Cullicudden Schoolmaster
Macgill p 61 No 144 1671 is a record of how the parish worthies decided to maintain a schoolmaster. On the basis that every davach should pay a boll victual the following figures are given:
| Farm | Modern name | Bolls/Firlots | Davachs | Other evidence |
| mikle & litle Breyes | Brae | 1b | 1 | 1 davach |
| Cullicudden | Cullicudden | 10f (=2½b) | 2½ | 1½ davachs |
| Sant Merteins | St Martins | 2f (=½b) | ½ | ¼ davach |
| Drumcudden | Drumcudden | 1b | 1 | 1 davach |
| Kinbeachie | Kinbeachie | 2f (=½b) | ½ | ½ davach |
| Craighouse | Craighouse | 1f (=¼b) | ¼ | ¼ davach |
| Woodhead | Woodhead | 1f (=¼b) | ¼ | ¼ davach |
| Easter Culbo | Easter Culbo | 2f (=½b) | ½ | ½ davach |
| Waster Culbo | Wester Culbo | 1b | 1 | 1 davach |
| Rostabrightie* | 1b | 1 | 1 davach | |
| Davach of the Croft** | 1b | 1 | ||
| Breylangwell | Braelangwell | 1b | 1 | 1 davach |
| Ardach | Ardoch | 2f (=½b) | ½ | |
| Ferritoune & Achmertine | Ferryton &
Auchmartin |
2f (=½b) | ½ | |
| Waster Belblair | W Balblair | 2f (=½b) | ½ | ½ davach |
| Easter Belblair | E Balblair | 1f (=¼b) | ¼ | ¼ davach |
| Risolas | Resolis | 1f (=¼b) | ¼ | |
| Bellcherrie | Ballicherry | 2f (=½b) | ½ | |
| Total | 12 bolls***
+3 from patron |
13 implied davachs | 9 davachs total |
The ‘Davachs’ column is implied by the number of bolls and firlots raised.
The ‘Other evidence’ column shows davach assessments found in other documents. These match very well.
* Rostabightie – PNRC p 123. Blaeu marks near Braelangwell.
** The only other reference I have found to this davach is in GD305/1/43/4 c. 1678 which includes it in the barony of Cromartie.
*** The actual total is 13 bolls – not 12 as given in the source.
I have not incorporated every bit of the above data into the Kirkmichael table because there are some slight differences.
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