Caithness, church in;
bishopric founded;
cathedral at Halkirk,
at Dornoch;
bishop’s palace at Thurso;
constitution of diocese;
records;
bishops: Andrew;
John;
Adam;
Gilbert;
William;
Walter de Baltroddi.
Caithness, earldom of;
in the 14th cent. a moiety
in the Angus earls and the Chen family;
South Caithness granted to
earl Magnus II;
Brawl, a capital residence
of the earls in C.;
devolution of earldom and
tribal owners;
North and South divisions;
hostages taken by Scotland
after Largs;
paid a fine to king Hakon.
Caithness, earls of;
Thorfinn Sigurdson, first
Scottish earl;
Skuli cr. earl by Scots king;
Moddan cr. earl by Scots king;
Crichton and Sinclair earls;
earl’s office descended
to females;
Norse and tribal land-owners;
Scottish policy in regard
to succession in C.
Caithness and Sutherland Records, Viking Society.
Caithness, Inventory of Monuments and Constructions in the County of.
Caithness, Prehistoric Remains of, (S. Laing and T.H. Huxley).
Calder, Loch.
Calder Valley, Calfdale of Saga.
Caledonia, (G. Chalmers).
Caledonians, Annals of the, (Ritson).
Caledonians inhabited the Grampians;
Romans failed to conquer;
Roman wars effected union
of;
St. Ninian, Christian mission,
through Roman influence.
Cantyre.
Carham; victory of Malcolm II.
Cat, Province of, (Angus Mackay).
Ce, the province Keith, or Mar.
Celtic Britain, (Rhys).
Celtic Scotland, (W.F. Skene);
on succession to Caithness;
Sir W. Fraser’s criticism.
Celts, non-seafaring;
Norse influence;
Gall-gaels;
influence of Norse on Gaelic,
and of Gael on Norse;
“P” and “Q”
Celts;
kilted warriors of Norse extraction.
Celts, Survival of Beliefs among the, (George Henderson).
Chen, or Cheyne, family in Caithness;
descendants of Johanna of
Strathnaver;
family lands.
Chen II, Reginald;
signatory of National Bond
with Wales;
father of Reginald Chen III;
m. Mary, dau. of Freskin
and Johanna of Strathnaver, got one-fourth of
Caithness;
had regrant of Strathnaver
lands;
Kerrow-na-Shein.
Chen III, Reginald, known as “Morar
na Shein,” acquired Berridale in south
Caithness from
Malise II;
owned a moiety of earldom
of Caith., lived in parish of Halkirk;
grandson of Johanna;
Kerrow-na-Shein;
his estate;
acquired south Caithness lands
after 1340;
acquired Christian (Freskyn’s)
fourth;
lands.