Among the persons mentioned in this record are Sir Richard of Rollisey (Rousay), Sir Christen of Sanday, John of Orkney, Sigurd of Pappley, John of Dunray (Downreay in Caithness). The title “sir” is equivalent to our “reverend.” (Diplom. Norvegicum, i. 308.) Footnote 139: See p. lxix. Both these documents are printed at length in the second volume of the Diplomatarium Norvegicum, and are exceedingly curious specimens of the language of the time. Footnote 140: Diplom. Norveg. v. 605. Footnote 141: There was a monastery at Dornoch before the death of Earl Rögnvald in 1158. King David of Scotland addressed a missive to Rögnvald, Earl of Orkney, and to the Earl of Caithness (Harald Maddadson), and to all good men in Caithness and Orkney, requesting them to protect the monks living at Durnach in Caithness, their servants and their effects, and to see that they sustained no loss or injury. (Regist. de Dunfermelyn, p. 14.) Footnote 142: Regist. de Dunfermelyn, p. 14. Footnote 143: Ibid. p. 74. Footnote 144: Diplom. Norveg. vii. p. 2. Footnote 145: The Book of Deer (Spald. Club), p. 95. Footnote 146: Diplom. Norvegicum, vii. p. 2. Footnote 147: See p. xliii, and also the account of these transactions in the Saga, chap. cxv. Footnote 148: Printed in Theiner’s Vetera Monumenta, p. 21. Footnote 149: Chron. de Mailros, pp. 139, 150. Footnote 150: Printed in the Miscellany of the Bannatyne Club, vol. iii. Footnote 151: The bones of St. Fergus, the patron saint of Caithness, were deposited in the abbey of Scone. Harald Maddadson, Earl of Orkney and Caithness, granted a mark of silver yearly to the canons of Scone for the souls of himself and wife, and the souls of his predecessors. The grant is witnessed by his son “Turphin.” The Abbot of Scone obtained a royal precept from King Alexander II. addressed to the sheriffs and bailies of Moray and Caithness, for the protection of the ship of the convent when on its voyages within their jurisdiction. The Abbey of Scone was proprietor of the church of Kildonan, which, with its chapels and lands, was confirmed to the canons of Scone by Pope Honorius III. in 1226. (Liber Ecclesie de Scon, pp. 37, 45, and 67.) Footnote 152: Sir Robert Gordon mentions a tradition that he was the builder of the noble castle of Kildrummy, in Mar. Footnote 153: Theiner, Vet. Mon. Hib. et Scot. p. 89. Footnote 154: Ibid. p. 104. Footnote 155: