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Parish of Dornoch Co. [County] of Sutherland ------- Examiners Replies to each of the underlined portions
Extracts from Fullarton's Gazetteer

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Dornoch, a royal burgh in the above parish, is situated on the
north coast of the frith of Dornoch, nearly opposite to the burgh of Tain
which lies on the south side of the frith. It is literally a village, con-
sisting of a church, a gaol, and a very few houses; and has been decreasing
for several years although it is the county town, and the seat of the Sheriff
Depute. By charter of Charles II., dated July 14th 1628. Dornoch was
erected into a Royal Burgh, with the ordinary privileges, but a reservation ------- For description of
in favour of the Earl of Sutherland's hereditary rights. It is governed by ------- Dornoch see name
14 councillors, over whom the Duke of Sutherland, the wealthiest nobleman ------- Book of Dornoch.
in Great Britain, is provost Along with Tain, Dingwall, Wick, Crom-
arty, and Kirkwall, it unites in sending a member to parliament.
The property of the burgh consists of the links in the neighbourhood,
which, for the year 1832-3, were let by public roup for the sum of £2-1.s The
rest of the annual income is derived from custom and market dues, but
these being inadequate to defray the expense, the difference is made up by
the Duke of Sutherland. A claim is made for a very extensive and
apparently undefined royalty, greatly exceeding the parliamentary boundaries;
but the territory over which jurisdiction has been exercised is understood ------- The Magistrates appoint
to be limitted to what may be called the burgh proper. The magistrates ------- the town officers. The prison
appoint the town officers and gaolers ------- board the gaolers.
Dornoch was formerly the seat of the bishop of Caithness. The precise
time of the erection of the See is not ascertained. Andrew, bishop of Caithness,
is witness to a donation by David I. to the monastery of Dunfermline. He
[was bishop here] in 1150, and is probably the first of whom there is authentic
[accounts] In 1222 Gilbert Murray was consecrated bishop here; he built the ------- Vide name Book
[Cathedral of Dornoch; and died at Scrabster, in Caithness - where the bishops ------- for description of
had also a residence in 1245. A statue of him is still shown in the ------- the Cathedral.
church here, under the name of St. Gilbert, but it is not entire. Some writers
tell us, that Dornoch was also the seat of one of the Monasteries of the ------- The site of the Monastery
[Trinity] or Red Friars, otherwise called Mathurines, from their house in ------- Cannot be pointed
[Paris] dedicated to St. Mathurine. The great professed object of the ------- out.
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