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The island of Mull
Mull Summary Table
Summary Table – Mull North Mull Pennylands merklands Ratio ouncelands Treshnish 8 10 1d:1¼m Mornish 10 12½ 1d:1¼m Quinish 16 20 1d:1¼m Mishnish 16 20 1d:1¼m Aros 16 20 1d:1¼m Ungistaffard 10 12½ 1d:1¼m Learballeneill 32 40 1d:1¼m…
Ross of Mull Summary
The Ross of Mull The Ross of Mull provides a good example of the attrition of the Norse pennyland valuation that once extended along most of the west coast. The Ross belonged to the monastery of Iona and was…
South Mull Table
South Mull Name Value Date Grid Ref Map Sources Other forms, comments etc Gribun Ex Iona nunnery. Winschear 1d 1574 c. NM 4432/NM 4433? Kingsheyer(1574), Winschear(1616), Eingschyer(1617), Kingschyir(1635), Englishaw(1672), Kingishair(1674).1d(1616, 1617, 1623, 1624, 1629, 1672, 1674) Balmeanach 1d 1574…
Ross of Mull Table
Ross The entries in the 1674 rental are sometimes not complete. Name Value Date Grid Ref Map Sources Other forms, comments etc Ross £20 1509 £20 in 1509(ER XIII p 214) & 1561(CRA p 1), 1635(AS II (550)), 1637(HP I…
North Mull Table
North Mull Name Value Date Grid Ref Map Sources Other forms, comments etc Treshnish NM 3548 BlaeuLanglands(1801) RHP 12783 4d(1390), 5½d(1509), 7d(1510), 5d(1541), 6d(1674), 8d(1751).(Perhaps originally included farms later listed in Learballeneill)? Trese-nes(Blaeu). Crackaig 1¼m(1d) 1509 NM 351459 Cragag(1509),…
Mull Summary
Mull The land-assessment situation in Mull is uniquely complex. Its conversion rate between ouncelands and merklands is the highest of all the Hebrides – by far. Moreover, Mull is the only Hebridean island to have more than one exchange…
Mull Sources
Mull, Ulva, Gometra, Iona, Treshnish Isles Principal Sources RMS I App I No 114 c. 1343 RMS II (2200) 1493-4, (2264) 1390 & 1495, (2329) 1496, (3440) 1510 RMS III (712) 1528, (1745) 1537-8, (2065) 1539-40, (2739,…
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