Sutherland and Caithness in Saga-Time; or, The Jarls and The Freskyns

by James Gray

part of old earldom of Caithness, 83;

granted to Hugo Freskyn, 85;

excluded from grant of half of earldom of Caithness to Harald Ungi, 85, 86;

subdued by king William, 87;

services of Freskyn family, 92;

lordship of Sutherland, 93;

erected into an earldom after 10th Oct. 1237, 116;

escaped attack by king Hakon, 128;

Norse adopted Gaelic language, 131;