liand in the Meyrnys, quhil at he be payd apon a day as the letter of reversione proportis of the some. Item, I gif and I assigne to my son Nycolace, Dallyanye and Berydal, quhil he be payd of the some of xviij markis, and thre yeris maie bygane. Item, I gif and assigne to my son Edward al my landis of Catouch and Broenach, quhil he be payd of the some as the letters of reversion proportis. I leyf and assigneis to the said Edward, Gillyecallom-gil and Strabrora, quhil he be payd of the some as the letters of reversion proportis. Item, I gif and assigneis to my son John, the landis that I have in wedsettyng of the Medylton, in the Meyrnys, and xl s. worth of land yerly that I suld have of the Lard of Kynnard, quhether the said John wil have it in Kynnard, or of the bord-land of Skelbow, quhil the said John be payd as the letters of reversion proportis. Item, I gif and assignes to Donald Bruntouch half the aylhous of the tour of Gouspy, quhil he be payt of samekle as it drawys to. Item, I gif and assignes to my douchtir Marion al the lave of my landis that I have undisponyt upone, and sa mony ky, ald and yong, as I have wyth Aytho Faurcharsone, or wyth Mackay Benauch, and sa mony ky as scho aucht to have of Wiliam Polsonys ky. Item, I leyf til Kateryn of Chaumer, and Elynor my douchtir, xxx ky. Item, Kateryn my douchtir xii ky and xl lib. of it at the Lard of Louranston aw me, I gif, leyf, and assignes til her marriage. Item, to Jonet, my douchtir, xvj ky. Item, to Marjory, my douchtir, xxiiij ky. Item, I gif, levys, and assignes to my son the Ersden, all the ky that I have in Clanok, and my gray hors, the quhilk ky and hors wes gevin and sald to hym ij yeris sen, for the quhilkis I put this in his awn place in kepyn for the froytis that I tuk of his benefice. Item, I geve and I leyf to the Crounar a horss. Item, to Robert, Nycolace, Edward, and John, my sonnys, ilk ane of thame a horss. Alsua I geve and I leyf to my Lordis the Bischopis of Orknay and Ross, the remanant of the hundreth lib, that I have thair obligaciones for, ilk ane of thame fyndand a prest for me to syng ij yeris, and for the layf to gar do for my saul, as thay will answer befor God, as sum tyme I trustit in thame. Item, I leve xl lib. to the Lord of Loranstoun, of the some he is awand me. Item, I leve to Kateryn of Chaumer, the aucht pundis quhilk is the Ersden of Orknay aw me, and the xx lb. that Nycol of Tulauch, John of Hawyk, and Edward of Tulauch, aw me. Item, I gif to Donald Bruntouch, iij ky and a mere; Item, to Will Baxter, iij ky; Item, to the Shera a kow; Item, to Safe, v s.; Item, to the wyf at kepis me, v s. Item, I leyf al my clethyng in to the disponyng of my son and executour the Ersden of Catheness, to dispon thame as I chargit him. Item, I gif and I leyf to my said Lord Erle of Catheness and Orknay, xl pundis of the bonage grottis at the Abbot of Fern has of myn, and fyfty lib. worth of my corn, catel, and uthyr gudis and dettis that are aucht to me in Catheness and Orknay, that are undisponit upon, for his gud Lordschyp done to me, and for to be done to my barnes, executouris and assigneys, and for the expenses that he has made upon me, ann in my querelj. Item, I gif and leyfs to my son the Ersden, xl lib. of the bonage grottis that the Abbot of Fern has of myn, and fyfty lib. worth of my corn, catel, dettis, and uthyr gudis that I have in Catheness and Orknay that are undisponit upon, he to be gud trayst and helplyk freynd til his Moder, Brotheris, and Sisteris, and to do and fulfyll certane thyngis quhilkis I com-mandyt him to do for my sayd Lord Erle as they bayth knawys. Item, I gif and I leyf ane of the chalys that Theman has to the College Kyrk of Roslyng; Item, I gif the tother chalys that Theman has to Sant Mawnis altar in Kyrkwayl, and the said chalys to be giltyt. Item, quhat gold, joells, or uthyris gudis that I have nocht expremit in my Testament, na nocht disponit on befor my discesse, or foryet in ony mannys handis or kepyn, I will and I ordane that my said Lord Erle of Catheness and Orknay, and my son the Ersden of Catheness, dispone upon the said gold, joellis, and uthyr gudis be thair dis-cresciounes for my saul, and uthyr wayis as thay think spedefull. Item, I gif and I leyf to the Bischop of Catheness and to the reperacione of Sant Gilbertis Kyrk, al my fee that he is awand me sen he was fyrst Bischop, except xl lib. Item, I gif and I leyf to the said Bischop to syng for my saul and to confyrme my Testament xx lib. Item, I gif and I leyf my croys of gold to Marjory my dochtir, and at sche ger do a tren-tall of messis for my saul. Item, I gif and I leyf my sylvar collar to Sir Gilbert the Haye, and he to say for my saul x Salteris. The lave of al my gudis expremyt in my Testament that I have nocht disponyt upon, I put in the disposicion of myn Executouris, quhilkis I ordane a venerable fadir in Crist Fynlay Abbot of Feyrn, Master Thomas Louchmalony Chan-cellar of Boss, Master Alexander of Suthyrland my son Ersden of Catheness, and Alexander of Stratone Lard of Loranston my sister son, that thay dispone upon the forsaid guidis as they will answer befor the Hee Juge on the Day of Doum. In wytnes of the quhilk thyngis my seil is toset to thys present Testament, the day, yeir, place, and wytnesses before writyn. And to the mar certificatione and wytnessyng, I procuret the signes and subscriptiones of twa worthy men, Master Thomas Thorbrand and Sir Robert Halywell publyc notaris, etc. The attestation of the witnesses, in Latin, follows.
==Sources==*The family tree of the Dukes, Earls, Lairds and Chiefs of Clan Sutherland 1100-2015 by John M Sutherland-Fisher, Genealogist of Clan Sutherland*The Peerage of Scotland by Sir Robert Douglas (1764) 1st edition within which are found:(Sutherland, Lord Duffus pages 194-196 and Sutherland Earl of Sutherland pages 660-667)*The History of the Earldom of Sutherland by Sir Robert Gordon (written 1650) who was younger son of Alexander Gordon 12th Earl of Sutherland and created 1st Baronet of Gordonstoun*The Sutherland Books Volumes 1-3 by Sir William Fraser (1892) [presented in 1894 by the Duke of Sutherland to Queen Victoria]*A short history of Clan Sutherland , the families of Sutherland, Forse and Duffus 12th -19th centuries by Daniel J J Sutherland, Historian Emeritus of Clan Sutherland. http://www.duffus.com/ashort.htm*A Fighting Clan: Officers in Clan Sutherland 1250-1850 by Malcolm Sutherland, Historian Emeritus of Clan Sutherland.*The Scots Peerage by Sir James Balfour-Paul, Lord Lyon King of Arms of Scotland*A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain ... by Bernard Burke*Private papers in the collection of James B Sutherland, Historian of Clan Sutherland*Private papers in the collection of John M Sutherland-Fisher, Genealogist of Clan Sutherland*Memorabilia Domestica by the Rev. Donald Sage, Minister of Resolis, Ross-shire (step-son of Jean Sutherland of Midgarty)
*Caithness Family History by John Henderson first published in 1882
*http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=aet-t&id=I50739*http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p639.htm#i19186
* http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/mm4fz/murray01.php
==Research Note by Profile Manager==
*Note: [ALEXANDER) MASTER OF SUTHERLAND, 1st son and heir apparent, born probably in England in or before 1433, while his father was a hostage at Pontefract. He witnesses as Master of Sutherland a charter granted by Alexander, Earl of Ross, at Inverness, 10 October 1444, and with his mother and brother Robert had a safe-conduct to pass between England and Scotland on 8 February 1444/5. He appears to have married, as her 3rd husband, Mariota, daughter of Donald, Lord of the Isles. She was dead by 20 July 1448.He died before 22 February 1455/6, when his father resigned the Earldom in favour of his brother John.] [Complete Peerage XII/1:546, XIV:604]
(This note in fact refers to the nephew of Alexander, the eldest son of Alexander's elder brother John Sutherland, 7th Earl of Sutherland. It confuses facts relating to Alexander Sutherland, Master of Sutherland and Alexander Sutherland, 1st Laird of Dunbeath - [[Sutherland-Fisher-1|John M Sutherland-Fisher]] Genealogist of Clan Sutherland )
==Research Note by Genealogist of Clan Sutherland==With most members of the extended Sutherland family pre-1600, the place and date of birth is rarely recorded and took place before the earliest date of surviving Church records. The age, origins and other details of most are obtained through the content of Wills, Testaments and Land Charters.
For women, they first appear in the Marriage Contracts and Settlements entered into on their behalf by their fathers or brothers. In some cases there may be little or no record of a woman in her own family but her origins have been recorded in the records of the family into which she married, especially if she subsequently became mother of an heir.
For men, generally only the eldest son is fully recorded, his younger brothers only being named if granted land in their own right or through inheritance by marrying an heiress. The other main source of information on men comes from military service, especially where recorded as having been killed in a particular battle.
[[Sutherland-Fisher-1|John M Sutherland-Fisher]] Genealogist of Clan Sutherland
It is through the daughter of Alexander Sutherland of Dunbeath that every European monarch and claimant have Sutherland ancestry.
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==Biography of Alexander Sutherland 1st Laird of Dunbeath ==Alexander was born around 1395 almost certainly at Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, Sutherland, Scotland, the main seat of his father [[Sutherland-156|Robert Sutherland, 6th Earl of Sutherland]] .
Alexander was married to Mariotta MacDonald, daughter of Donald MacDonald, Lord of the Isles. They had a large family including sons Alexander, Edward, Robert, Nicholas and John and daughters Marjory and Marion.
Alexander died shortly after dictating his last will on 15th November 1456. He was staying with his daughter [[Sutherland-148|Marjory Sutherland]] and her husband [[Sinclair-144|William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness]] at their home Roslin Castle, Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland.
In his will which follows in full, he makes provision for all 7 of his children and also includes references to his nephew Sir Alexander Stratton of Lauriston, son of his sister Christian.
==Will of Alexander Sutherland, 1st Laird of Dunbeath==
I, Alexander of Suthyrland of Dunbeth, seyk in body, hayl in mynd, makis my Testament in this maimer. In the fyrst, I gif my saul til Almychti God of hevyn, and til his blessit modir the gloriouss Virgyn Mary, and til al the haly company of hevyn; my body to be gravyt in the College Kyrk of ane hie and mychti Lord, Wilyam Erle of Catheness and Orknay, Lord Sinclar, &c., in Rosslyng, ner quhar hymself thinkis to ly, quhar the said Lord Erle thinkis spedful. Item, I gif and I leyf til a prest to sing perpetualy for my saul in the said College Kyrk x pundis of anual rent yeirly; that is to say, vj markis and vj s. of anual rent that I had fra Robyn Gray of Leyth, of the quhilkis vj markis thar lyis fifty s. worth yeirly in Louranston besid Leyth, and xx s. of the Landis of Leyth in the self, the quhilkis wes the said Robin Grays, and xxvj s. yerly of the lands wes James Taylouris lyand in the Canongayt: And gif it happynys the said landis to be quyt out, I gif andI assigne the mone to my Lord Erle of Orknay and Catheness, &c, and til his ayris, to by fa mekle anual as the mone extendis to. Item, I gif a hundreth lib. to my Lord Erle to by ix markis of land or of anual, to fulfil furth the said feft-ment: And gif it happynys that the said sex markis vj s. of anual may nocht be bruikyt be law to the feftment of the said Chappellan, I ordan myn executoris and myn ayris, to fulfill to the said Lord and the said College, vj markis worth of anual, in als convenable a place, or else als mekle mone as wil by als mekle anual in als gaynand places: And gif it happynys at the said hundreth pundis wil nocht by the ix markis worth of land or anual, I ordan myn executoris to gif als mekle mar to the said Lord Erle as fulfill the ix markis worth of land forsaid or anual; and the said Lord to ger the said Chappellan incontinent syng for my saul as he wil answer befor God. Alsua, I gif and I leyf a hundreth poundis of mone that the Abbot of Feyrn hafis in kepyn, to the byggyn and reparatioun of the said College Kyrk, and the said Lord to by me throuch stane to lay upon myn grave. Item, I gif and I leyf of the landis of Ester Kyndeiss yeirly, til a prest to syng for me, and the Lady my wif in to the Chanonre of Ross perpetual; the quhilkis vj markis fal be tan up be myn ayris or assigneis, and fal be payd at twa usual termes of the ycr, that is to say, Witsonday and Mortymes, to the said Chappellan. Item, I gif and I leyf to the Chanonis of Feyrn for a Mess, wyth not of the Requiem, to be done dayly for my saul perpetually, vj markis of usual mone of my landis of Multayth and Drumnern, and falyeand of thame of my landis of Dunbeth, to be delyverit at twa termes of the yer, as is befor said, to the said Chanonis be myn ayris or assigneis. Alsua I gif and I leyf to my son, Master Alexander of Suthyrland, Ersden of Catheness, the twa hundreth pundis that Sir James of Werk hafis in kepyn of myn, my said Son passand for me in pilgrimage to Sant Peter of Borne, and to do the thyngis for me and my saul that I have chargit him under confessioun, as he will answer befor the hyeast Juge upoun the day of Doum, as he wes oblist to me. Item, I gif and I leyf to be brynt in wax in the day of my sepultur viij stan. Item, I ordane thrie .eln of brayd clayth to wynd me in. Item, xviij pennys til ilk prest that cummys to myn erdyng and says Messe for me, and ij s. to thame that cummys ofer, and vj d. til ilk an that redis the Salter for me. Item, I ordane xxx Trentallis to be said for my saul, of the quhilkis viij in the Chanonre of Ross, iiij in Feyrn, iiij in Tayn, iiij in Dornouch, iiij in Kinloss, and vj in Orknay. Item, I gif and I leyf to my Lord the Erle of Ross xl lib., xviij chalder of bere, the bol sald for half a mark, thre chalder of quheyt, the bol sald for viij s., and a hundreth wedy of yrn, the wedy sald for viij s., the quhilk the Erle of Huntle aw me, of the quhilk I have his obligacioun of xl lib., and the bere, quheyt, and yrn, he tuk fra my childyr in Abyrden. Item, I gif to my Lord Erle of Ross, xl lib. of it at Makyntoyss aw me, he beand gud lord, manteynar, supplear, and defendar to my barnes executoris and assigneys, and all my kyndmen and servandis, and to supple my executoris in the gettyn of my dettis. Item, I gif and I leyf to my Lord Erle of Catheness and Orknay, and Marjory my douchtir, and to the barnys gottyn and to be gottyn betuix thame, the thusand lib. that the Erle of Suthyrland hes of my, and is awand me, or quhat at may be recoveryt tharof. Item, I gif, I leyf, and assignys to the barnes gottyn and to be gottyn betuix my said Lord Erle of Catheness and Orknay, &c, and my douchtir Marjory, al the landis that I have in wedsettyng of the said Lord Erliis wythin the Erledom of Catheness, togidder wyth al the rycht and clame of wedsettyng that I have and had to the landis of Noss, wyth the pertinents, and to the landis of Turbuster, wyth the pertinents; the maylls and profitts of the said landis to remain to the use of my said Lord and Douchtiris barnys, ay and quhil thay be quyt out be thame or thair ayris that layed thaim to me; and quhat tym at the said landis be quyt out the mone to be disponyt and turnit to the use and profyt of the said barnys, the quhilkis I have made my assigneys to the said landis, males, and mone, as my letter of assignatioun mar fermyllie proports in the self. Item, I gif and I leyf and assigneys to my son Robert, half the landis of Jaxton, and half Skaldouthmure, liand in the Meyrnys, quhil at he be payd apon a day as the letter of reversione proportis of the some. Item, I gif and I assigne to my son Nycolace, Dallyanye and Berydal, quhil he be payd of the some of xviij markis, and thre yeris maie bygane. Item, I gif and assigne to my son Edward al my landis of Catouch and Broenach, quhil he be payd of the some as the letters of reversion proportis. I leyf and assigneis to the said Edward, Gillyecallom-gil and Strabrora, quhil he be payd of the some as the letters of reversion proportis. Item, I gif and assigneis to my son John, the landis that I have in wedsettyng of the Medylton, in the Meyrnys, and xl s. worth of land yerly that I suld have of the Lard of Kynnard, quhether the said John wil have it in Kynnard, or of the bord-land of Skelbow, quhil the said John be payd as the letters of reversion proportis. Item, I gif and assignes to Donald Bruntouch half the aylhous of the tour of Gouspy, quhil he be payt of samekle as it drawys to. Item, I gif and assignes to my douchtir Marion al the lave of my landis that I have undisponyt upone, and sa mony ky, ald and yong, as I have wyth Aytho Faurcharsone, or wyth Mackay Benauch, and sa mony ky as scho aucht to have of Wiliam Polsonys ky. Item, I leyf til Kateryn of Chaumer, and Elynor my douchtir, xxx ky. Item, Kateryn my douchtir xii ky and xl lib. of it at the Lard of Louranston aw me, I gif, leyf, and assignes til her marriage. Item, to Jonet, my douchtir, xvj ky. Item, to Marjory, my douchtir, xxiiij ky. Item, I gif, levys, and assignes to my son the Ersden, all the ky that I have in Clanok, and my gray hors, the quhilk ky and hors wes gevin and sald to hym ij yeris sen, for the quhilkis I put this in his awn place in kepyn for the froytis that I tuk of his benefice. Item, I geve and I leyf to the Crounar a horss. Item, to Robert, Nycolace, Edward, and John, my sonnys, ilk ane of thame a horss. Alsua I geve and I leyf to my Lordis the Bischopis of Orknay and Ross, the remanant of the hundreth lib, that I have thair obligaciones for, ilk ane of thame fyndand a prest for me to syng ij yeris, and for the layf to gar do for my saul, as thay will answer befor God, as sum tyme I trustit in thame. Item, I leve xl lib. to the Lord of Loranstoun, of the some he is awand me. Item, I leve to Kateryn of Chaumer, the aucht pundis quhilk is the Ersden of Orknay aw me, and the xx lb. that Nycol of Tulauch, John of Hawyk, and Edward of Tulauch, aw me. Item, I gif to Donald Bruntouch, iij ky and a mere; Item, to Will Baxter, iij ky; Item, to the Shera a kow; Item, to Safe, v s.; Item, to the wyf at kepis me, v s. Item, I leyf al my clethyng in to the disponyng of my son and executour the Ersden of Catheness, to dispon thame as I chargit him. Item, I gif and I leyf to my said Lord Erle of Catheness and Orknay, xl pundis of the bonage grottis at the Abbot of Fern has of myn, and fyfty lib. worth of my corn, catel, and uthyr gudis and dettis that are aucht to me in Catheness and Orknay, that are undisponit upon, for his gud Lordschyp done to me, and for to be done to my barnes, executouris and assigneys, and for the expenses that he has made upon me, ann in my querelj. Item, I gif and leyfs to my son the Ersden, xl lib. of the bonage grottis that the Abbot of Fern has of myn, and fyfty lib. worth of my corn, catel, dettis, and uthyr gudis that I have in Catheness and Orknay that are undisponit upon, he to be gud trayst and helplyk freynd til his Moder, Brotheris, and Sisteris, and to do and fulfyll certane thyngis quhilkis I com-mandyt him to do for my sayd Lord Erle as they bayth knawys. Item, I gif and I leyf ane of the chalys that Theman has to the College Kyrk of Roslyng; Item, I gif the tother chalys that Theman has to Sant Mawnis altar in Kyrkwayl, and the said chalys to be giltyt. Item, quhat gold, joells, or uthyris gudis that I have nocht expremit in my Testament, na nocht disponit on befor my discesse, or foryet in ony mannys handis or kepyn, I will and I ordane that my said Lord Erle of Catheness and Orknay, and my son the Ersden of Catheness, dispone upon the said gold, joellis, and uthyr gudis be thair dis-cresciounes for my saul, and uthyr wayis as thay think spedefull. Item, I gif and I leyf to the Bischop of Catheness and to the reperacione of Sant Gilbertis Kyrk, al my fee that he is awand me sen he was fyrst Bischop, except xl lib. Item, I gif and I leyf to the said Bischop to syng for my saul and to confyrme my Testament xx lib. Item, I gif and I leyf my croys of gold to Marjory my dochtir, and at sche ger do a tren-tall of messis for my saul. Item, I gif and I leyf my sylvar collar to Sir Gilbert the Haye, and he to say for my saul x Salteris. The lave of al my gudis expremyt in my Testament that I have nocht disponyt upon, I put in the disposicion of myn Executouris, quhilkis I ordane a venerable fadir in Crist Fynlay Abbot of Feyrn, Master Thomas Louchmalony Chan-cellar of Boss, Master Alexander of Suthyrland my son Ersden of Catheness, and Alexander of Stratone Lard of Loranston my sister son, that thay dispone upon the forsaid guidis as they will answer befor the Hee Juge on the Day of Doum. In wytnes of the quhilk thyngis my seil is toset to thys present Testament, the day, yeir, place, and wytnesses before writyn. And to the mar certificatione and wytnessyng, I procuret the signes and subscriptiones of twa worthy men, Master Thomas Thorbrand and Sir Robert Halywell publyc notaris, etc. The attestation of the witnesses, in Latin, follows.
==Sources==*The family tree of the Dukes, Earls, Lairds and Chiefs of Clan Sutherland 1100-2015 by John M Sutherland-Fisher, Genealogist of Clan Sutherland*The Peerage of Scotland by Sir Robert Douglas (1764) 1st edition within which are found:(Sutherland, Lord Duffus pages 194-196 and Sutherland Earl of Sutherland pages 660-667)*The History of the Earldom of Sutherland by Sir Robert Gordon (written 1650) who was younger son of Alexander Gordon 12th Earl of Sutherland and created 1st Baronet of Gordonstoun*The Sutherland Books Volumes 1-3 by Sir William Fraser (1892) [presented in 1894 by the Duke of Sutherland to Queen Victoria]*A short history of Clan Sutherland , the families of Sutherland, Forse and Duffus 12th -19th centuries by Daniel J J Sutherland, Historian Emeritus of Clan Sutherland. http://www.duffus.com/ashort.htm*A Fighting Clan: Officers in Clan Sutherland 1250-1850 by Malcolm Sutherland, Historian Emeritus of Clan Sutherland.*The Scots Peerage by Sir James Balfour-Paul, Lord Lyon King of Arms of Scotland*A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain ... by Bernard Burke*Private papers in the collection of James B Sutherland, Historian of Clan Sutherland*Private papers in the collection of John M Sutherland-Fisher, Genealogist of Clan Sutherland*Memorabilia Domestica by the Rev. Donald Sage, Minister of Resolis, Ross-shire (step-son of Jean Sutherland of Midgarty)
*Caithness Family History by John Henderson first published in 1882
*http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=aet-t&id=I50739*http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p639.htm#i19186
* http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/mm4fz/murray01.php
==Research Note by Profile Manager==
*Note: [ALEXANDER) MASTER OF SUTHERLAND, 1st son and heir apparent, born probably in England in or before 1433, while his father was a hostage at Pontefract. He witnesses as Master of Sutherland a charter granted by Alexander, Earl of Ross, at Inverness, 10 October 1444, and with his mother and brother Robert had a safe-conduct to pass between England and Scotland on 8 February 1444/5. He appears to have married, as her 3rd husband, Mariota, daughter of Donald, Lord of the Isles. She was dead by 20 July 1448.He died before 22 February 1455/6, when his father resigned the Earldom in favour of his brother John.] [Complete Peerage XII/1:546, XIV:604]
(This note in fact refers to the nephew of Alexander, the eldest son of Alexander's elder brother John Sutherland, 7th Earl of Sutherland. It confuses facts relating to Alexander Sutherland, Master of Sutherland and Alexander Sutherland, 1st Laird of Dunbeath - [[Sutherland-Fisher-1|John M Sutherland-Fisher]] Genealogist of Clan Sutherland )
==Research Note by Genealogist of Clan Sutherland==With most members of the extended Sutherland family pre-1600, the place and date of birth is rarely recorded and took place before the earliest date of surviving Church records. The age, origins and other details of most are obtained through the content of Wills, Testaments and Land Charters.
For women, they first appear in the Marriage Contracts and Settlements entered into on their behalf by their fathers or brothers. In some cases there may be little or no record of a woman in her own family but her origins have been recorded in the records of the family into which she married, especially if she subsequently became mother of an heir.
For men, generally only the eldest son is fully recorded, his younger brothers only being named if granted land in their own right or through inheritance by marrying an heiress. The other main source of information on men comes from military service, especially where recorded as having been killed in a particular battle.
[[Sutherland-Fisher-1|John M Sutherland-Fisher]] Genealogist of Clan Sutherland
It is through the daughter of Alexander Sutherland of Dunbeath that every European monarch and claimant have Sutherland ancestry.
Events
| Birth | Abt 1395 | Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, Sutherland, Scotland | |||
| Death | Aft 15 Nov 1456 | Roslin Castle, Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland | |||
| Marriage | Mariot "Mariotta" MacDonald | ||||
| Reference No | 1415832 | ||||
| Reference No | 1439585 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Spouse | Mariot "Mariotta" MacDonald (1415 - ) |
| Child | Marjory Sutherland (1424 - 1480) |
| Child | Marion "Margaret" Sutherland of Dunbeath (1438 - 1488) |
| Father | Robert Sutherland (1348 - 1427) |
| Mother | Margaret Stewart (1373 - 1439) |
| Sibling | John Sutherland (1390 - 1460) |
| Sibling | Lady Christian "Cristina" Sutherland (1400 - 1451) |