1301. The false Margaret is burnt as an impostor at Nordness in Bergen, and her husband beheaded.
1310. Death of John, Earl of Orkney.
1312. Treaty of Perth (1266) renewed at Inverness.
1314. Battle of Bannockburn.
1333. Battle of Halidon Hill. Death of Malise, Earl of Stratherne.
1334. Forfeiture of the earldom of Stratherne, and marriage of Isabella, daughter of Malise, Earl of Stratherne, Caithness and Orkney, to William, Earl of Ross. Malise goes to Norway.
1353. Erngisl Suneson, son-in-law of Malise, Earl of Stratherne, made Earl of Orkney.
1375. King Hakon grants the earldom of Orkney for one year to Alexander de Ard, who resigns all his lands in Caithness to King Robert II.
1379. Henry St. Clair made Earl of Orkney and Shetland by King Hakon Magnusson, at Marstrand.
1382. Bishop William of Orkney slain.