Tain is a royal burgh and also parish in the County of Ross, in the Highlands of Scotland. The name derives from the close-by River Tain, the name of which comes from an Indo-European origin definition 'flow'. The Gaelic name, Baile Dubhthaich, indicates 'Duthac's community', after a local saint likewise referred to as Duthus. Tain was granted its very first imperial charter in 1066, making it Scotland's oldest royal burgh, memorialized 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 claim the security of the church, and also an immunity, in which homeowner merchants and traders were exempt from specific taxes. These resulted in the development of the town. Little is known of earlier background although the town owed much of its value to Duthac. He was a very early Christian number, possibly 8th or 9th century, whose temple had actually become so essential by 1066 that it led to the imperial charter. The destroyed church near the mouth of the river was stated to have been built on the site of his birth. Duthac came to be an official saint in 1419 and also by the late Middle Ages his shrine was an essential areas of trip in Scotland. King James IV came with least once a year throughout his power to achieve both spiritual and also political goals. A leading landowning family of the area, the Clan Munro, gave political as well as religious figures to the community, consisting of the skeptic Rev John Munro of Tain (died ca. 1630). The very early Duthac Chapel was the centre of a shelter. Fugitives were by practice given sanctuary in numerous square miles marked by border rocks. During the First War of Scottish Independence, Robert the Bruce sent his better half and also child to the refuge for safety. The sanctuary was gone against as well as they were caught forcibly loyal to William II, Earl of Ross that handed them over to Edward I of England The ladies were required to England and maintained prisoner for numerous years.
