| Year |
Month |
Event |
Description |
Reference |
| 1160 |
|
Sweyn |
Famous
Caithness and Orkney raider killed in an ambush in Dublin |
|
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|
|
| 1162 |
|
First
scroll written in Caithness |
|
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|
|
|
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| 1162 |
|
Henry
de St.Clair |
Receives
charter of lands of Herdmanston in Haddingtonshire |
Scots
Peerage (Paul) |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1163? |
|
Hugh
de St. Clair |
Excommunicated
by Thomas a Beckett for having 'taken possession of the goods
and properties of the same church of Canterbury without
permission' |
Niven
Sinclair |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1170? |
|
Harald |
Jarl
of Orkney and Earl of Caithness |
Complete
Peerage |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1176 |
|
Harald
III the Younger 29th Earl |
Earl
of Orkney and Caithness |
St
Clairs of the Isles (Sinclair) |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1189-1192 |
|
Third
Crusade |
Fails
to retake Jerusalem but agreement gained for free visitation of
Holy places. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1192 |
|
Rognvald
27th Earl |
Canonised |
The
Orkneyinga Saga |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1195 |
|
Harold
the Elder 28th Earl |
Forfeits
Shetland to the Crown of Norway and it does not form part of the
domain of the Earls until 1397 |
The
Orkneyinga Saga |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1196 |
|
Battle
of Clairdon |
Harald
the Younger, grandson of Earl Ronald, slain by Harold the Elder
and lies buried in 'Harold's Tower' near Thurso Castle |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1196 |
|
Harald
the Elder, Earl of Caithness and Orkney |
Rebels
against King William the Lion |
Peerage
of Scotland (Douglas) |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1201 |
|
Harald
28th Earl |
Storms
castle of John, Bishop of Caithness whose tongue is cut out as
'he was an informer' |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1201 |
|
King
William the Lion |
Marches
to Caithness in revenge for John's death. Harald buys peace for
2000 merks of silver and looses Sutherland |
Complete
Peerage
Scots Peerage (Paul) |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1202-04 |
|
Fourth
Crusade |
Constantinople
taken and held for fifty years |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1206 |
|
Harald
the Elder 28th Earl |
Dies,
succeeded by his son David |
Complete
Peerage |
| 1206 |
|
David
30th Earl and John 31st Earl |
Sons
of Harold II joint Earls |
St
Clairs of the Isles (Sinclair) |
| 1206 |
|
Thorfinn |
Eldest
son of Harald 28th earl dies in Roxburgh Castle where he was
confined as a hostage and after mutilation by King William the
Lion of Scotland |
The
Orkneyinga Saga |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1214 |
|
Gilbert
Murray, distinguished ecclesiastic |
Appointed
Bishop of Caithness |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1214 |
|
David,
(30th Earl) Jarl of Orkney and Earl of Caithness |
Dies,
succeeded by brother John |
Complete
Peerage |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1222 |
|
John,
Jarl of Orkney and Earl of Caithness |
Does
not stop the burning of Adam, Bishop of Caithness to death in
Halkirk for raising tithes. Gilbert succeeds to Bishopric and
moves residence from Halkirk to Dornoch |
Peerage
of Scotland (Douglas)
Last of the Free (James Hunter) |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1222 |
|
Alexander,
King of Scotland |
Came
to Caithness and mercilessly avenged the Bishop's murder |
Peerage
of Scotland (Douglas) |
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