1587
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- King James VI bestows an estate in Shetland to Hugh Sinclair and his heirs.
July
- 29rd
Patrick Cheyne, sixth Baron Cheyne of Esselmont, had a charter of the Archdeaconry lands of Zetland, comprising certain lands in the island of Sanday in Orkney, 306½ merks lands in Whiteness, 37 in Weisdale, 38½ in Burra, 2 in Tingwall, 2 in Trondra, 2½ in Nesting, 3 in Quhalisay, alias Selchiskerrie, 1 in Aithsting, and 1 in Walls.