William P.L. Thomson, <i>Lord Henry Sinclair's 1492 Rental of Orkney</i>

Crawford, Barbara E.

doi:10.3366/nor.1998.0014

Northern Scotland

1998

DOI: 10.3366/nor.1998.0014

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William P.L. Thomson, Lord Henry Sinclair's 1492 Rental of Orkney

Barbara E. Crawford¹

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“…Far away to the north, the MacDonalds’ poor relations with the Sinclairs seem to have deteriorated further by this point. Their head, William Sinclair, was a leading peer of Scotland: he had held the earldom of Orkney from the king of Denmark‐Norway‐Sweden since 1434 but he prioritized his interests in Scotland where, in 1455, James II granted him the earldom of Caithness and appointed him lord chancellor . There appears to have been bad blood between the MacDonalds and Sinclairs for quite some time, judging by Hugh MacDonald's account .…”

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Donald Balloch, the ‘Treaty of Ardtornish-Westminster’ and the MacDonald raids of 1461-3

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This article attempts a reassessment of Clan Donald's activities and their relations with the Scottish and English crowns in 1461–3. There are two objectives: first, to review the nature and significance of the MacDonald alliance with Yorkist England and the identities and roles of its leading advocates; and second, to establish how far, if at all, the raids conducted by the MacDonalds in these years can be linked with the development of this entente. The exercise necessitates a review of background themes, at first seemingly distinct from each other, but which coalesce in 1460–1 to create a dynamic out of which the alliance was born and, arguably, MacDonald military activity encouraged.

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Donald Balloch, the ‘Treaty of Ardtornish-Westminster’ and the MacDonald raids of 1461-3

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William P.L. Thomson, Lord Henry Sinclair's 1492 Rental of Orkney

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Donald Balloch, the ‘Treaty of Ardtornish-Westminster’ and the MacDonald raids of 1461-3

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