Alness HMC = Sixth Report of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts Name Value Date Grid Ref Map Sources Other forms, comments etc Alness (¼ davach) 1556 NH 6569 Blaeu(Moray) Ex bishopric. Kirktoun rent was 2½m + ¼ mart in…
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de Insulis Estate – Summary Text
The ‘de Insulis’ family estate. This text file tries to clarify the general land-holding position in a huge section of the north-west seaboard comprising (from S. to N.) Lochalsh, Lochcarron, Kishorn, Torridon and Loch Broom. A detailed breakdown will…
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de Insulis Estate – Summary Table
De Insulis Estate To save space I have simplified attributions in the Comments column by leaving out the names of the individuals involved. Ex C. de Insulis or ex A. de Insulis means it was fomerly a property belonging to…
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West Coast of Ross – Summary Text
West Coast of Ross There are a small number of documents, possibly copied from each other, where there appears to be an anomaly in the exchange rate between merklands and davachs. Old Extent in this section of the NW…
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Lochcarron – Summary Text
Lochcarron Principal Sources – see also ‘de Insulis’ text file OSA Vol 13 No 34 ALI No 76 1462-3, No 102, 1472, No122 1492 RMS III (534) 1527-8, (1924) 1538-9 RMS IV (203, 204) 1548, (854)…
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Lochcarron – Summary Table
Lochcarron As with Lochalsh some of the Lochcarron farms went to the Camerons; others were divided between the Glengarry and Kildun families. (See ‘de Insulis’ table). The values of the Kildun portions are not stated but we can assume they…
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Gairloch Farms
Gairloch Farms ER XVI p 597, 1535 ER XVI p 602, 1535-6 ER XIX p 507, 1562-3 Retours (Ross) (3) 1566 ER XIX p 557, 1566-7 Retours (Ross) (4) 1569 RMS VII (2078) 1619 Retours (Ross) (87) 1638 Gerlocht Gerloch…
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Gairloch – Summary Text
Gairloch Principal Sources OSA Vol 3 No 7 RMS I (423, 437) on original of 1366 RMS II (147) 1429-30 RMS VII (2078) 1619 RSS I (3991) 1528 Robertson’s Index p 98 No 327 ER XVI…
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