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Bishop of Caithness – Lands in Caithness & Sutherland

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 & Sutherland – Pennyland to Davach Ratios

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Caithness parishes – Map

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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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