Early use of merkland terms in documents. I have inserted Arabic numerals in brackets after Roman. Scottish examples in italics. Source Date Location Text Comment Denariatas (pennylands) RRAN III (406) 1140 x 1143 Kent? ix (9)…
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Evidence for a cash economy – Scotland in the 12th century
Evidence for a cash economy – Scotland in the 12th century. Sources (full details in Bibliography) Chart. = Charters of David I, ed. Barrow, G.W.S, 1999 ESC = Early Scottish Charters prior to 1153, ed. Lawrie, A.C., 1905 Annals(F)…
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Promissory Notes
Promissory Notes There are two types of document to draw attention to here. The first has a general nature. The promise might be of land or an annual return with a guarantee to make it up (perficio) if it…
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Nummatas as pennylands in Scotland
Nummatas as pennylands in Scotland Source Date Location Text Comment RRAN II (1196) 1107-1118 Castleacre Priory, Norfolk lx. et xij. solidatas et iiii nummatas terre Presumably = 72s 4d land Haughmond (915) 1190-97 Worcestershire xii nummatas terre = 12d land…
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Towards a general theory of land-assessment in Scotland
Towards a general theory of land-assessment in Scotland The whole tenor of this blog is that such a theory should be empirical or evidence-based. The starting point therefore should be the evidence – not the work of previous researchers. There…
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Taxt Rolls
Taxt Rolls There are two methods of calculating ‘Auld Extent’ within the Scottish system of merklands. One, which I have largely followed in this blog, is to build the evidence from the bottom up, by accumulating all the individual assessments…
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The valuations of 1366
The valuations of 1366 In summer 1366 there was much activity in connection with the raising of taxes to pay for the king’s ransom. A Parliament was held at Scone in July. The proceedings are available to us in…
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The Return to the 1366 Parliament
The Return to the 1366 Parliament Sheriffdoms Ancient Extent(£sd) A.E.(d) Verum Valorem(£sd) VV(d) Ratio (AE:VV) % of sheriffdoms % of bishoprics % of Scotland Clackmannan £331-0-8 79448 £243-14-8 58496 1.36 0.69 0.52 Kynros £65-0-0 15600 £38-14-8 9296 1.68 0.13…
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