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Kilwhiss Surname Definition:

KILWHISS: From the lands of Kilwhiss in Fife. Alexander de Kylwos was promoted from the chancellorship to the deanery of Ross in 1350 (Pap. Lett., I, p. 204). He is the person mentioned in the Calendar of Fearn as bishop of Ross under the name of Alexander Frylquhous.

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KILWHISS: From the lands of Kilwhiss in Fife. Alexander de Kylwos was promoted from the chancellorship to the deanery of Ross in 1350 (Pap. Lett., I, p. 204). He is the person mentioned in the Calendar of Fearn as bishop of Ross under the name of Alexander Frylquhous. His name is also spelled Kylquhous and de Culchws (Beauty, p. 202). The death of Sir Thomas Kilqwhous, chaplain of Tallatry, in the parish of Tain, is recorded in 1503 (RSS., I, 981).

— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)
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