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Grant of North Ferry to Orkney

When
1496
Where
Orkney
Episodes
1

The legacy record claims King James IV granted the north ferry to Orkney to Jan de Groote in 1496. However, the supplied source passages contain no evidence of this specific grant, the individual Jan de Groote, or any ferry operations, rendering the core event unsupported by the provided evidence.

Episodes

  1. 1496 · OrkneyAlleged Grant of North Ferry

    The legacy row asserts a 1496 grant of the north ferry to Jan de Groote, but this event is not mentioned in the supplied source passages.

Background and detail

Background. James IV reigned as King of Scotland from 1488 to 1513. Orkney is an archipelago located off the north coast of mainland Scotland. While the legacy row suggests a ferry grant occurred in 1496, the supplied passages do not contain any record of this specific administrative action or the recipient.

Evidence Gap. The provided sources discuss James IV's military campaigns, the Education Act of 1496, and his general governance, but they omit any mention of Jan de Groote or a ferry concession. Consequently, the specific terms, date, and validity of the grant cannot be verified or substantiated using only the supplied passages.

People involved

Sources

  1. James IV Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-03
  2. Orkney Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-13

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