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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… and Paplay HOLM and PAPLAY, a parish, in the county of Orkney, 8 miles (S. E. by E.) from Kirkwall; containing, with … and almost the sole, proprietor of the lands. The common Orkney breed of cattle, formerly prevalent, has been improved … family of the Grmes, descendants of Grme, Bishop of Orkney, is now deserted. The site of a fishing village was …
Henley: Social and Political History
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 16, Henley-on-Thames and Environs
… and by 1850 there were 23 stewards including the earls of Orkney, Falmouth, and Kilmorey. The earl of Macclesfield (who …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… Robert, abbot of Kinloss, to the vacant bishopric of Orkney, but desires a pension of 800 mks. out of the fruits …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… says, Cassils will gladly do. This afternoon the bp. of Orkney came to tell Sadler that, coming out of his own …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… archbishop of Glasgow, earl of Angus, bishop of Orkney, earl of Morton, abbot of Holyroodhouse, lord Seton, …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… to France as reported, but only to visit some of the Orkney Isles where there had been some disturbance. London, …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… by their fishermen against his subjects about the Isles of Orkney and Shetland, and desires that they may be forbidden …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… and Somervail touching the overtures made by the bp. of Orkney and lord Fleming on behalf of the Cardinal and his …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… Meeting, . . . Aug. Present: Governor, Cardinal, bp. of Orkney, earl of Huntly, abbots of Paisley and Dumfermling, …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… Governor, abp. of Glasgow, bps. of Galloway, Dunblane, and Orkney, earls of Huntly, Angus, Argyle, Bothwell, Merschell, …