Sage’s Clan Gunn History starts and some further notes on the role of the Coroner; Thomas Sinclair ‘Clan Gunn History Supplement 30’, 7 July 1903
REVIEW
This starts with some more notes about the role of the Coroner and then, importantly, starts Donald Sage’s manuscript about the Gunn family. This is a key text for primary Gunn history source material...
KEY PHRASING / PEOPLE / PLACES
· It starts off by continuing with discussion of the Coroner / Crowner issue and its role over time. It is clear that the Coroner continued after ‘union’ and possibly to 1746... In Caithness Dir George Gunn of Ulbster appears to have been the last of the coroners... George Sinclair 4th Earl of Caithness... Coroner Gunn is, at all events, the most prominent officer of this title in the history of Caithness...
· CLAN GUNN (THE ORIGINAL SAGE MS). Right, now this is important as it is an early source document for Gunn history, and there are not many of those! (Do be aware, as well, of Donald Sage’s Memorabilia Domestica which I will deal with at another time.) I This column carries the story to Snaekoll 'Gunn' ... (but I believe a lot of this to be fiction...)
This starts with some more notes about the role of the Coroner and then, importantly, starts Donald Sage’s manuscript about the Gunn family. This is a key text for primary Gunn history source material...
KEY PHRASING / PEOPLE / PLACES
· It starts off by continuing with discussion of the Coroner / Crowner issue and its role over time. It is clear that the Coroner continued after ‘union’ and possibly to 1746... In Caithness Dir George Gunn of Ulbster appears to have been the last of the coroners... George Sinclair 4th Earl of Caithness... Coroner Gunn is, at all events, the most prominent officer of this title in the history of Caithness...
· CLAN GUNN (THE ORIGINAL SAGE MS). Right, now this is important as it is an early source document for Gunn history, and there are not many of those! (Do be aware, as well, of Donald Sage’s Memorabilia Domestica which I will deal with at another time.) I This column carries the story to Snaekoll 'Gunn' ... (but I believe a lot of this to be fiction...)