Sir William de Monte Alto of Ferne, also known as William de Mohaut (d.1327) was a 13th-14th century

Scottish Scottish usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including: *Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland *Scottish English *Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...

noble. William was the son of Roger de Monte Alto and the brother of

Bernard de Monte Alto Sir Bernard de Monte Alto (de Mowat) was a Scottish knight who took part in the War of Scottish Independence, as a supporter of Robert de Brus. Bernard was the son of Roger de Monte Alto, Sheriff of Cromarty and the younger brother of William ...

. In 1296, William pledged homage to King Edward I of England at Inverness and his seal is appended to the

Ragman Roll Ragman Rolls are the collection of instruments by which the nobility and gentry of Scotland subscribed allegiance to King Edward I of England, during the time between the Conference of Norham in May 1291 and the final award in favour of Balliol ...

. William held

Cromarty Castle Cromarty Castle was a castle in Cromarty, Scotland. Cromarty, then known as Crumbathyn, was created a royal burgh in the reign of King Alexander I of Scotland. Cromarty overlooks the entrance to the Cromarty Firth and was strategically important ...

on behalf of the Scots, as Constable and sheriff, from 1297 until 1304, when he surrendered the castle to the English. He pledged homage again to Edward I in 1304 at St Andrews. By 1305, William was given back the heritable position of

Sheriff of Cromarty The Sheriff of Ross, Cromarty and Sutherland was historically the office responsible for enforcing law and order in Ross-shire, Cromarty and Sutherland, Scotland and bringing criminals to justice. Original known as the office of the Sheriff o ...

. He appears to have sided with Robert de Brus in 1306 and was a signatory of the Declaration of Arbroath in 1320. He died in 1327 during the Scottish siege of Norham Castle.Scotichronicon a Goodall, ii. p. 288 He was succeeded by his son William.

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