Inverness-shire, Scotland, British Isles

Inverness-shire is in Scotland.

Badenoch, Inverness-shire, Scotland, British Isles

Around 1220 John "Red" Comyn 1st Lord Baddenoch was born to Richard Comyn (age 28) at Badenoch.

Calder, Inverness-shire, Scotland, British Isles

On 17th March 1510 Archibald Campbell was born to John Campbell 1st of Cawdor (age 20) in Calder.

Around 1540 John Campbell was born to Archibald Campbell (age 29) in Calder.

In December 1551 Archibald Campbell (age 41) died in Calder. His son John (age 11) succeeded 3rd Thane of Cawdor.

Around 1580 John Campbell was born to John Campbell (age 40) in Calder. He married before 1607 his third cousin once removed Jean Campbell and had issue.

Around 1607 Colin Campbell was born to John Campbell (age 27) and Jean Campbell (age 31) in Calder.

Around 1635 Hugh Campbell was born to Colin Campbell (age 28) in Calder to Colin Campbell. He married 1662 his fifth cousin Henrietta Stewart, daughter of James Stewart 4th Earl of Moray and Margaret Home Countess Moray, and had issue.

William of Worcester's Chronicle of England

William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.

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On 12th September 1642 Colin Campbell (age 35) died in Calder.

After 1662 Alexander Campbell 16th Thane of Cawdor was born to Hugh Campbell (age 27) and Henrietta Stewart (age 22) in Calder. He married in or before 1695 Elizabeth Lort, daughter of John Lort 2nd Baronet and Susan Holles, and had issue.

On 11th March 1716 Hugh Campbell (age 81) died in Calder. His son Alexander succeeded 16th Thane of Cawdor.

Dingwall, Inverness-shire, Scotland, British Isles

In 1589 Simon Fraser 6th Lord Lovat (age 19) and Catherine Mackenzie were married at Dingwall.

Dingwall Castle, Inverness-shire, Scotland, British Isles

In May 1449 Alexander Macdonald Earl of Ross died at Dingwall Castle. He was buried at Fortrose Cathedral.

Inverlochy Castle, Inverness-shire, Scotland, British Isles

On 2nd February 1645 a Royalist force of Highlanders and Confederate Irish troops under the overall command of James Graham 1st Marquess Montrose (age 32) defeated the forces of Archibald Campbell 1st Marquess Argyll (age 37) who had been camped at Inverlochy Castle.