Bishopric of Caithness Estate The bishopric of Caithness held enormous estates in Caithness and Sutherland. From its first endowment it is plain that the bishop was expected to play a major role in the politics and society of the…
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Bishop of Orkney’s lands in Caithness
Bishop of Orkney’s lands in Caithness Sources RSS I (1000) 1503 RMS III (2882) 1542-3 on original of 1539 Books of Assumption 1561-5 (J. Kirk, (ed.), The Books of Assumption of the Thirds of Benefices, Oxford, 1995) pp 418,…
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Caithness Summary Text File
Caithness General Sources – see also under Parish Text files Robertson’s Index p 34 No 17, p 62 No 22 RMS I (228) 1366, (742) 1382 RMS I App. 1, (150) 1362 on original of 1344 RMS…
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Summary Table Caithness
Caithness: Summary Table Parish Pennylands 18d units/ Ouncelands At least … 6d units/ Davachs? Davachs (specified or named) Davach (equiv No’s) Ratio d:d (Davachs to Pennylands) Place-name evidence Bower 69⅚d 2 2 No 11+ 1:6? Canisbay 80⅝d 1 – No…
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Inferring pennylands from rentals
Inferring pennylands from rentals The Caithness Summary text file describes ‘standard rentals’ and how they can serve as a useful form of validation when other data fails. In other counties I have always stopped short of calculating assessment values…
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Wick Text Summary
Wick Principal Sources OSA Vol 10 No 1 1794 NSA Vol XV 1845 (written in 1841) RMS 1 App 2 Index A No 378 (Robert I) RMS II (1404) 1478 on original of 1455 RMS III (475)…
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Wick Table
Wick Name Value Date Grid Ref Map Sources Other forms, comments etc Nybster (3d) 1663 ND 3663 Thomson(1822) This farm formed the northern boundary of Wick parish. Broch (possible) Nybster – ND 370631. See below. Ackergill Mains (18d) 1549 ND…
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Watten Text Summary
Watten Principal Sources OSA Vol 11 No 19 1794 NSA Vol XV 1845 (written in 1840) RMS III (1798) 1538 RMS V (1341) 1587 RMS VII (129) 1609, (1508) 1616 RMS XI (558) 1664 RSS VII…
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