1669 act for annexation of orkney and shetland to the crownの例文
- Although attempts were made during the 17th and 18th centuries to redeem Shetland, without success, and Charles II ratifying the pawning in the 1669 Act for annexation of Orkney and Shetland to the Crown, explicitly exempting them from any " dissolution of His Majesty s lands ", they are currently considered as being officially part of the United Kingdom.
- In 1669 Charles passed his 1669 Act for annexation of Orkney and Shetland to the Crown, restoring the situation much as it had been in 1469 . He abolished the office of Sheriff and erected Shetland into a Stewartry, having a direct dependence upon His Majesty and his officers ( what today we would today call a Crown Dependency ).