Wiliam SINCLAIR
Characteristics
| Type | Value | Date | Place | Sources |
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| name | Wiliam SINCLAIR |
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| title | 2nd Earl Of Caithness |
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Events
| Type | Date | Place | Sources |
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| death | 9. September 1513 | Flodden Field,Northumberland,England
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| birth | about 1458 | Ravenscraig,Fifeshire,Scotland
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Parents
| William SINCLAIR | Marjorie SUTHERLAND |
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Margaret KEITH |
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William Sinclair, 2nd Earl of Caithness, slain at Flodden 9Sep1513;m.Margaret, daughter of Sir Gilbert Keith ofInverugy.[MagnaChartaSureties]
There is a superstition that it is unlucky for a Sinclair tocrosstheOrdon a Monday wearing green, This had its origin inthemarchsouthward, in1515, of William, 3rd Earl of Caithness and 300menontheir way toFlodden Field. One returned. He appears to haveleftbeforethe battlecarrying a
drum- head charter' granted to the Earl byJamesIV. TheSinclairs wereinvariably unlucky in their militaryexpeditionsbeyond thecounty.
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