Sutherland and Caithness in Saga-Time eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 243 pages of information about Sutherland and Caithness in Saga-Time.

Sutherland and Caithness in Saga-Time eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 243 pages of information about Sutherland and Caithness in Saga-Time.

  Freskin, Mary;
    dau. of Freskin, younger, and Johanna of Strathnaver, m.  Sir
      Reginald Chen II, had one fourth of Caithness.

  Freskyn, Walter, de Moravia of Duffus;
    son of Hugo F. of Sutherland, succeeded to Strabrock and Duffus;
    his wife;
    known as Sir Walter de Moravia;
    of Duffus;
    his son, Freskin, m.  Johanna of Strathnaver;
    grant of land in Clon from earl of Ross.

  Freskyn, Walter, of Petty.

  Freskyn (MacFreskyn), William, eld. son of Freskyn de Moravia;
    charter of Strabrock and other lands in Lothian and Moray;
    his sons;
    omitted in Sutherland Book;
    second lord of Duffus and Strabroc;
    his eldest son, Hugo of Sutherland.

  Freskyn, William, dominus Sutherlandiae, first earl of Sutherland;
    eld. son of Hugo F.;
    de Sutherland;
    cr. earl of Sutherland: 
    dominus Sutherlandiae from about 1214;
    uncle of Freskyn the younger;
    his lands bounded by those of Johanna on the north and east;
    was probably Johanna’s guardian;
    cr. earl after 10th October 1237;
    repulsed a Norse invasion (?) at Embo;
    death.

  N.B.—­All these Freskyns’ name was de Moravia, not Freskyn.—­J.G.

  Freskyn, William, of Petty, son of William son of Freskyn.

  Freswick (now Bucholie) Castle, (Lambaborg).

  Fretheskin, see Freskin.

  Frida, dau. of Kolbein Hruga, m.  Andres, son of Sweyn Asleifarson.

  Furness;
    Wemund, monk of.

  Gaedingar, too, 152 (n. 22).

  Gaelic;
    superseded Pictish;
    in Sutherland full of Norse words;
    Psalms translated into by Gilbert, bishop;
    Gaelic blood crossed with Norse produced the Saga;
    Gaelic in Sutherland and Caithness included many Norse words;
    a trustworthy vehicle of Norse.

  Gairsay;
    Sweyn’s castle;
    robbed by earl Harald;
    Sweyn’s life and large drinking hall.

  Gall, Eilean nan;
    traditional combat.

  Gall-gaels, or Gaelic strangers;
    mixed Gaelic-Norse;
    held sea from Lewis to Isle of Man;
    of Argyll.

  Galloway;
    part of Valentia;
    subdued by earl Thorfinn;
    rebellion subdued;
    Roland of, defeated Donald Ban MacWilliam;
    rebellion put down by king Alexr.  II.

  Geographical Collections, (W.  Macfarlane).

  Gibbon, Gillebride or Gilbert, earl of Orkney and Caithness;
    son or brother of earl Magnus II;
    his dau.  Matilda m.  Malise, earl of Stratherne;
    d. 1256, succ. by son Magnus III.

  Gilbert, alleged earl of Orkney.

  Gilbert d’Umphraville, earl of Angus, m.  Matilda, countess of Angus.

  Gilbert d’Umphraville, earl of Angus;
    son of Matilda.

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