[1][2] Perhaps because he was slow in submitting to Edward I of England - he only did so on 23 July 1291 - the younger Simon Fraser did not succeed his father in his offices.

[3] Fraser was made a household knight – effectively, a member of the royal bodyguard – and gifted a horse by Edward before the Battle of Falkirk.

Fraser was thus among the English cavalry divisions that defeated the army of William Wallace.

In March 1304, Fraser and Wallace were ambushed by English forces at the action at Happrew and defeated.

In March 1306 Fraser once again broke faith with King Edward and defected to Robert the Bruce.