Display board - entrance to third alcove
Date Added: 02 September 2021
Year: 2019
Institution Name: dnhhl
Cat No: ◀ | 2021_003_008 | ▶
Picture No: 14624
St. Gilbert – the founder of Dornoch Cathedral – was descended from the Freskyn family that was granted land in Moray by David I as reward for military service. The family was then granted the ‘Southern land’ of Caithness by William the Lion (1165-1214) when it was forfeited by the Norse Earl Harald as the Scottish King sought to extend his influence in the north. Finally, Hugo Freskyn granted his kinsman, Gilbert de Moravia, the coastal strip of Sutherland stretching from Skelbo to Invershin.
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