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David and Jasper. On April 14, 1609, he was retoured heir to his father in the lands of
Lochslin and Newton, Over Pitneilies and Pittogarti. With the consent of his brothers, David, Jasper, James and Alexander, he sold the lands of Over Pitneilies to George Munro of Meikle Tarrel on August 7/September 24, 1610. The rest of the lands of Lochslin soon followed into the hands of George Munro, who on May 27, 1622 sold the lands of Lochslin and Newton, Inver of Lochslin and Over Pitneilies to James Cuthbert of
302:. In 1534, he mortgaged the lands of Lochslin and Newton to Robert Vass, burgess of Inverness. In 1536, along with wife Elizabeth Urquhart he obtained a charter for the lands of Lochslin from the King. In 1537/8 he sold the lands of Lochslin and Newton to his relative Robert Vass, burgess of Inverness. In 1544/5 John Vass of Lochslin died, the document says "at the field of ...", which may have been the
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Lochslin is on record from 1608 to 1610. He was the last Vass to own Lochslin, retreating into the relative anonymity of a burgess of Inverness. He appears on April 28, 1608 in connection with his lands in Inverness, as his father's eldest son, and the witnesses are his younger brothers,
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John Vass of
Lochslin appears on record from 1456 to 1545 but clearly this is not always the same person and the records do not show the number of generations with same name: in 1456/7 he is mentioned as a brother of Robert Vass of Barnbarroch in a Crown charter. In 1484, John Vass is recorded as one
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Lochslin is on record from 1567 to 1607 but there may have been more than one generation with this name. In 1567, John Vass, son of Jasper Vass, produced a charter of the lands of Diriebucht in Inverness. In 1578, John Vass of Lochslin appears on record as a burgess of Inverness. In
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but when he tried to hold a baron court was interrupted by armed men. In 1589/90 he mortgaged to his brother, Alexander, half of the lands of
Lochslin, reserving the castle and its garden for himself. In 1591, John Vass of Lochslin and his heirs appear in a confirmation charter of the lands of
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Inverness and is on record from 1538 to 1545. He had purchased Lochslin in 1538 but does not appear with the designation of Lochslin and therefore may not have survived John Vass's death for very long.
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Galloway - which they would later inherit. In 1600, with the consent of his wife, Katherine, John Vass of Lochslin gave to his brother, Alexander who was a merchant burgess of Edinburgh, a charter of
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