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The ‘Quarters’ of Ross
The ‘Quarters’ of Ross Sometimes farms appear in different quarters. I have pointed to these in the table. ER VIII 1476-9 p 592 ff RMS IV (1618) 1565* Parish Quarterium de Delne Quarterium de Delny North of Cromarty Firth…
Ross – Summary Table
Summary Table for davachs in Ross Ratio d:m = Ratio of davachs to merklands. Parish/Area Davachs Merks(OE) Ratio d:m Pennylands Place-name evidence and Comments West Coast Kintail (incl. Glenshiel) 10 40 1:4 Yes, (162) Allt Peighinn a’ Chuirn, Allt Peighinn…
Ross in the Exchequer Rolls
Ross in the Exchequer Rolls We are fortunate in that plenty of evidence concerning rentals for farms in Easter Ross has survived in the Exchequer Rolls. Between 1456 and 1588 we have the following: 1) ER VI pp…
Ross – Sources and Definitions
Ross: Sources and definitions General Sources (see also under individual parishes) RMS II (1227) 1475-6, (1318) 1477, (1978) 1490 RMS III (422) 1526-7, (1924) 1538-9, (2817, 2823) 1542 RMS IV (1618) 1565 RMS V (1331) 1587 RMS VI…
Ross-shire Summary
Land-assessment in Ross In any discussion of early land-assessment in Ross we must distinguish between the east and west coasts. Ross was first and foremost what we now call Easter Ross. Until the thirteenth century Wester Ross was part…
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,…
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…
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;…
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…
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