Malcolm Sinclair, first of Quendale, was lay vicar and reader of Dunrossness, from 20 Dec. 1565 and continued in 1601. When men of the Spanish Armada were wrecked at the Fair Isle in 1588, it was Malcolm Sinclair who received them. He was appointed Commissioner of Peace 28 Nov. 1609, and to apprehend rebels who ight proceed to Shetland on 10 Aug. 1614. He died 6 Jan. 1618 and was buried in the old churchyard of Cross at the head of Quendale Bay. He was married to Margaret Sinclair, daughter of Hugh Sinclair of Brugh, and they had a large family. (Source: Saint-Clair, Roland William. The Saint-Clairs of the Isles. Auckland, 1898. 173.)∼Church reader (lay vicar). Probably the son of James Sinclair of Brew. Presented to the vicarage by James VI 29 Dec. 1575, and continued in 1601. Ordered by the Privy Council to find security for £1000 Scots, 6 June 1597. Appointed a Commissioner of the Peace 28 June 1609. Appointed to apprehend rebels who may proceed to Shetland on 10 August 1614. Married Margaret Sinclair, daughter of Hugh Sinclair of Brugh. Children: James of Quendale; William; George of Craigends and Rapness in Orkney; Malcolm; Michael; Elizabeth (m. Patrick Forbes); Margaret (m. 1593, Michael Balfour of Garth, Orkney); Isabel (m. Duncan Scollay of Hermansgarth); Helen (m. Robert Swinton, minister of Walls); Janet (m. John Neven of Scousburgh). (Sources: Scott, Hew. Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae: The Succession of Ministers in the Church of Scotland from the Reformation. Vol. 7. Edinburgh, 1928. 298; Fotheringham, W. "Notes on the Old Crosskirk at Quendale in Dunrossness, Shetland, and Its Monumental Stones." Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Vol. 41. 30 Nov 1907. 179.)