Records of the Earldom of Orkney 1299-1614

Introduction also by J. Storer Clouston
Contents [each record has it's own Roman Numeral]
Early Records I-XXVII (1-27), p3-66
Decrees, and other Records, of the Courts XXVIII-LXXXVI (28-86), p67-188
Dispositions of Land in Orkney LXXXVII-CCVII (87-207), p189-328.
Dispositions of Tenements in Kirkwall CCVIII-CCXXXV (208-235), p329-362
A Few Miscellaneous Documents CCXXXVI-CCXLI (236-241), p363-383
"Orkney and Shetland Seals attached to documents in this volume" by W Rae MacDonald, FSA Scot, Albany Herald (with notes by the Editor) p385-391
Appendix A - Extracts from the Orkneyinga Saga (Illustrating certain features of the ancient constitution of the Earldom), p393-396
Appendix B - Members of the Old Orkney Head Courts, p397-403
Appendix C - Tacksmen of the Kingslands in the 1492 and 1502-3 Rentals, with the amount of land they held (Including also a few odallers [udallers], witnesses, etc. - everybody mentioned in the two rentals) p404-419
Appendix D - An Old Inventry - a list of 48 charters narrating purchases in Orkney and Shetland (from Wemyss Castle charter chest), p420-425
Appendix E - The Map of Orkney, p426-428 (includes fold-out plan)
Appendix F - A Note on the Shetland Lawthing p430-432
Pedigrees of some Roithman Families p433-470
Index p471-515
Fold-out colour copies of three documents:
1. Letter of Wadset by Thomas of Ness to his brother Andrew of Ness of his four merk land in Ness dated 3 August 1440.
2. Disposition by Robert Yorkston elder to William Corgyll of a piece of land as an assthyment, date d28 January 1489-90
3. Seals of the jury in a process of apprising at the instance of Robert, Earl of Orkney, against Janet and Catherine Halcro and their husbands in Rousay, 12 November 1584.
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