Rossie

This name is territorial in origin. The Rossies of that Ilk held lands in Fife probably from as early as the late eleventh century. They may have been related to the great Norman family of De Ros, or they may equally have claimed descent from the Celtic Earls of Ross. Robertus de Rossyn was a witness to the perambulation of the boundary between the lands of the Abbey of Arbroath and the barony of Kynblathmund in 1219. Thomas de Rossi received a charter to the lands of Rossi from Hugo de Malherbe around 1245. Walter de Rossy, burgess of Montrose, appears on the Ragman Roll, rendering homage to Edward I of England in 1296. Nisbet relates that Sir Alexander Rossie of that Ilk had his lands forfeited during the reign of Malcolm III and his estates given to the Earl of Fife. Bernard Rossie received a charter of the barony of Rossie and the lands of Inene in Forfar from Robert III around 1400. David Rossy of Rossy sat as a juror on an inquest on the lands of Ochterlony in 1457.