| |
|
Godbout – Racicot / LeBeuf – LaHaye
|
|
|
 Abt 1408 - Bef 1480 (~ 72 years)
-
| Name |
William Sinclair [1] |
| Born |
Abt 1408 |
Rosslyn Castle, Mid-Lothian, Scotland  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Occupation |
1421 |
| One of the hostages for James I when allowed to return to Scotland |
| Occupation |
12 Aug 1434 |
| Earl of Orkney (invested by Eric, King of Norway) |
| Occupation |
1436 |
| Admiral of Scotland when he conveyed Princess Margaret of Scotland to the Dauphin of France (Louis XI) |
| Occupation |
1449 |
| Lord Sinclair |
| Occupation |
28 Aug 1455 |
| Earl of Caithness |
| Occupation |
1454-1458 |
| High Chancellor |
| Occupation |
1470 |
| Resigned the Earldom of Orkney to the King of Scotland |
| Property |
17 Sep 1470 |
| Received Ravenscraig Castle (co. Fife) by charter (in exchange for the Earldom of Orkney) |
| Occupation |
1471-1473 |
| Ambassador to England |
| Died |
Bef 28 May 1480 |
Ravenscraig Castle, Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire, Scotland |
| Person ID |
I6974 |
Godbout |
| Last Modified |
18 Apr 2017 |
| Family 2 |
Marjory Sutherland, b. Abt 1436, Dunbeath, Caithness, Scotland , d. Between 1476-1480 (Age ~ 44 years) |
| Married |
Bef 15 Nov 1456 |
| Children |
| | 1. Eleanor Sinclair, b. Abt 1457, Ravenscraig, Fifeshire, Scotland , d. 21 Mar 1518, Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland (Age ~ 61 years) |
|
| Last Modified |
18 Apr 2017 |
| Family ID |
F3556 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
-
| Sources |
- [S7] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, George Edward Cokayne; Vicary Gibbs, H. A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand & Howard de Walden, editors, (Reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), Vol. I, pp. 80, 313; Vol. II, pp. 477-478; Vol. VII, p. 597 & Vol. X, pp. 96-97.
|
|
|
|
Search