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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67329	An account of the Islands of Orkney by James Wallace ... ; to which is added an essay concerning the Thule of the ancients.	Wallace, James, d. 1688.; Sibbald, Robert, Sir, 1641-1722. Essay concerning the Thule of the ancients.	1700 (1700)	Wing W491; ESTC R34706	63,791	200

Christiern the first King of Denmark He Marry'd Geils or Egidia Dowglass Daughter to William Dowglass Lord of Niddisdale and of Geils Stewart Daughter to King Robert the Second So much was he favour'd by King Robert the Third that when he was to send his Son Prince James afterward King James the First to France he appointed this Henry Prince of Orkney to be his Governor who taking Ship with him at the Bass came as far as Flamburgh-head but by reason of the Sickness and Indisposition of the young Prince they were necessitated to land and so were both detained Prisoners by the English He had a Daughter call'd Beatrix Sinclar who was Marry'd to James the gross Earl of Douglass And in the Inscription that is on her Tomb at Douglass her Father the Earl of Orkney is stil'd Lord of the Isles and Lord Sinclar To him succeeded his Son William Sinclar Earl of Orkney and Zetland he Marry'd Elizabeth Douglass Daughter to Archibald Earl of Douglass sirnamed Fineman by whom he had a Daughter that afterwards was Marry'd to Alexander Duke of Albany second Son to King James the Second In the Douglass History we find a Note of this Earl's Titles viz. Prince of Orkney Duke of Oldenburgh Earl of Cathnes Lord Sinclar Lord of Niddisdale with the Valleys of Neth Sheris of Dumfreis great Admiral of Scotland Warden of the Marches great Justice General Baron of Erkefoord Caverton Cousland Rosline Pentland Harbartshire Dysart and Newburgh in Buchan He was questionless a Man of great power and eminence and very intimate with King James the Second whom he follow'd and assisted in all his difficulties and by him was made Lord Chancellor of the Kingdom and Lieutenant after that Office was taken from the Earl of Douglass And from that same King he got a confirmation of the Earldom of Cathnes united into a Baronry with his Lands of Orkney in compensation of his claim to the Lordship of Niddisdale and of other Offices and Pensions that he pretended to as being Son to Geils Douglass Daughter to William Douglass Lord of Niddisdale and of Geils Stewart Daughter to King Robert the Second by his Wife Elizabeth Muir This confirmation is dated April 29 Anno 1436. The following Paper I transcrib'd from an ancient Manuscript now in the hands of the Reverend Mr. Robert Norry Minister of Dundee By the Characters and way of Writing it seem'd to be of the Age it relates to viz. 1403 tho' in some things it differs from the Account you have had before yet because this may be more likely and that it gives a better Account of the Earls of this Country I thought it might not be unacceptable to the curious Quoniam inter ceteras hujus fluctuantis seculi curas solicitudines pensata temporum morum ac hominum in hac lacrimarum valle labilitate brevitate testante venerabili illo Cronographo Martino Domini nostri pape Penetentiario Capellano necesse videtur de congruo extrahere progenitorum regum principum aliorum preclarorum genelogias per quas mundus iste transitorius regitur Reges regnant principes gubernant signantque in deduccionem agniccionem veritatis quo ad eorundem successionem veresimiliter evenire speratur Illustri ergo excellentissimo Domino nostro principi supremo Norwegie regi suisque successoribus satrapis patriciis consulibus proceribus dicti regni Thomas Dei Apostolice sedis gracia Episcopus Orcadie Zetlandie Canonici Ecclesie Cathedralis sancti magni Martyris gloriosissimi legifer ceterique proceres nobiles populus ac communitas ejusdem gracia pax caritas gaudium lonagnimitas misericordia a Deo Patre omnipotente a Jesu Christo in spiritu sancto In omnibus vobis per quem reges regnant in cujus manu corda sunt regum cum omni subjectione humilitate obediencia prompti parati vestram in Jesu Christi visceribus zelantes ficientes salutem in caritate non ficta Requirentes ut in dicendis in nostra simplicitate vestra suppleat regia sublimitas quia scimus firmiter longi temporis spacio efficax rerum magistra nos experientia docuit quod in dubium non revocamus qualiter erga Comites Orcadie regalis ipsa sublimitas zelum semper exuberantem exercuit Quamobrem firmam spem gerimus plenamque fiduciam obtinemus quod illa regia majestas verba nostra benegne recipiat diligenter intelligat effective prosequatur ut infra pectoris claustrum solicite considerare convenit ipsa regia sinceritas diligenter attendere quod adulatorium vestre serenitati aliquid non scribimus quod secundum Petrum Blessensem in suo prologo canentem Olei venditores esse non intendimus sed patefacciones veritatis Ergo arbitramur pium esse meritorium testimonium perhibere veritati ne veritas occultetur presertim illa per quam innocenti possit prejudicium generari cum uterque reus est qui veritatem occultat mendacium dicit quia ille prodesse non iste nocere desiderat quod a nobis Deus avertat potissime cum in dicendis per quondam recolende memorie Erici vestri predecessoris regis nostri admoniti patentes literas fuissemus testimonium perhibere veritati prout lacius in sequentibus patebit Hinc est quod nos Thomas Episcopus Capitulum Cononici Legifer ceterique proceres nobiles populus communitas sive plebei antedicti coram Deo in fide ac fidelitate quibus vestre regie Majestati tenemur astricti fideliter attestamur ad perpetuam rei memoriam deducimus fidemque facimus vobis omnibus presentibus futuris Jesu Christi fidelibus sancte matris ecclesie filiis in forma effectu subsequentibus Coram nobis congregatus comparens magnificus praepotens Dominus Dominus Willielmus de Sancto Claro Comes Orcadie Dominus le Sinclar in ecclesia sancti magni martyris in Orcadia proposuit in hunc modum supposuit enim quod nobis bene ad plenum cognita res fuisset quo modo magnis retroactis temporibus antecessores sui progenitores ac ipsi Orcadie comites juste ac juridice inconcusse linialiter gradatim jure hereditario comitatui Orcadie superdicto successerant ac illam per tempora magna longeva nulla aliena generatione interveniente quietissime possederant Et qualiter diverse carte evidencie instrumenta libri censuales alia diversa probacionum genera fuerant igne consumpta deperdita alienata hostilitatis tempore guerrarum emulorum inimicorumque nonnullorum defectu carencia firmissime domus seu municionis inexpugnabilis ubi hujusmodi collocarentur subjunxit idem Dominus Comes quod habuit literas quondam supremi Domini nostri Regis Erici illustris Patentes quas nobis ostendit perlegi fecit precepta continentes subsequencia scilicet quod si quis nostrum habuerit vel qui habuerint aliquas cartas evidencias cirographa