CAITHNESS 477 XVI. 1401 3. Walter Stewart, of Brechin, yst. s. of Robert II, or became, on the resi2;nation of Eupheme, his niece above- 1402. named, EARL OF CAITHNESS [S.]. He was, in 1404, shortly before 8 June, cr. Earl of Atholl [S.]. In or about 1428, he resigned the Earldom of Caithness (which, however, reverted to him shortly afterwards) in favour of his son, as under. XVII. 1428 . 4. Alan Stewart, yst. s. of the above, became, on the resignation of his father, EARL OF CAITHNESS [S.]. He obtained, 15 May 1430, a patent for the same to him and the heirs male of his body, with rem. to his father and his heirs. He d. unm., 1 43 1, being slain in a fray at Inverlochy by Donald Balloch. XVIII. 143 1 3 {pis'). Walter (Stewart), Earl of Atholl [S.] to abovenamed, who (again) became EARL OF CAITH- 1437. NESS [S.], under the patent of 1430, on the death of his s. the late Earl. He was executed for high treason on 26 Mar. 1437, when his titles and estates became forfeited. See fuller account under "Atholl," Earldom of [S.], cr. i :^o^, forfeited i ^2>1 • XIX. 1452. I. George Crichton, s. and h. of Stephen C, of Cairns, sue. his father before 1427. He was a favourite of James II, by whom he was made High Admiral [S.] 1448, and Capt. of Stirling Castle. In the Pari, of 1452, he was '■'■beltit" EARL OF CAITHNESS [S.]. Under that designation he got a Royal charter, 8 July 1452, of the same. The limitation is said to have been to the heirs male of his body by his then wife, Janet; anyhow, soon after he had obtained the Earldom, he resigned it into the King's hands, not even reserving his own life rent.^) He sat in Pari, as Earl of Caithness in July 1454. He ;w., istly, a da. of Sir William Douglas, of Strabrock. He /«., 2ndly, Janet, widow of Sir James Douglas, of Dalkeith (by some regarded as ist Lord Dalkeith [S.], who d. about 1440), sister of William, ist Lord Borthwick [S.], and da. of Sir William Borthwick, of Borthwick. He d. in Aug. i454.() His widow was living 5 June 1464. XX. 1455. I. William (Sinclair), Earl of Orkney [S.], who had sue. his father in that honour before 141 8, was one belonging to him in right of his mother Matilda, eldest da. of Earl Malise." All these were granted by the King to his own son David, including "the Castle of Brathwell, now Braal Castle, in the vale of the Thurso river; and the possession of the principal messuage carried the title of Earl. The other lands of the Earldom appear to have been held mpro indiviso fourths." Skene's Celtic Scotland {18S0), vol.iii, P- 453- (*) See Exchequer Rolls [S.], vol. v, preface, p. cii. (•>) He left issue, by his ist wife, a son, James, and, by his 2nd wife, an illegiti- mate da., Janet, who ;«. the Master of Maxwell.
