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CALENDAR OF FEARN
history, which has been so powerfully illuminated by Mr and Mrs
Munro. References in the commentaries to unprinted sources have been
given in as much detail as possible; in many cases the date is an essential
part of the reference, and account should be taken of the convention
noted below. References to printed sources have been given by
page-numbers unless otherwise indicated (except to the Great and
Privy Seal Registers); they have been supplemented by manuscript
references where thought useful.
Dates within entries have been retained as written, but entries have
been arranged according to a year beginning on 1 January. Elsewhere in
the volume dates have been adjusted to a similar year; thus, 2 February
1583 is given rather than 2 February 1582/3. Personal names have been
given in standardised modern form where possible. For Gaelic
surnames the conventions used in Acts of the Lords of the Isles230 have
been followed. Earls of Ross who were also Lords of the Isles have been
styled ‘Earl X of the Isles’. Current (or earlier if necessary) Ordnance
Survey spelling231 has been used for place-names; where helpful, these
have been located within parishes and counties as shown in the first
one-inch edition of the Survey. Obscure and unidentified names have
been shown within inverted commas. Variant forms of personal and
place names used in the actual text are shown in the index.
230 Isles, p.lxxxii.
231 The Ordnance Survey Gazetteer of Great Britain (Southampton and Basingstoke, 1987).