| Year |
Month |
Event |
Description |
Reference |
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| 1420 |
01-Feb |
Henry
2nd Earl of Orkney dies. |
William
3rd Earl of Orkney succeeds |
Scots
Peerage (Paul) |
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| 1421 |
|
William
3rd Earl of Orkney |
Hostage
for James 1 when he returned to Scotland |
Complete
Peerage |
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| 1428 |
|
Alan
Stewart Earl of Caithness |
on
resignation of title by his father |
Complete
Peerage |
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| 1431 |
|
Alan
Earl of Caithness |
Slain
at Inverlochy by Donald Balloch. Succeeded by his father
Walter |
Complete
Peerage |
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| 1436 |
|
William
3rd Earl of Orkney |
Conveyed
Princess Margaret of Scotland to France on her
marriage to the Dauphin when also Admiral of Scotland |
Complete
Peerage |
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| 1437 |
|
Walter
Earl of Caithness |
forfeits
title |
Complete
Peerage |
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| 1441 |
|
William
3rd Earl of Orkney |
Created
Grand Master Mason of Scotland by King James II. Title is
hereditary |
Rosslyn
Chapel (The Earl of Rosslyn) |
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| 1446 |
24-Jun |
William
3rd Earl of Orkney |
Summoned
to Bergen by Christopher King of Norway to swear allegiance
for the Orkneys |
National
Dictionary of Biography |
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| 1446 |
|
Start
of building of Rosslyn Chapel (Collegiate Chapel of St
Matthew) for a
provost, six prebends and two singing boys |
by
William Sinclair, Prince of Orkney |
Scots
Peerage (Paul) |
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| 1448 |
|
William
3rd Earl of Orkney |
Joins
Earls of Douglas, Ormonde and others in repelling English
invasion |
National
Dictionary of Biography |
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| 1449 |
|
William
3rd Earl of Orkney |
Senior
of four candidates for the |
|
|
|
|
vacant
Norwegian crown. Blocked |
|
|
|
|
by
Hansa League as they wanted |
|
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|
|
someone
more amenable |
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| 1449 |
|
William
also created Lord Sinclair |
Sits
in Parliament as Lord |
Scots
Peerage (Paul) |
|
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|
Sinclair |
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| 1450 |
21-Sep |
Rosslyn
Chapel |
Dedicated
as Collegiate Chapel |
Judy
Fisken (ex curator) |
|
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|
of
St. Matthew |
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| 1452 |
|
George
Crichton |
Created
Earl of Caithness |
Complete
Peerage |
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| 1454 |
Aug |
George,
Earl of Caithness |
Dies |
Complete
Peerage |
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|
1454 |
|
William
3rd Earl of Orkney |
High
Chancellor of Scotland |
Dictionary
of National Biography |
|
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|
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|
| 1455 |
28-Aug |
William
3rd Earl of Orkney also created Earl of Caithness |
Under
Scottish law in compensation for foregoing right of Lordship
of Nithsdale |
Scots
Peerage (Paul) |
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|
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| 1470 |
16-Sep |
William
forced to resign Earldom of Orkney |
Orkney
transferred to Scottish crown as part of the dowry on marriage
of James III to Margaret of Denmark. Receives Castle of
Ravenscraig and lands in Fife as compensation |
Scots
Peerage (Paul) |
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1471-73 |
|
William
1st Earl |
Ambassador
to England |
Complete
Peerage |
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| 1476 |
07-Dec |
William
1st Earl |
Surrenders
his Caithness title. Succeeded by his son William 2nd Earl.
Another son Sir Oliver is left the Roslin Estates. William,
son by the first
marriage eceives nothing. |
Scots
Peerage (Paul) |
