Clan Sinclair of Caithness (supporters of James V of Scotland)
Sinclairs of Orkney Orcadians
Commanders and leaders
John Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Caithness †[1] William Sinclair, 5th Lord Sinclair[2]
James Sinclair, Governor of Orkney[1]
Casualties and losses
500 men killed including the Earl of Caithness[1] William Sinclair, 5th Lord Sinclair and others taken prisoner[2]
One killed
The Battle of Summerdale (also called the Battle of Bigswell[3]) was fought on 19 May 1529,[a] and was the last battle to take place on Orkney soil.[6] The battle took place on the boundary of the parishes of Orphir and Stenness in Mainland, Orkney (several miles west of Kirkwall).[6][7] The battle was fought between the Sinclairs of Orkney and Shetland and the Sinclairs of Caithness, who had the support of James V, King of Scotland.[8]
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^Barry, George (1805). The History of the Orkney Islands. Edinburgh and London: Archibald Constable and Longman Hurst. p. 25. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
^"Jo Ben's 1529 "Descriptions of Orkney"". Retrieved 10 December 2013.
^Saint-Claire, Roland William (1898). The Saint-Clairs of the Isles. Shortland Street, Auckland, New Zealand: H. Brett. pp. 488-490. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
^ abSigurd, Towrie. "The Battle of Summerdale". Retrieved 2 May 2013.
^Pederson, Roy (1992). Orkneyjar ok Katanes.
^Sinclair, Niven. "The Battle of Summerdale". Retrieved 2 May 2013.
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