Magnus Sinclair of Warsetter

MAGNUS SINCLAIR OF WARSETTER

Magnus Sinclair of Warsetter is not the same person as Magnus Sinclair, Tacksman of Cairston For example, the tacksman of Cairston died before died before 24 February 1528 REO: CV and Magnus Sinclair of Warsetter was still alive on 19 September 1539 REO: 60-1

Battle of Summerdale

Magnus Sinclair of Warsetter (aka Magnus Sincler of Wersetter) fought at the Battle of Summerdale, which took place in Orkney on 19 May 1529. A transcript of the complaint subsequently made to the crown by William, Lord Sinclair, is printed in Storer Clouston's Records Records of the Earldom of Orkney, pp. 58-60. A brief account of the battle is reproduced on p. 60 On 19 September 1539 Magnus Sinclair of Warsetter and twenty-nine others had a respite for their "art and part of the slauchter" of the late John, Earl of Caithness. An abridged transcript of the respite was printed in the Records of the Earldom of Orkney Ibidem, pp. 60-1

Death

Magnus Sinclair of Warsetter died before 8 August 1546. National Records of Scotland, James Brown Craven bequest relating to local and ecclesiastical history on Orkney, reference GD106/329

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

8 August 1546: Wadset by William Sinclair of Warsetter (Sincler of Versetter), heir to deceased Magnus Sinclair, his father, to William Groat (Grote) of the 3 pennyland and 3 merklands in Tankerness (Tanskerness), with a quoy called Bewmonte containing 2 merks of land, lying within St Andrews parish in Orkney. National Records of Scotland, James Brown Craven bequest relating to local and ecclesiastical history on Orkney, reference GD106/329

Genealogy

1. Records of the Earldom of Orkney, drop-line pedigree chart on page 468