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	Caithness - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Caithness was formerly a district within the Highland region from 1975 to 1996 and a local government county with its own county council from 1891 to 1975.
		Caithness was a district of the Highland local government region of Scotland from 1975 to 1996.
		Caithness was one of eight districts in the Highland region.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Caithness (2037 words)

	Caithness - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Caithness (Gallaibh in Gaelic) is a traditional county and former administrative county within the Highland area of Scotland.
		Caithness remains in use as the name of a Lieutenancy Area, and of an area committee of Highland Council.
		Caithness is represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and in the Scottish Parliament as part of two constituencies which are both called Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Caithness (1128 words)

	Caithness
		The bishop of Caithness being in banishment in England, the earl and Donald Mackay, a chief with whom he was in terms of friendship, took possession of the bishop’s lands, and levied the rent, for the behoof, as they pretended of the exiled bishop.
		Mackay of Far, an ally of the earl of Caithness, was the paramour of this lady, and for continuing the connexion with him, she was afterwards divorced by her husband.
		The earldom of Caithness devolved on William Sinclair of Ratter, fifth in descent from Sir John Sinclair of Greenland, third son of John, master of Caithness, the father of the fifth earl.
	www.electricscotland.com /history/nation/caithness.htm (5465 words)

	William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness (1455–1476), 3rd Earl of Orkney (until 1470), Baron of Roslin (1410–1484) was a Scottish nobleman and the builder of Rosslyn Chapel, in Midlothian.
		King James III gained the Earldom of Orkney for the Scottish Crown in 1470 (see History of Orkney), and William Sinclair was thereafter Earl of Caithness alone until he resigned the Earldom in favour of his son William in 1476.
		In 1471 James bestowed the castle [1] and lands of Ravenscraig, in Fife, on William Sinclair, in exchange for all his rights to the earldom of Orkney, which, by an Act of the Parliament of Scotland, passed on February 20, 1472, was annexed to the Scottish crown.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_Sinclair,_1st_Earl_of_Caithness (361 words)

	HEREDITARY PEERAGES IN THE PEERAGE OF SCOTLAND BELOW THE RANK OF A MARQUESS
		40 Earldom of Angus 14 June 1633(The Earldom belongs to the Marquessate of Douglas and is held by the Duke of Hamilton and Brandon).
		49 Earldom of Arran and Cambridge 12 April 1643(The Earldom belongs to the Dukedom of Hamilton and is held by the Duke of Hamilton and Brandon).
		62 Earldom of Darnley 9 September 1675(The Earldom belongs to the Dukedom of Lennox and is held by the Duke of Richmond and Lennox).
	www.hulthenhem.se /peer/scot.htm (4243 words)

	Wild Caithness
		Caithness comes as a surprise to visitors travelling through the Highlands: at first glance we appear to have nothing but vast, open moorland and rolling farmland, in sharp contrast to the mountainous lands further south and west.
		Caithness was once a part of the Viking empire, which stretched across the northern countries of Europe as far as North America.
		With the decline of Norse power in Caithness came the arrival of Scottish noblemen, such as the powerfUl Sinclair family, which was granted the Earldom of Caithness in 1455.
	www.wildcaithness.org /whattosee-gwd.htm (1856 words)

	Earls of Caithness
		In 1455 William St. Clair, Earl of Orkney (still ruled by Norway) was granted the Earldom of Caithness by King James II of Scotland by letters patent and thus became the 1st Earl but was the 39th holder of the title.
		The Sinclairs (as such) did not obtain the earldom until 1454 when it was granted to Earl William Sinclair, the grandson of Prince Henry Sinclair.
		Nevertheless, the three earldoms of Orkney, Caithness and Stratherne were still held by Malise II (1333-1344) who died without male issue when Orkney was given to son-in-law Erengisle Sunesson whilst Caithness was given to another son-in-law Alexander de Ard.
	sinclair.quarterman.org /sinclair/who/earls_of_caithness.html (1115 words)

	Clan SINCLAIR
		In 1470 the Earl of Orkney and Caithness was compelled to resign Orkney to James III in exchange for the Castle of Ravenscraig in Fife.
		On the death of Alexander, ninth Earl of Caithness, without a male heir, the earldom was claimed by a grandson of David Sinclair of Broynach, brother of the eighth Earl.
		Both in 1768 and 1786, however, the courts repelled this claim, and the earldom accordingly passed to William Sinclair of Ratter, representative of Sir John Sinclair of Greenland, third son of the Master of Caithness, fourth Earl.
	www.electricscotland.com /webclans/stoz/sinclai2.html (3898 words)

	Caithness
		In the 15th century the Sinclairs were granted the earldom of Caithness, but lost it in the 17th century when Sir George Sinclair, the sixth earl, who had been forced to sell off most of the family lands, died without issue.
		Having fallen in love with a local ploughman, the unhappy girl was imprisoned in the castle attic by her angry father and, in a fit of despair, she threw herself from a window.
		Caithness is the most northerly mainland county in Great Britain, but the most northerly point is at Dunnet Head, where 300 ft high cliffs drop sheer to the sea.
	www.mearnscraft.co.uk /caithness.htm (726 words)

	MyClan.com : Clan Sinclair : Clan History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		He was granted the earldom of Caithness in 1455 in compensation for the loss of his claim to the lordship of Nithsdale.
		The earldom, or princedom, of Orkney was bought from the St Clares in 1470, and later annexed to the Crown.
		William settled the earldom of Caithness on the eldest son of his second marriage, and the Roslin lands on his younger son.
	www.myclan.com /clans/Sinclair_127/default.php (817 words)

	Scotland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Caithness' population is a mixture of pre-Celtic, Celtic, and Norse elements.
		Hereafter the title was always associated with the direct heir to the throne of Great Britain, and merges with the Dukedom of Cornwall, the Earldom of Chester, the Hereditary Great Stewardship of Scotland, and the Lordship of the Isles as a subsidiary title of the Prince of Wales.
		A second Earldom of Dunbar was created in 1605 for the Home family, which held no special territorial authority and became extinct in the late 17th century.
	www.hostkingdom.net /scot.html (4013 words)

	Earl of Caithness (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Earlier, Caithness had been intermittently held, presumably always as fief of Scotland, by the Norse Earls of Orkney, at least since the days of the childhood of Thorfinn II, earl of Orkney in c 1020, but possibly already several decades before.
		The modern reconstruction of holders of peerage earldoms do not usually include those of Mormaerdom of Caithness, although there is no essential difference between them and, for example, those of mormaers of Lennox, mormaers of Strathearn and mormaers of Angus.
		James III had in 1469 received the rights of the king of Norway to Orkney territories as plegde of dowry of his wife Margaret of Denmark.In this way, the Scottish crown tightened its grip to Orkney and Shetland, a hitherto Norwegian territory, by moving all other important holders away.
	www.tocatch.info /en/Earl_of_Caithness.htm (638 words)

	The Crowners of Caithness
		It is thought that one of the earliest crownerships created by William the Lion was that of Caithness, a wild and lawless county whose earls owed more allegiance to Norway than to the kings of Scots.
		In 1455, however, William Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Orkney, was created also Earl of Caithness and when his son and successor was later given the titles of Hereditary Justiciar and Sheriff of Caithness a terrible feud began which ultimately led to the Crownership falling into desuetude.
		This book tells the story of all the Caithness Crowners down to the last who was treacherously murdered, along with many of his kinsmen, at the Massacre at the Chapel of St. Tayre, near Wick, in 1489.
	www.academicmicroforms.com /crowners-of-caithness.html (206 words)

	Caithness Shield at St Columba
		The elder son would not inherit the title, he wished to disinherit his eldest son, who was known as "The Waster." Therefore, so that his earldom would not pass to him, he resigned the title in favour of his younger son, William.
		The Earls of Caithness engaged in a long succession of feuds with their neighbours and within the family.
		Sir William St Clair, 1st Earl of Caithness, Baron of Roslin, was the builder of the Rossyln Chapel.
	www.highlandcathedral.org /armorial/caithness.asp (632 words)

	CSAC The Ord of Caithness (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		This southern border between Caithness and Sutherland; this no-man's-land between the warring Sinclairs and the upstart Sutherlands; this wild stretch of country where the road follows sheer cliffs as it twists and winds its way north from Helmsdale is dangerous terrain.
		Isabel Sinclair, a servant in the house and a relative of the Earl of Caithness, was convicted of the crime but escaped execution by hanging herself on the night before she was due to be officially hanged.
		If she was guilty of administering the poison and if she was a relative of the Earl of Caithness, it showed an amazing lack of caution by the Earl and Countess of Sutherland in allowing her into a position whereby she could add poison to their food.
	www.clansinclaircanada.ca /articles/ord.htm (2234 words)

	Sinclair History
		The autonomous maritime principality known as the Jarldom of Orkney, and the Earldom of Caithness, are the most ancient in geographical Britain.
		Although Caithness became the stronghold of the Sinclair family, it was Rosslyn that was the cradle of the family in Scotland.
		The Sinclairs have been part of Caithness history ever since they were granted land there by the Scottish King David I (1124-1153) but, even before that early date, Einer had built a castle at Knockinnon when Caithness and Sutherland were still a part of the Norwegian realm.
	www.btinternet.com /~murray.groat/Sinclair/SinclairHistory.htm (1429 words)

	The Sinclair Clan\ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		His son Henry acquired the Earldom of Orkney in 1379 and the 3rd Earl received the Earldom of Caithness in 1455.
		The Earls of Caithness and the Viscounts Thurso are descended from this family.
		On being taunted in his cell by his younger borther, the Master of Caithness attacked him with his chain causing his death some days later, but the Master, in turn, was starved to death in prison.
	home.austin.rr.com /rsincla/genealogy/clan.html (208 words)

	George Sinclair, Sixth Earl of Caithness
		George of Keiss was a descendant of the younger son of the 5th Earl of Caithness and disputed Campbell's claim.
		Nevertheless, the people of Caithness were in favour of George Sinclair of Keiss because they regarded Glenorchy as an usurpur who had taken advantage of the necessities of George IV to trick him out of his lands.
		George Sinclair of Keiss, who became George V of Caithness, (the 45th Earl of Caithness) died without issue and was succeeded in the Earldom by his second cousin, Sir John Sinclair of Murkle.
	sinclair.quarterman.org /who/george6caithness.html (550 words)

	The Scottish Heraldry Forum Message
		Sir John Campbell got his claws into George, 6th Earl of Caithness and as his chief creditor obtained from the Earl of Caithness disposition of the whole of the Caithness estates and title, with Crown confirmation and Sasine.
		On 28th June 1677 Charles II granted Campbell a charter of the Earldom of Caithness.
		Sir John proceeded to "invade" Caithness in order to make good his rights, but Charles II reconsidering his actions persuaded the Earl to resign the Caithness title in return for creation as Earl of Breadalbane & Holland &c which occurred on 13th August 1681.
	www.heraldry-scotland.co.uk /oldforum/ShowMessage.asp?ID=4882 (262 words)

	Caithness CWS - History - History of Caithness - Contents of Chapters
		The ancestor of the Gunns settles in Caithness
		Desperate Skirmish in Thurso between the Sutherland Commissioners and the friends of the Earl of Caithness, in which John Sinclair of Stirkoke is slain.
		Raids in Caithness by the Mackays of Strathnaver
	www.caithness.org /history/historyofcaithness/contentschapters.htm (873 words)

	Iain Laird's Family History Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The Sinclairs are the noble family of Caithness and are described as the "Lordly Line of High Sinclair" by Sir Walter Scott, in The Lay of the Last Minstrel.
		The Sinclairs later ceded the Orkneys to the Crown and were given the Earldom of Caithness.
		To this day a Sinclair will not cross the Ord of Caithness on a Monday wearing the Green, as it is deemed unlucky, as they wore it on their way to the tragic defeat in 1513 that is remembered in the pipe lament "Flowers of the Forest".
	www.laird.org.uk /Sinclair/Sinclair.htm (392 words)

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		We must beware of thinking that all the land in an earldom such as Cat was the absolute property of the chief, as in the nineteenth century, or the latter half of it, was practically true in the modern county of Sutherland.
		Leaving Caithness, Hakon at once went to attack Magnus in Orkney where he had landed; but the "good men" intervened, and an equal division of Orkney and Shetland and Caithness was made between the jarls.
		They have for nine centuries lived and still live in Sutherland and Caithness, and have been noted alike for the beauty of their women, and for the high attainments and character and the distinction of their men, particularly in the art of war, both by land and sea.
	www.ibiblio.org /pub/docs/books/gutenberg/1/5/8/5/15856/15856.txt (11168 words)

	Caithness.Org - Caithness Castles : Berriedale Castle - Andrew Spratt's Reconstruction
		The castle and lands were brought into the hands of the Sutherlands by the marriage of Reginald le Chen's daughter, Marjorie le Chen to Nicholas Sutherland of Forbat, first Lord of Thorboll and a son of Kenneth fourth Earl of Sutherland.
		He was succeeded by his son, George Sinclair, sixth Earl of Caithness, who died without issue in 1676, shortly after which the lands were seized on a writ of apprising by John Campbell of Glenorchy.
		It appears on Pont's map of Caithness as published by Blaeu in 1654 as 'Berry dale' and nearby, on the north side of the river is a place marked 'Burgh Beredach' which seems to indicate the site of an iron-age hill fort.
	www.caithness.org /caithness/castles/berriedale/history.htm (1756 words)

	The Project Gutenberg ebook of Sutherland and Caithness in Saga-Time, or, The Jarls and The Freskyns, by James Gray, ...
		Cait for Caithness and Sutherland, Ce for Keith or Mar, Cirig for Magh-Circinn or Mearns, Fib for Fife, Fidach (Woody) for Moray, Fotla for Ath-Fodla or Athol, and Fortrenn for Menteith.
		Sigurd claimed Caithness by the rules of Pictish succession, as grandson of Grelaud daughter of Duncan of Duncansby, Maormor of that district.
		This latter portion was immediately north of the land granted to Hugo Freskyn; and the Caithness portion of Johanna's lands marched with Hugo's land on its eastern boundary.
	www.gutenberg.org /dirs/1/5/8/5/15856/15856-h/15856-h.htm (12223 words)

	Grahams of the Esk Valley
		The earldom of Strathearn was vested in the Crown by David II, who made his nephew Robert the Stewart Earl of Strathearn in 1357.
		After his accession to the throne as Robert II, Robert gave the earldom as a palatinate (an earldom in which the earl has sovereign power within that territory-basically a small kingdom) to his son David (along with the Earldom of Caithness, which had also belonged by inheritance to Malise, last Celtic earl of Strathearn).
		The office of Steward (or Stewart) was originally that of "first household officer," and as such, this Malise undoubtedly descended from a younger son of one of the earls of Strathearn the office passing with the lands of Tullibardine.
	bruce.graham.free.fr /family/genealogy/esk.htm (3315 words)

	Camelot Village: Britain's Heritage and History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The son of Sir William recieved the earldom of Orkney through marriage to the Countess of Orkney.
		The 3rd Earl founded Roislin Chapel in 1446, and the Earldom of Caithness in 1455.
		James III bought Orkney from the Sinclairs, and the earldom of Caithness was involved in longstanding feuds with many other clans.
	www.camelotintl.com /roots/clans/sinclai.html (208 words)

	Duncan, Thorfinn, and Malcolm
		Thorfinn II Thorfinn the Black shared part of the earldom of Orkney from 1018, most of it from 1028 and all of it from c1030 except for 1038-1046, when he shared it with RAGNALD II.
		From 1021 and 1028 therefore, Brusi was the senior earl and administrater in Orkney, whilst Thorfinn retained one-third of the earldom in Caithness.
		Duncan/Hundisson invaded Caithness in 1040 with a view to conquer but was defeated by Thorfinn twice resulting in Dunan's death.
	www.angelfire.com /ia/MacBeth/historical.html (2636 words)

	Clan Keith Society USA, Inc. - Scottish family and clan, gegealogy, history including Austin, Cate(s), Dickson, Dixon, ...
		Ackergill Tower on Sinclair Bay in Caithness, one of the oldest inhabited castles in Caithness, became the primary source of the feud.
		Consequently, by the mid 15th century George Gunn, Chief of Clan Gunn and Crowner of Caithness, held his main lands at Ulbster and Clyth on the rocky coast of Caithness, and the majority of the Clan by then occupied the highland regions of Caithness in what are now the Parishes of Latheron, Halkirk and Reay.
		The Hendersons and Williamsons and Wilsons of Caithness are said to be descended from Henry and William, two of the Crowners' younger sons.
	www.clankeithusa.org /history-feuds-gunn.htm (2461 words)

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