Sutherland and Caithness in Saga-Time; or, The Jarls and The FreskynsGray, James
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Sutherland and Caithness in Saga-Time; or, The Jarls and The Freskyns
Gray, James
Caithness (Scotland) -- History; Freskin family; Sutherland (Scotland) -- History
Ragnvald Kolson, St., earl of Orkney and Caith.;
sold odal lands back to bonder, to raise money for St. Magnus'
cathedral;
letter from David I;
re-named after Ragnvald Brusi's son;
estates in Caith. and Sutherland;
personal description;
accomplishments;
earldom grant confirmed by king Harald;
sought aid of Frakark to win earldom;
defeated by earl Paul in a sea fight;
earl Paul seized his fleet in Shetland;
escaped to Norway;
returned to Westray;
assisted Sweyn against Frakark;
welcomed Sweyn on his return from Frakark's burning;
reconciled Sweyn and Thorbiorn;
besieged Sweyn in Lambaborg;
reconciled to Sweyn;
visited king Ingi in Norway;
his eastern pilgrimage;
description of route, etc.;
visited queen Ermengerde at Bilbao;
visited Jordan, Jerusalem, Constantinople, etc.;
returned to Turfness;
in Shetland;
in Sutherland at his daughter's wedding;
reconciled to earl Harold at Thurso;
reconciled earl Harold and Sweyn;
annual deer-hunt in Caith.;
slain by Thorbiorn;
buried in St. Magnus' cathedral;
his only child;
had lands in Caith.,
and managed earldom;
never earl of Caith.;
succeeded through a female;
his mother and dau.;
his half of Caith. earldom conferred on his grandson,
Harald Ungi;
his lands in Orkney claimed by Snaekoll;
who was representative of his line;
his share of Caith. earldom inherited by Johanna;
his poetry.
Ragnvaldsvoe, South Ronaldsay.
Rautharbiorg or Rattar Brough;
sea fight.
Raven-banner of Sigurd, jarl.
Redcastle is Eddirdovyr.
Red deer and reindeer in C. and S.
Redesdale, lord of.
Reeves' _Life of St. Columba_.
Register House, Edinburgh;
list of Oliphant charters.
Reindeer, or elk;
horns found in Sutherland.
Ri-Crois, at Embo.
Rinansey, Rinarsey (Ninian's Island), now North Ronaldsay.
Rinar's Hill.
Robert, legendary second earl of Sutherland.
Rogart.
Roger, bishop of St. Andrews.
Roland of Galloway.
Roland's Geo, Papa Stronsay.
Romans in Britain;
Caledonians not conquered.
Ronaldsay, North;
Darratha-Liod recited.
Roseisle.
Ross;
northern part of Airergaithel;
Picts;
Pictish clergy;
subdued by Thorfinn;
bishopric founded;
claimed by Henry, son of earl Harold and Afreka;
Malcolm MacHeth cr. earl;
Pictish province;
bishopric refused by Andrew Freskyn;
marches;
earldom;
king William's expedition;
earl Harold Maddadson's expedition;
boundary;
king William's expedition against thanes of Ross;
Norse place-names;
Macbeth's property.
Ross, earl of;
Ferchar Mac-in-Tagart;
granted land to Walter de Moravia on his daughter's marriage;
career;
lay abbot of Applecross;
knighted for a victory in Galloway;
cr. earl of Ross in 1226;
second earl, William MacFerchar, harried Hebrides.
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