Individual Details
John "Bishop nominate of Caithness" Sinclair
(Abt 1445 - Abt 1484)
==Biography==John Sinclair was born about 1445, the son of William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness and 3rd Earl of Orkney.'''Douglas, Robert, Sir, Bart., 1694-1770 : The Peerage Of Scotland :''' Containing An Historical And Genealogical Account Of The Nobility Of That Kingdom, From Their Origin To The Present Generation: Collected From The Public Records, And Ancient Chartularies Of This Nation, The Charters, And Other Writings Of The Nobility, And The Works Of Our Best Historians ... : Free Download, Borrow, And Streaming : Internet Archive". 2020. Internet Archive.>[https://archive.org/details/peerageofscotlan00doug/page/532/mode/2up John Sinclair, Bishop of Caithness, pg 532]
'''Paul, James Balfour, Sir, 1846-1931 : The Scots Peerage :''' Founded On Wood's Ed. Of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage Of Scotland; Containing An Historical And Genealogical Account Of The Nobility Of That Kingdom : Free Download, Borrow, And Streaming : Internet Archive". 2020. Internet Archive.>[https://archive.org/details/scotspeeragefoun02pauluoft/page/334/mode/2up John Sinclair, Bishop of Caithness, Vol II, pg 335]
He was '''Bishop nominate of Caithness'''.
==Research notes==John is not listed as a child of William Sinclair and Margaret Sutherland in [https://archive.org/stream/scotspeeragefou03paulgoog#page/n360/mode/1up Scots Peerage, pg 360]. Not known if Illegitimate or not. Not yet found in Fasti.
== Sources ==
See Also:*'''[Cokayne, George Edward], 1825-1911. [From Old Catalog] : The Complete Peerage (Edition 1, Volume 2) :''' Free Download, Borrow, And Streaming : Internet Archive". 2021. Internet Archive.[https://archive.org/details/completepeerage02cokahrish/page/n111/mode/2up William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness, Vol II, pg 111]*'''Henderson, John. ''[[Space:Caithness Family History|Caithness Family History]]''''' (David Douglas, Edinburgh, 1884) [https://archive.org/stream/caithnessfamilyh00henduoft#page/n35/mode/2up 388 pgs]*'''Saint Clair, Ronald Willam;: "The Saint-Clairs Of The Isles;''' Being A History Of The Sea-Kings Of Orkney And Their Scottish Successors Of The Sirname Of Sinclair". 2021. Archive.Org. [https://archive.org/stream/saintclairsofisl00sain#page/296/mode/2up pg 297]*'''"THE CAITHNESS EPISCOPATE'''. 2021. Fionamsinclair.Co.Uk. [http://fionamsinclair.co.uk/genealogy/isles/C_Episcopate.htm Caithness Episcopate]*'''"Rosslyn St. Clair Descendants | The Sinclairs"'''. 2019. The Sinclairs | Sinclair Genealogy..[https://sinclairgenealogy.info/scotland/rosslyn-st-clair-family/rosslyn-st-clair-descendants/ Rosslyn St. Clair descendants]
'''Paul, James Balfour, Sir, 1846-1931 : The Scots Peerage :''' Founded On Wood's Ed. Of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage Of Scotland; Containing An Historical And Genealogical Account Of The Nobility Of That Kingdom : Free Download, Borrow, And Streaming : Internet Archive". 2020. Internet Archive.>[https://archive.org/details/scotspeeragefoun02pauluoft/page/334/mode/2up John Sinclair, Bishop of Caithness, Vol II, pg 335]
He was '''Bishop nominate of Caithness'''.
==Research notes==John is not listed as a child of William Sinclair and Margaret Sutherland in [https://archive.org/stream/scotspeeragefou03paulgoog#page/n360/mode/1up Scots Peerage, pg 360]. Not known if Illegitimate or not. Not yet found in Fasti.
== Sources ==
See Also:*'''[Cokayne, George Edward], 1825-1911. [From Old Catalog] : The Complete Peerage (Edition 1, Volume 2) :''' Free Download, Borrow, And Streaming : Internet Archive". 2021. Internet Archive.[https://archive.org/details/completepeerage02cokahrish/page/n111/mode/2up William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness, Vol II, pg 111]*'''Henderson, John. ''[[Space:Caithness Family History|Caithness Family History]]''''' (David Douglas, Edinburgh, 1884) [https://archive.org/stream/caithnessfamilyh00henduoft#page/n35/mode/2up 388 pgs]*'''Saint Clair, Ronald Willam;: "The Saint-Clairs Of The Isles;''' Being A History Of The Sea-Kings Of Orkney And Their Scottish Successors Of The Sirname Of Sinclair". 2021. Archive.Org. [https://archive.org/stream/saintclairsofisl00sain#page/296/mode/2up pg 297]*'''"THE CAITHNESS EPISCOPATE'''. 2021. Fionamsinclair.Co.Uk. [http://fionamsinclair.co.uk/genealogy/isles/C_Episcopate.htm Caithness Episcopate]*'''"Rosslyn St. Clair Descendants | The Sinclairs"'''. 2019. The Sinclairs | Sinclair Genealogy..[https://sinclairgenealogy.info/scotland/rosslyn-st-clair-family/rosslyn-st-clair-descendants/ Rosslyn St. Clair descendants]
Events
| Birth | Abt 1445 | Scotland | |||
| Death | Abt 1484 | Caithness, Scotland | |||
| Alt name | Canon of Glasgow | ||||
| Reference No | 1360393 | ||||
| Reference No | 1383749 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Father | William "3rd Earl of Orkney" Sinclair (1404 - 1480) |
| Mother | Marjory Sutherland (1424 - 1480) |
| Sibling | Eleanor 'of Orkney' "Elinor Sinclair" Sinclair Countess of Athol (1457 - 1518) |
| Sibling | Sir William "2nd Earl of Caithness" Sinclair (1440 - 1513) |
| Sibling | Robert Sinclair (1447 - ) |
| Sibling | Marion Sinclair (1449 - ) |
| Sibling | Sir Oliver Sinclair (1452 - 1520) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Sinclair (1452 - ) |
| Sibling | George Sinclair (1453 - ) |
| Sibling | Alexander Sinclair (1454 - ) |
| Sibling | Lady Margaret Sinclair (1455 - ) |