;
seized by earl Hakon;
earl Magnus favoured in;
earldom conferred on Ragnvald Gudrodson;
much of owned by Moddan's family;
Norse steadily lost hold on C.;
Norse driven outward and eastward;
bishopric founded;
bishop Andrew;
Norse earls;
family of Freskyn de Moravia;
earldom of David I;
robberies by Sweyn;
Malcolm IV granted half earldom to Erlend Haraldson;
red deer and reindeer hunting;
rebellions;
bishop's litigation with earls of Sutherland;
Innes family;
earldom held of Scottish crown;
diocese and cathedral;
bishop Andrew;
first conquest by King William;
subdued by King William;
earl Ragnvald's half conferred on Harald Ungi;
earl Harold slew earl Harald Ungi;
Caithness given to Ragnvald Gudrodson;
who defeated earl Harold at Dalharrold;
Ragnvald's stewards left in charge, their fate;
the lawman;
Ragnvald bought earldom;
extent of earl Harold's earldom;
Scottish policy in the north;
old Norse earldom broken up;
services of Freskyn family;
extent of earldom of earl David;
the burning of bishop Adam;
thingstead and lawman;
the earldom;
succession to earldom;
subjected by king Alexr. II, 1222;
king Hakon's fine;
escaped attack by Hakon;
Scottish subjection of Norse;
Norse adopted Gaelic;
Norse place-names;
Norse type still in evidence;
Normans, Cheynes, Oliphants and St. Clairs;
inheritance of Erlend lands by Normans;
inhabitants a blend of Gael and Norse.

Caithness, church in;
bishopric founded;
cathedral at Halkirk,
at Dornoch;
bishop's palace at Thurso;
constitution of diocese;
records;
bishops: Andrew;
John;
Adam;
Gilbert;
William;
Walter de Baltroddi.

Caithness, earldom of;
in the 14th cent. a moiety in the Angus earls and the Chen family;
South Caithness granted to earl Magnus II;
Brawl, a capital residence of the earls in C.;
devolution of earldom and tribal owners;
North and South divisions;
hostages taken by Scotland after Largs;
paid a fine to king Hakon.

Caithness, earls of;
Thorfinn Sigurdson, first Scottish earl;
Skuli cr. earl by Scots king;
Moddan cr. earl by Scots king;
Crichton and Sinclair earls;
earl's office descended to females;
Norse and tribal land-owners