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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… and formerly the seat of a diocese, in the county of Orkney, of which it is the capital; containing 3599 … by Olave, the first Christian king of Norway, to whom the Orkney Islands at that time belonged, at a period anterior to … of St Magnus, founded in 1138, by Ronald, Earl of Orkney, in honour of his uncle, Magnus, the preceding earl, …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… in the island of Sanda, North Isles of the county of Orkney, 25 miles (N. E. by N.) from Kirkwall; containing 909 … of the presbytery of North Isles and the synod of Orkney. The minister's stipend is 158. 6. 8., including an … of the river, in England. Ladykirk LADYKIRK, county of Orkney.See Stronsay. Ladyloan LADYLOAN, lately a quoad sacra …
Calendar of Papal Registers Relating to Great Britain and Ireland
… the bishop of Gardar ( Garden.) dwelling in the diocese of Orkney, the archdeacon of Orkney, and Cristin de Sanday, canon of Orkney. Mandate to carry out the letters of Urban VI. …
Calendar of Papal Registers Relating to Great Britain and Ireland
… 5 Id. Nov. St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 259.) To John, bishop of Orkney. Mandate to administer that see, to which, when rector … to the clergy and to the people of the city and diocese of Orkney, and to the archbishop of Throndhjem. Ibid. (f. 273 …
Calendar of Papal Registers Relating to Great Britain and Ireland
… by Benedict XIII's promotion of William, bishop of Orkney, to that see, and by his consecration, which took …
Calendar of Papal Registers Relating to Great Britain and Ireland
… 8 Id. Sept. Florence. (f. 65.) 2 To William, bishop of Orkney. Grant as below. Benedict XIII granted him, then a … obtaining possession of the temporalities of the see of Orkney (some of which are in the hands of certain laymen of …
Calendar of Papal Registers Relating to Great Britain and Ireland
… 267.) To William [Stephen]. Translation from the see of Orkney to that of Dunblane, immediately subject, void by the …
Calendar of Papal Registers Relating to Great Britain and Ireland
… Dunblane, and John Hugonis and Nicholas de Mur, canons of Orkney. Mandate, if they find the facts to be as stated, to … priest, of the diocese of St. Andrews, the archdeaconry of Orkney, a major non-elective dignity with cure, value not … to the above bishop of Dunblane, then bishop of Orkney, of John Thome, and therefore, under his general …
Calendar of Papal Registers Relating to Great Britain and Ireland
… Alexander, [now] bishop of Caithness, sometime elect of Orkney, after receiving provision of Orkney from Benedict XIII did not have himself consecrated …
Calendar of Papal Registers Relating to Great Britain and Ireland
… pope having been informed by William Visart, canon of Orkney ( Ocardien.), that Hugh , rector of Adzel in the … that he holds the canonry and prebend of Sanda in Orkney ( Orcadien.) and the perpetual vicarage of Aberellot …