Note 20 — Chapter III · The Altyre Woods—Banks of the Findhorn—Culbyn Sandhills—Covesea Caves.

“The lands of Ettles and fyshing, called the Coissey,” were granted to Thomas Innes of Pethrick by Patrick, Bishop of Moray, in a charter dated at Elgin and Drainie, the 8th and 18th May 1561, and signed by the bishop and twelve of the canons of Elgin cathedral, their seals being also appended. In 1638 these lands and fishings were sold to Sir Robert Gordon by the grandson of the said Thomas Innes.