In this study, Dr. Derek Cunningham had still not recovered the then lost documents of Frederic van Bossen, the historian who wrote the account of Malcolm the son of Freskin. The analysis assumed that there was a link to the Kings of Sweden, a hypothesis then supported by the observation that Freskin appeared to be a Swedish Norse name. As with many studies of this type, the problem is few records survive, and the temptation is to link people together. Since this study, the work by Frederic van Bossen records the accepted 17th century history of Clan Cunningham, which notes that Freskin was born with the name Malcolm. Thus Malcolm the son of Freskin is actually Malcolm the son of Malcolm. The records also not the first lord of Cunninghame was Kenneth, the brother of Freskin (aka Malcolm). Nevertheless, this study is still interesting, and provides a few new avenues of research, which might be worth pursuing in future Clan Communiques.
