Kirkmichael & Cullicudden (Resolis)
MGC = Macfarlane’s Genealogical Collections
| Name | Value | Date | Grid Ref | Map Sources | Other forms, comments etc |
| Cullicudden parish | |||||
| Cullicudden | (1½ davachs) | 1567 | NH 6464/6565 | Blaeu(Moray) | Ex bishopric. GD305/1/70/26 1567 & RMS VI (265) 1595 give a rental of 16m and 1½ (custom) marts. This suggests 1½ davachs. See also GD305/1/8/4 1608 & GD305/1/92/159 1629. RS38/3/169r 1667. |
| Culbo
Easter Culbo Wester Culbo |
½ davach 1 davach |
1596 1608 |
NH 6460/6461 | Blaeu(Moray)
RHP 3513 RHP 3680 |
Ex bishopric (both Easter & Wester).
RMS VIII (356) 1622. ER XXIII p 448 1595-6. RS36/2/354r 1608. MGC II pp 368-9 No 3 1676. Implied in GD305/1/70/26 1567 & RMS VI (265) 1595. Davach in Retours (Ross) (156) 1693. See below. |
| Kinbeachie | ½ davach | 1567 | NH 6262 | Blaeu(Moray)
RHP 3513 |
Ex bishopric. See below. |
| Drumcudden | 1 davach | 1650 | NH 6463 | Blaeu(Moray)
RHP 1469 |
RS37/7/85r 1650. Retours (Ross) (122) 1666.
ER rentals all suggest 1 davach from 1456. See below. |
| Brae | 1 davach | 1349/50 | NH 6662 | Blaeu(Moray) | See below. |
| Craig (Castle) | ¼ davach | 1667 | NH 6363 | Blaeu(Moray) | Craghous (Blaeu). Ex bishopric. RMS VIII (356) 1622.
RS37/3/333r 1627. RS38/3/169r 1667. See below. |
| St Martin’s | ¼ davach | 1564 | NH 6462 | Blaeu(Moray) | Ex bishopric. RMS V (1052) 1564. MGC II p 365 No 43 1607. |
| Woodhead | (¼ davach) | 1595 | NH 6460 | Ex bishopric. RMS VI (265) gives Reddendo of ¼ mart.
GD305/1/70/26 1567. |
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| Subtotal | 6¼ davachs | Most of this parish – except Drumcudden and Brae – belonged to the bishop. | |||
| Kirkmichael parish | |||||
| Balblair
Easter Balblair Wester Balblair |
¼ davach ½ davach |
1564 1668 |
NH 7066 | Blaeu(Moray) | See below.
RMS VI (354), RMS VIII (356) 1622. Ex bishopric. RMS IV (2981) 1579. RS38/3/343r 1668 – gives bounds. Not ex bishopric. |
| Ferritoune & Achmertine | (½ davach) | 1671 | NH 6866
NH 6966 |
Macgill p 61 No 144. I have assumed they lay in Kirkmichael.
Now Ferryton & Auchmartin. |
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| Resolis | (½ davach) | 1618 | NH 6765 | Blaeu(Moray) | At least ¼ davach in GD305/1/112/385 1618 but context suggests ½ davach. Also RS37/1/65v 1618. Retours (Ross) (163) 1697. |
| Kirkton | NH 7066 | Blaeu(Moray) | |||
| Braelangwell | 1 davach | 1576-7 | NH 6964 | Blaeu(Moray)
RHP 1456 |
RSS VII (945). MGC II p 363 No 29 1576. Laing Charters (2734) 1674, (2748) 1675, (3217) 1762. (No 3217 gives boundaries in detail). |
| Rosabrichtie or
Rostabrightie |
1 davach | 1668 | RS38/3/343r 1668. Macgill p 61 No 144. Retours (Ross) (142) 1685. I have assumed it lay in Kirkmichael. | ||
| Ballicherry | ¼ davach? | NH 7064 | Between Braelangwell & Ardoch. Watson (PNRC p 123) suggests “Bail’ a’ cheathraimh, town of the quarter (davach)”. | ||
| Ardoch | (½ davach) | 1671 | NH 7164 | Blaeu(Moray) | = Poyntzfield (PNRC p 123).
Macgill p 61 No 144. |
| Davach of the Croft | 1 davach | 1671 | Macgill p 61 No 144. I have assumed it lay in Kirkmichael but see also Cromarty table under Farness. | ||
| Subtotal | 4¼ davachs | ||||
| Total | 10½ davachs |
Culbo
RMS IV (1225) 1557 (original 1556) suggests Eister Culbo was a half-davach then. RMS VIII (356) 1622 & RS37/3/333r 1627 confirm it as a half-davach.
Macgill No’s 745 & 833 (both 1667) give Cubusches as an old name for Culbo.
Kinbeachie
RSS VI (47.3) 1567, RMS V (719) 1584 (original 1568) & RMS VI (265) 1595 all give Kinbeachie as a ½ davach. See also OPS II, II pp 844-5 for 1576 quoting Flowerburn Charters.
Drumcudden
Dromcudyn is mentioned in 1328 (Robertson’s Index p 28 No 11(2)). The return stipulated in RMS V (1331) 1587 is that of a davach. A davach in Retours (Ross) (157) 1693.
Brae
Davach in 1349/50 (W Fraser, Earls of Cromartie II p 448, GD159/32). Confirmed in 1370 (RRS VI (476), RMS I (370) 1370 & App 2 No 1663). (See also GD159/32 1437-8, RSS VII (945) 1576-7). (Sometimes described as in ‘bog’ or ‘marsh’ of ‘Fornewyr’. I think this is more likely to be the ‘mairdom’ of Fornewyr – i.e. read maragium rather than maresium). Documents suggest later divided into 2 sections: 1 x 3 oxgangs, 1 x 5 oxgangs. Different to Brae in Fodderty.
Craig
In the Books of Asssumption The Craighouse pays the same as The Wodheid (probably a ¼ davach). RMS VI (353) 1595, on original of 1561, gives the annual Reddendo of Craig as 4m and ¼ mart. It is likely it was a ¼ davach then. RS38/3/169r 1667 links it with Toperchurne/Toberchurne.
Balblair
Easter Balblair is referred to as ‘alias Kirkmichaell’ in 1556 & 1564. (RMS IV (1225) 1557 on original of 1556; VI (354) 1595 on original of 1564). Also RS37/3/333r 1627 & RS38/2/70v 1663.
Wester Balblair was linked with or included Ballaiskaillie (Ballyskelly NH 7064) and Auchmartyne (Auchmartin NH 6966). Balblair and several other farms seem to have become included in the estate of Newhall (NH 6965) by 1685 – see Retours (Ross) (142).
¾ davach is an unlikely total for Balblair so I think there may have been another ¼ davach of kirklands.
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