CAITHNESS 475 VIII. 1214. 12. ^ ]oHti, Jarl of Orkney Tind Earl of Caithness [S.], br. and h. He was supposed to have been privy to the murder of Adam, Bishop of Caithness, in 1222, and accordingly he was deprived of his estate by Alexander II, though, for a large sum, suffered to redeem it. He d. s.p.m., 1231, being murdered by his servants, and his body burned in retaliation for the death of the Bishop. IX. 1232. 13 and 14. -J- Magnus, Jarl of Orkney and Earl of Caithness [S.], is stated to have been s. of Gillebride, Earl of Angus [S.], by his 2nd wife, sister of + Harald Ugni, Earl of Caithness (who d. 1198), to whom this Magnus, though an infant, was apparently recognised as successor in his half of the Earldom. In Scots Peerage the view is held that he was s. of Gilchrist, Earl of Angus, and grandson of Gillebride abovementioned. It seems, however, quite probable that he was the same person as Malcolm, Earl of Angus, s. of Duncan, s. of Gilchrist, s. of Gillebride, which Malcolm is named as Earl of Angus and Caithness in 1232. The whole matter is, however, very obscure, cf, the account given in vol. i, sub Angus. In 1232, at all events, he was Earl of Caithness. He d. 1239. The other half of Caithness appears to have been possessed by pRESKiN^^of Moray), Lord of Duffus (who d. before 1269), in right of his wife *Joan (the inheritor of Strathnaver) who, possibly, was da. and h. of Earl John, last abovenamed. X. 1239. 15. 4- Malcolm (^) Jarl of Orkney and Earl of Caithness [S.], probably s. and h. of Earl Magnus abovenamed. The other half of Caithness was, probably, possessed by
- Freskin as above.
XI. 1280? 16 and 17. •fJoHN,(^) Jarl of Orkney and Earl of Caithness [S.], s. and h. He was one of the nobles addressed by Edward I, 12 Mar. 1289/90, as to a proposed marriage between his son and Margaret of Norway, Queen of Scotland. To Edward I he swore fealty at Murcle, 5 Aug. 1279. He d. before 28 Oct. 13 12. The other half of Caithness appears to have been possessed by Sir Reynald Cheyne in right of * Mary his wife, one of the two daughters and coheirs of Freskin and *Joan abovenamed, who had acquired the portion (one fourth) of the other such da. and coh., * Christian, by the resignation of Christian's husband, William of Fedrett. XII. 1300. 18. +Magnus,(^) Jarl of Orkney and Earl of Caith- ness [S.], "the last of the Earls of the Angus line." His relationship to the former Earls is not clear. He m. Katherine, and d. (^) The succession between Earl Magnus, who sue. in 1232, down to the Earl Magnus, who d. about 100 years later, is obscure and uncertain. It is altogether omitted in Skene's valuable article.
