- was at the head of an
administrative and socio-economic unit
known as a
thanedom or thanage. [T]he "thane",
though he
later developed into a laird, was...
- 23 December 2015 (2015-12-23))
Beowulf arrives at
Heorot to
discover that
Hrothgar the
thanedom ruler, and the man who
adopted him
after his father's death, has died....
- the
country (as it then was) into
shires by the
conversion of
existing thanedoms. The
shires occasionally covered the same area as a province; for example...
- the year 1059, King
Malcolm rewarded Malcolm, son of
Freskin with the
Thanedom of Cunninghame. The
progenitor of the
family known as
Cunningham was Warnebald...
- (now Cawdor) Castle,
until his death.
After Muriel's
death in 1573, the
Thanedom was
resigned in
favour of her grandson, John Campbell. In the 17th century...
-
division of the
country into
sheriffdoms by the
conversion of
existing thanedoms. From the
seventeenth century the
shires started to be used for local...
-
northern part of the area
known as
Kincardine comprised the
Thanedom of
Cowie and the
Thanedom of Durris. The
Mearns was
described as an earldom. Each of...
- of
Nairn town had been
traditionally within the
Barony that
became the
Thanedom.
Following a
summoning of John
Balliol to the
English Parliament to answer...
-
division of the
country into
sheriffdoms by the
conversion of
existing thanedoms. At the
accession of
George II in 1727 twenty-two
sheriffs were hereditary...
- Macbeth. The
grateful King
Malcolm III (1031 to 1093) gave
Friskine the
thanedom or
Baillery of
Cunninghame and the
family took this name,
together with...
