CHAPTER VIII.--JARLS DAVID AND JOHN, FRESKIN II
1206-1263--David's eight years, 1206-1214--King William takes John's daughter as a hostage--Murder of Bishop Adam, 1222--King Alexander's expedition--John's forfeiture--Death of John's son, Harald, 1226--Snaekoll Gunni's son, grandson of Eric Stagbrellir--Murder of Earl John--Trial at Bergen--Lady Johanna of Strathnaver.
CHAPTER IX.--THE SUCCESSION TO THE CAITHNESS EARLDOM
1231-9--Difficulty of the subject--The Angus pedigree--The Diploma of the Orkney Earls--Magnus II's charter--The wardship question--Three claimants (1) Magnus, (2) Johanna of Strathnaver and (3) Earl John's nameless hostage daughter--Skene's opinion--The Cheynes and Federeths, descendants of Johanna--Her charitable gift--Her Moddan and Erlend descent--Magnus II, his descent and marriage--Freskin de Moravia, his descent, marriage, life, and death--The settlement of Caithness and Sutherland--Creation of the Sutherland Earldom between 10th October 1237 and Magnus' death in 1239--Conclusion.
CHAPTER X.--KING HAKON'S EXPEDITION AND THE NORTH
1263-1266--Recapitulation--Norse jarls and the Norse Crown--Affairs in Sutherland--Battle at Embo--Dornoch Cathedral and its constitution--The Angus line and the Freskyns--Hakon's fleet at Ragnvaldsvoe sails south--Battle of Largs--Hakon's retreat and death--The mainland of Scotland and the Hebrides won for Scotland--Treaty of Perth, 1266.
The creed of the Viking--The causes of his migration--Odinism--Settlement in the West--Celtic mothers--Effect on race, language and place-names-- Viking remains--Skaill, Dunrobin--Castles--The Viking type of man--The blended race--Norman influence.
APPENDIX.--EARLY PEDIGREE OF THE FRESKYN FAMILY
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Broxburn. (Strabrock.) History and Antiquities of Uphall, by Rev. James Primrose. Edinburgh, Andrew Elliott, 1898.
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