Farr; old parish was Johanna's estate in Strathnaver; Borve Castle.

Federeth I (Fedrett), William de; m. Christian, dau. of Freskin and Johanna, and got one fourth of Caithness; Caithness lands.

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Federeth II, William de; son of W.F. and Christian Freskin, sold his fourth of C. to Sir Reginald Chen III.

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Feranach, Broch at; Frakark's residence (?).

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Feudalism; introduced into Scotland by Alexander I and David I.

Finleac or Finlay MacRuari, maormor of Moray; fought earl Sigurd at Skidamyre; m. dau. of Malcolm II.

Finn Arnason, father of Ingibjorg; and of Sigrid.

Firth par., Orkney; Paplay, Thora's residence.

Flandrensis, not applied to Freskin de Moravia.

Flatey Book; Thorstein the Red; earls of Orkney; story of Barth; continuation of _Orkneyinga Saga_; earl Ragnvald's half of Caith. earldom; extent of Harold's later earldom; battle of Skitten.

Fleet, Loch; no longer reaches to Pittentrail.

Floruvoe, Floruvagr; battle in 1135; battle in 1194.

Fordun; rebellion in Moray; earl John's hostage dau.; Annals.

Frakark, or Frakok, dau. of Moddan; m. Liot Nidingr; earl Harald Slettmali with her in N. Kildonan; banished from Orkney, went to her homesteads in Sutherland; earl Ragnvald seeks her aid; burnt alive; Freskyn I her contemporary; Johanna of Strathnaver a connection; her residence.

Fraser, Sir William; genealogy of Freskyn family; on Johanna of Strathnaver; _The Sutherland Book_, q.v.

Freskyn de Moravia, and family; the family the mainstay of Scottish rule in the north; superintended building of Kinloss Abbey; ancestor of earls of Sutherland; built Duffus Castle; not a Fleming; a Pict or Scot, and ancestor of families of Athole, Bothwell, Sutherland and probably Douglas; his family in Caith.; great-great-grandfather of Freskin the younger, husband of Johanna; two branches of family settled north of the Oykel; Freskyn, of Strabrock and Moray, its two branches in Sutherland and Caith.; 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.)