Blog Archives

Lennox consisting of Dunbartonshire and West Stirlingshire

Lennox – General Comments

Lennox: General comments   I chose Lennox for a close study of land-assessment because of its unique system of arachors. I had hoped that, if I was able to evaluate these in relation to the davachs, pennylands and merklands elsewhere,

Posted in General Files

The Valuation of Lennox – by parish

The Valuation of Lennox – by parish   The table below carries several caveats: The two right-hand columns are speculative. Most parishes have changed composition over the centuries and Row is new. Luss and Arrochar may behave differently to the

Posted in General Files

Arachors in Lennox

Arachors   No document tells us the exact relationship between arachors and merklands. The best we can hope for is to establish that since X was a quarterland; and since later documents prove that X was worth £5 old extent;

Posted in General Files

Davachs in Lennox?

Davachs in Lennox?   We know of arachors and carucates in Lennox. The documents also make clear than an arachor, a carucate and a ploughland were, in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, equivalent. (By the seventeenth century a ploughland had

Posted in General Files

‘Davachtis’ Table

The 14 ‘Davachtis’ in Lennox This table allows us to add other evidence showing that the 14 davachtis of 1223 were in fact the same as arachors, carucates or £20 lands.   13 December 1223 Modern Name Parish Extent Date

Posted in General Files

£5 lands in Lennox

Table of £5 lands (£5) = derived or calculated sum; italicised = more doubtful; Ratio = carucates to merklands, so 1:30 means 1 carucate to 30m (£20). CCEW= Charter Chest of the Earldom of Wigtown. GS, Strathendrick = Guthrie Smith,

Posted in General Files

£10 lands in Lennox

Table of £10 lands GS, Strathblane = Guthrie Smith, Strathblane.   This table lists the £10 lands in Lennox. I think they all represent half-arachor or half-carucate (or half-davach?) units. However the only reason I have not included them with

Posted in General Files

Pennylands in Lennox

Posted in General Maps of the Lennox

Davachs in Lennox?

Posted in General Maps of the Lennox

Carucates in Lennox

Posted in General Maps of the Lennox

Categories

  • General Maps (5)
  • General Summaries (1)
  • Lismore (7)
  • News (1)

Archives

Recent Comments