Islay – Sources for Land-assessment Since the land-assessment pattern for Islay is complex and important I have laid out the principal sources in some detail. This list is not exhaustive but it covers many of the essential documents. In…
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Glassary Text
Glassary Principal Sources RMS II (1044) 1471, (1219) 1475-6, (1416) 1478-9, (2052) 1491, (2352-3) 1495 RMS III (345) 1525-6, (1882) 1538-9, (2306) 1540-1, (2641, 2812) 1542 RMS IV (756) 1552-3, (2017) 1571-2, (2194) 1573-4 RMS V (26) 1580,…
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Glassary Table
Estate Plan 1818 = Cumlodden Estate Plan in Mitchell Library, Glasgow, TD 219/24 Name Value Date Grid Ref Map Sources Other forms, comments etc Brenchoillie 5m 1666 NN 0102 Pont(15)Estate Plan 1818 Over (or Upper) & Nether, each 2½m Goatfield…
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Kilmeny Table
Name Value Date Grid Ref Map Sources Other forms, comments etc Arrevore 1/4 land 1528-9 Arrewoir(1528-9) matches Arrevore in RMS II (2216) of 1494 but cannot be Arregower which also appears in the 1528-9 list. Storakaig 1¼m1/8 land 15071722…
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Kildalton Table
Name Value Date Grid Ref Map Sources Other forms, comments etc Proaig 1¼m1/8 land 6 vaccatas 15411722 1506 NR 4557 Blaeu(Ila)Add 11803A Progaig(1506), Broag(1507). Rent in 1507 & 1509 was 20s (1½m). From 1541 its value was only 16s 8d.…
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Kilchoman Table
Name Value Date Grid Ref Map Sources Other forms, comments etc ‘in le Ren de Yla’ 10m 1499 Book of Islay p 28. This would be an ounceland/davach unit. Kentraw 2½m(1/4 land) 1507 NR 2662 After 1614 this seems to…
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Kilarrow Table
Name Value Date Grid Ref Map Sources Other forms, comments etc Ardlarach 2½m1/4 land 15071722 NR 2958 Blaeu(Ila)Add 11803A Ardlarauch(1507). Included 2 horsegangs(1686). With 2 cowlands of Cruech from 1686. Cruach (½m) 1686 NR 3258 ‘tua kyn land of Cruech'(1686)…
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Churchlands in Islay Table
Farm-name 1507 Value(s) Value (d) Value (m) Farm-name 1587-8 &/or 1617 Value(s) Value(d) Value(m) Ownership Comments Teirobollis 16 8 1.25 Torrobols 16 8 1.25 Iona(1617) Barsabollis 25 0 1.875 Persebols 25 0 1.875 Iona(1617) Killcallumkill 25 0 1.875 Kilcalumkill 16…
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Churchlands in Islay
The church was a major landholder in Islay – probably from the very earliest times. The 1203 papal confirmation (Book of Islay pp 5-8) of Iona’s possessions includes the “ecclesias … de Ile … Terras de Magenburg, de Mangecheles, de…
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