- of Caithness. 1581: Orkney:
erected into a
lordship with the
right of
sheriffship. It was
annexed to the
Crown in 1612,
although the term "lordship" continued...
-
first known sheriff is
Gospatric (sheriff of Roxburgh). The
hereditary sheriffship of
Roxburghshire was
possessed by the
family of
Douglas until the abolition...
-
barony of
Freuch in Galloway. In
January 1681, he was
appointed to the
sheriffships of Wigtown, Dumfries,
Kirkcudbright and Annandale. In
December 1682,...
- of his
influence at court. He was
deprived in 1630 of his
heritable sheriffships of
Aberdeen and Inverness. The same year a feud
broke out
between the...
- This
Barony together with the
lands of Cavers, and also the
hereditary sheriffship of Roxburghshire, were
possessed by the
family of
Douglas until the abolition...
-
practice of his
profession at the bar in Edinburgh. In 1780 he
resigned his
sheriffship and was
appointed one of the advocates-depute by
Henry Dundas, then Lord...
- and
profligate Court. On 23
April 1662 he
received a
Commission of the
Sheriffship of Ross-shire,
which was
afterwards renewed to him and to his eldest...
- one of the Earl of Cathness's and Earl of Argyll's 'Deputies' in the
Sheriffship and Justiciary. The
other Deputes are Lord
Strathnaver himself, Ross...
- was in this same year
William Calder, 3rd
Thane of
Cawdor who held the
Sheriffship and
Constabulary of
Nairn started construction on the
tower of Cawdor...
- This
Barony together with the
lands of Cavers, and also the
hereditary sheriffship of Roxburghshire, were
possessed by the
family of
Douglas from the early...