William Sutherland of Evelix (-) |
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| Father:1 | William Sutherland of Duffus (-1542 or 1543) | ||
| Mother:2 | Elizabeth Stewart (-after August 1579) | ||
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| He appears as a witness in 1562 to charters in favour of his elder brother. He took part with his brothers in the taking and keeping of the castle of Berriedale in 1566. At the burning of the church of Dornoch, about 1570, he is said to have broken open the coffin of Bishop Gilbert Moray, or St. Gilbert, and to have scattered the saint's dust to the wind. Sir Robert Gordon adds that, as a consequence, he died soon afterwards of a loathsome disease, which was regarded as a special divine punishment of his sacrilege, but was probably the natural result of blood-poisoning.3 | ||
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