William Sutherland, 7th of Duffus (died 1543) was a Scottish member of the nobility and a cadet of the Clan Sutherland.
William Sutherland, 7th of Duffus (died 1543) was a Scottish member of the nobility and a cadet of the Clan Sutherland.
He was the son of William Sutherland, 6th of Duffus who had been killed in 1530, [1] in Thurso by the Clan Gunn who according to Sir Robert Gordon, 1st Baronet had been instigated to do so by Andrew Stewart who was the Bishop of Caithness. [2]
William Sutherland, 7th of Duffus made strenuous effort's to avenge his father's death and he refused various offers of compensation that were made to him. He summoned the Bishop of Caithness who had killed his father to appear before him in Edinburgh but the Bishop ignored this. He then seized one of the Bishop's servants and as a result he and his uncle, the Dean of Caithness, were brought before the Privy Council of Scotland. They were imprisoned and forced to come to terms with the Bishop without compensation before they were set free. [3]
In around 1534, Sutherland of Duffus granted a discharge to John Murray of Cambusavie for the balance of 500 merks due to his father. On 25 September 1335 he was declared to be his farther's heir in Torboll and other lands. He granted on mortgage the lands of Kinstearie and Brichtmony to John Campbell of Calder in February 1540. In 1542, William Sutherland of Duffus was declared by a lawful jury to be the lawful heir of his father in all of the lands and rents which his father had died infeft within Inverness-shire. [3]
Also in 1542, William Sutherland of Duffus and Donald Mackay, 11th of Strathnaver submitted to the arbitration of James Stewart, Earl of Moray their claims to certain lands which had caused much blood-shed but in the end was decided in favour of Mackay which ended the feud. [3]
William Sutherland of Duffus died before the end of 1543. He married Elizabeth Stewart, who survived him and re-married to James Murray of Culbardie. William Sutherland's and Elizabeth Stewart's children were:
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Quoting from Gordon, Sir Robert. A Genealogical history of the Earldom of Sutherland