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…

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   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   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…

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…