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Year
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Month
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Event
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Description
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Reference |
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c.1350
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King David II
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Decreed "ane common and equal weicht, quhilk is called the
weicht of Caithness (pondus Cathaniae) in buying and selling,
sall be keeped and used by all men within this realm of
Scotland"
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1353
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Arngils Sunneson
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Created Earl of Orkney by King of Norway
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Scots Peerage (Paul) |
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1357
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Arngils Earl of Orkney
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Deprived of Title
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Scots Peerage (Paul) |
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c.
1358
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Lithuanian Crusade
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William Sinclair, Baron of Rosslyn and father of Prince Henry
Sinclair dies in Lithuania crusading with the Teutonic Knights
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1364
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Thomas St Clair, son of
William Sinclair of Roslin who was killed at Teba
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Ballivus in Orkney for the King of Norway
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Scots Peerage (Paul) |
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1375?
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David Stewart Earl of Strathern
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Created Earl of Caithness
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Scots Peerage (Paul) |
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1375
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Alexander de Ard
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Granted Earldom of Orkney for one year by King Hakon of Norway
and resignd all his lands in caithness to King Robert II of
Scotland
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The Orkneyinga Saga |
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1379
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02-Aug
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Henry made Jarl (Prince or Earl) of Orkney and Lord of Shetland
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by King Haakon VI of Norway at Marstrand
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Scots Peerage (Paul)
The Orkneyinga Saga |
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1388?
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Eupheme
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suo jure Countess of Caithness and Countess of Stratherne
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Complete Peerage |
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1389
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Henry
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Slays Malise Sperra near Scalloway, Shetland
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1391
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Henry conquers Faroe Islands
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Scots Peerage (Paul) |
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1398
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Prince Henry's voyage
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sails to New world.
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1398
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02-Jun
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Nova Scotia
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Henry lands at Trin harbour, now Chadebucto Bay
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Prince Henry Sinclair (Pohl) |
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1399
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Henry in Massachusetts and Rhode Island
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Evidence at Westford and the Newport Tower
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Niven Sinclair
Jim Whittal |
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1400
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Prince Henry killed in Orkney
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Succeeded by his son Henry 2nd Earl of Orkney
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1402
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Walter Stewart, Earl of Caithness
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Complete Peerage |
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1402
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14-Sep
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Henry 2nd Earl of Orkney and Sir William Sinclair of
Herdmanston
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Taken prisoner by the English at Battle of Homildon Hill but
soon released
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Scots Peerage (Paul) |
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1405
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Henry 2nd Earl of Orkney
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Guardian to Prince James, the future James I of Scotland
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Scots Peerage (Paul) |
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1406
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Henry 2nd Earl of Orkney
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Escorted Prince James to France but the ship was captured by
the English. Both imprisoned in the Tower of London
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Rosslyn Chapel (The Earl of Rosslyn) |
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1407
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Henry 2nd Earl of Orkney
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Escapes or is released on payment of a ransom from the Tower
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Rosslyn Chapel (The Earl of Rosslyn) |
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1418
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John Sinclair, brother of Prince Henry 2nd Earl
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Foud of Shetland and did homage to King Haakon
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Scots Peerage (Paul) |
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