Re: Is there a published Sinclair pedigree available?

[Niven Sinclair <niven@niven.co.uk>]

At 21:26 20/01/00 -0500, you wrote:
> H.S. "Pete" Cummings in 1998
> published a book on the genealogy of Prince
> Henry appropriately titled "Genealogy of Prince Henry
> Sinclair."  This book
> is reprinted by Higginson Book Company , 148 Washington Street, Post
> Office
> Box 778, Salem Massachusetts 02970.  Drawn from data contained in
> the Clan
> Sinclair Archive, the book covers 23 generations to into the 1980s for
> over
> 6,400 descendants of Prince Henry.  I am sure that this book can be
> found at
> major libraries.  Obviously, being only 2 years old, it can be
> purchased for
> something like $65 or in that area.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cathy Collins <iamcathy@email.msn.com>
> To: sinclair@mids.org <sinclair@mids.org>
> Date: Thursday, January 20, 2000 8:31 PM
> Subject: Is there a published Sinclair pedigree available?
>
>
> Hi All,
>
> Can anyone tell me if there is a published pedigree for Prince 
> Henry
> Sinclair from his birth through the 18th century that might be available
> to
> me in the San Francisco Bay Area?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Cathy Collins
>
> You may obtain a scrolled parchment version of the pedigree of Prince
> Henry Sinclair
by writing to Ian Sinclair, Noss Head Light
House, Wick, Caithness, Scotland.
KW1 4QT

It costs £10 plus p & p which should work out at $20
approximately.  Cheques
should be made payable to the Sinclair Bay Trading Company

It is a beautiful genealogical tree which shows the Norse and Norman
descent of Prince
Henry Sinclair and, although prepared by yours truly, was described by Dr
Barbara
Crawford of St Andrew's University as "the best I have ever
seen" which, coming from
that formidable lady, was praise indeed because we disagree about almost
everything else
except her critical acceptance that the "Zichmi" referred to by
the Zeno brothers in their narrative could only have been the Venetian
rendition of Principe d'Orkney.

Her work on the life of Earl William Sinclair, which she describes as
"The Art of Political
Survival", is also worthy of praise because it deals with William's
purchase of one third
of all the 'udal'* lands in Orkney and Shetland in order to maintain the
Sinclair presence
in the Northern Isles. It will be recallled that he was obliged to hand
over the 'jarldom' lands to King James III when the islands were
transferred from Norwegian to Scottish sovereignty in 1471 as the 'dowry'
of Princess Margaret of Norway.  The islands were deemed to be worth
58,000 florins (£24,166.13.4d) which was quite a large sum at the time
but, in view
of the discovery of North Sea Oil (which industry is centred on Orkney
and Shetland) it
may prove to be the most expensive dowry in history because it has
already netted the British Treasury billions of dollars and the cash flow
rolls on as more and more oil is pumped from the depths of the North
Sea.  Should this be referred to as Sinclair
Oil  in view of the
part Earl William Sinclair played in ensuring the smooth transfer of the
islands to Scottish rule?

* freehold in the Norse sense.

Niven Sinclair



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