Sutherland and Caithness in Saga-Time; or, The Jarls and The FreskynsGray, James
History
Sutherland and Caithness in Saga-Time; or, The Jarls and The Freskyns
Gray, James
Caithness (Scotland) -- History; Freskin family; Sutherland (Scotland) -- History
Moldan, (see Moddan), of Duncansby;
kinsman of Scots king;
connection with Moddan family.
Monuments of C. and S., early.
Moravia, family, de;
see Freskin.
Moraviensis, Registrum Episcopatus.
Moray, province of;
Pictish province of Fidach including Ross;
northern limit of Roman penetration;
no brochs;
Norse influence;
last Pictish province subdued by Scots;
wars between kings of Alban and the Norsemen in;
Pictish clergy driven from seaboard by Norse;
Norse driven from laigh of M.;
taken from Norse;
Norse defeated at Mortlach;
ravaged by earl Thorfinn Sigurdson;
bishopric founded;
estate of Freskyn de Moravia;
earl Waltheof burnt in his house;
a barrier to Scottish civilisation;
Pictish province stretched across to the Minch;
defeat of Picts of M. at Stracathro;
Register of Moray;
Freskyn estate;
rebellions;
feudal barons repel Eystein's invasion;
rebellion subdued;
estates of Freskyn;
earl Harold Maddadson's expedition;
Freskyn family appointed guardians;
rebellion of MacHeths;
king William's expedition against thanes of Ross:
chartulary;
revolt of Donald Ban MacWilliam;
king Hakon's proposed raid (1263);
no Norse place-names on seaboard;
Pictish inhabitants scattered, the Mackays to Durness.
Moray, bishops of;
Andrew Freskyn;
grant from Johanna of Strathnaver;
Archibald, regrant to Reginald Chen II;
Felix.
Moray, Gilbert, archdeacon of and bishop of Caithness.
Moray, Richard of;
brother of Gilbert;
fell repulsing Norse.
Moray, Shaw's.
More, Loch.
More, Reginald;
chamberlain of Scotland.
Morgan;
first name of clan Mackay, MacHeth, or MacAoidh.
Mortlach, in Moray;
Norse defeated by Malcolm II.
Morton, Reg. Hon. de, earl of Katanay.
Mound, the;
Craig Amlaiph near.
Mounth, or Grampians, home of Caledonians.
Mousa Broch;
used by run-away honeymoon couples.
Munch, P.A.;
_History of Norway_.
Mungo, or Kentigern, St., in Strathclyde and Pictland.
Murkfjord or Myrkfjord (possibly Loch Glendhu).
Murkle, C.
Mydalr, Iceland.
Nairn.
Naver, Loch;
broch;
River Naver;
lands of Moddan family;
Dovyr.
Naver, River;
Dalharrold;
see Dovyr.
Nechtan.
Nerbon, sae-borg on the;
Bilbao on the Nervion.
Ness, now Caithness.
See Cait and Caithness.
New Spalding Club;
_Records of Elgin_.
Niorfa Sound (Straits of Gibraltar).
Nisbet's Heraldry.
Norafjord in Sogn.
Normans;
Conquest;
families accepted as chiefs;
influence of, in Caithness and Sutherland.
Norman architecture;
St. Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall.
Norse mythology;
of early settlers in Britain.
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