Bishopric of Caithness Estate The bishopric of Caithness held enormous estates in Caithness and Sutherland. From its first endowment it is plain that the bishop was expected to play a major role in the politics and society of the…
Lands belonging to the Bishop of Caithness or the Bishop of Orkney.
Bishopric of Caithness Estate The bishopric of Caithness held enormous estates in Caithness and Sutherland. From its first endowment it is plain that the bishop was expected to play a major role in the politics and society of the…
Bishop of Orkney’s lands in Caithness Sources RSS I (1000) 1503 RMS III (2882) 1542-3 on original of 1539 Books of Assumption 1561-5 (J. Kirk, (ed.), The Books of Assumption of the Thirds of Benefices, Oxford, 1995) pp 418,…
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