Tain is an imperial burgh as well as parish in the Region of Ross, in the Highlands of Scotland. The name stems from the close-by River Tain, the name of which originates from an Indo-European origin definition 'flow'. The Gaelic name, Baile Dubhthaich, suggests 'Duthac's community', after a neighborhood saint additionally referred to as Duthus. Tain was given its initial imperial charter in 1066, making it Scotland's earliest royal burgh, commemorated in 1966 with the opening of the Rose Garden by Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. The 1066 charter, granted by King Malcolm III, verified Tain as a shelter, where individuals can assert the protection of the church, and also an immunity, in which citizen sellers and traders were exempt from particular taxes. These resulted in the development of the community. Little is understood of earlier background although the town owed a lot of its relevance to Duthac. He was an early Christian figure, probably 8th or 9th century, whose shrine had come to be so vital by 1066 that it led to the royal charter. The messed up chapel near the mouth of the river was claimed to have actually been improved the site of his birth. Duthac ended up being an official saint in 1419 as well as by the late Middle Ages his temple was an important places of expedition in Scotland. King James IV came at least annually throughout his power to accomplish both spiritual and political objectives. A leading landowning household of the area, the Clan Munro, supplied political and religious figures to the town, consisting of the dissenter Rev John Munro of Tain (died ca. 1630). The early Duthac Chapel was the centre of a sanctuary. Fugitives were by tradition given sanctuary in several square miles marked by boundary stones. Throughout the First War of Scottish Independence, Robert the Bruce sent his partner and child to the haven for security. The haven was violated as well as they were captured forcibly devoted to William II, Earl of Ross who handed them over to Edward I of England The women were taken to England and maintained prisoner for numerous years.