| Year |
Month |
Event |
Description |
Reference |
| 1589 |
|
George
4th Earl |
Invades
and ravishes part of Sutherland |
The
Clans (Logan) |
|
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|
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| 1589 |
|
Wick |
Created
a Royal Burgh by James IV |
|
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|
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| 1592 |
03-Apr |
George
5th Earl |
Resigns
Earldom in return for novodamus and remainder to his son
William Sinclair |
Complete
Peerage |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1592 |
17-Aug |
Altars
of Rosslyn Chapel ordered to be destroyed |
Oliver
St.Clair summoned to appear before the General Assembly and
threatened with excommunication |
Rosslyn
Chapel (The Earl of Rosslyn) |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1592 |
31-Aug |
Altars
at Rosslyn Chapel destroyed |
'The
altars of Roslene were haille demolishit' (George Ramsay).
Chapel ceased to be used as a house of prayer and fell into
disrepair |
Rosslyn
Chapel (The Earl of Rosslyn) |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1592 |
11-Dec |
William
Sinclair of Mey |
Knighted
by King James V1 |
Scots
Peerage (Paul) |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1601 |
21-Oct |
Henry
5th Lord Sinclair |
Dies,
succeeded by grandson Henry |
Scots
peerage (Paul) |
|
|
|
|
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| 1602 |
|
Henry
6th Lord Sinclair |
Dies,
succeeded by his brother James |
Scots
Peerage (Paul) |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1606 |
|
George
5th Earl of Caithness |
By
Act of Parliament allowed to change the name of Girnigoe
Castle to Sinclair Castle |
The
Acts of Parliament of Scotland (HoL Library) |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1606 |
|
William
Shakespeare |
Writes
Macbeth featuring The Earl of Caithness as one of the powerful
and influential Scottish Peers. |
Shakespeare
Compendium
(HoL Library) |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1607 |
|
James
7th Lord Sinclair |
Dies,
succeeded by his brother |
Scots
Peerage (Paul) |
|
|
|
Patrick |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1608 |
|
Rev
Timothy Pont |
Issues
first map of Caithness |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1610 |
|
Arthur
Smith |
Alledgedly
minted coins for the Earl of Caithness in Girnigoe Castle |
Dictionary
of National Biography |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1610 |
06-Jan |
William
St. Clere |
Knighted
at Whitehall |
Knights
of England (Shaw) |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1612 |
|
Battle
of Kringen, Otta, Norway |
George
Sinclair and all but 18 out of 300 or so men killed in an
ambush. I50 men came from Caithness |
The
Geneaology of the Earls of Sutherland |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1614 |
|
George
5th Earl |
Supresses
rebellion in Orkney |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1615
or 17 |
|
Patrick
8th Lord Sinclair |
Dies
succeeded by his son John |
Scots
Peerage (Paul) |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1623 |
08-Jul |
William
Sinclair of Mey |
Receives
Knighthood |
Baronage
of Scotland (Douglas) |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1626 |
01-Feb |
Ralph
St. Clare |
Created
Knight of the Bath |
Knights
of England (Shaw) |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1630 |
|
Sir
William Sinclair of Rosslyn |
The
William Schaw petition from the Master of the King's Work
confirms the St. Clairs as traditional Grand Masters of the
Masons of Scotland |
Rosslyn
Chapel (The Earl of Rosslyn) |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1631 |
02-Jun |
James
Sinclair of Mey |
Created
Baronet of Nova Scotia |
Debretts |
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