Islay Summary   The land-assessment pattern in Islay is important not only because it was, with Kintyre, at the heart of the old Lordship of the Isles but also because it shares many features with Man. This takes us back…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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)…

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…

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…

Name Cowlands s d Islay extent Date Ratio Proaig 6 20 0 1506 1 : 3s 4d Sorn 7½ 25 0 3/16 1587-8 1 : 3s 4d Skeag 2½ 8 4 1/16 1587-8 1 : 3s 4d Lagrivug and Inverloskane…