Account of the rental of Aross in Mull, 1657-1658, made at Edinburgh by Archibald, Earl of Argyll in 1659.
The account provides details of the feu duty of his lands in Arroiss (Aros) in Mull from Martinmas 1657 to Martinmas 1658, as well as a sum paid for the release of Sir Lachlan Maclean of Duart (chief of Clan Maclean) and for lands in Teerie (Tiree) and Morverne (Morvern). Maclean was imprisoned by Archibald Campbell and released before his death in 1648.
This document is written in secretary hand. No transcript is available for this item.
From the archives of the Dukes of Argyll at Inveraray Castle, made available through the Written in the Landscape project.
Account of the rental of Aross in Mull, 1649-1657, made at Edinburgh by Archibald, Earl of Argyll, 1658. The account provides details of the feu duty of his lands in Arroiss (Aros) in Mull from Martinmas 1649 to Martinmas 1657, as well as a sum paid for the release of Sir Lachlan Maclean of Duart (1st Baronet and chief of Clan Maclean) and for lands in Terie (Tiree) and Morverne (Morvern).
This document is written in secretary hand. No transcript is available for this item.
From the archives of the Dukes of Argyll at Inveraray Castle, made available through the Written in the Landscape project.
Digitised copy of Memorial about the set of Benbuy (Beinne Bhuidhe), 1681. The Memorial discusses: the set (lease) of the land in 1678; numbers of livestock kept on the land (including ‘meares’, ‘deere’, cows and stirks); the management of deer on the land; salaries of the ‘taxmen’ (tacksmen – tenant farmers).
The Memorial names several tenants – McConochy, Nicoll McNicoll of Elerchemore and Dougall McEllure of Killblaan – and other place names. The second page contains further remarks on cows, ‘meares’ and ‘deere’ on the land and prospect of the 9th Earl of Argyll making an advance in exchange for half the ‘old benefite’.
Notes in a later hand record that document is ‘very interesting’ and that it contains the ‘handwriting of the 9thEarl of Argyll’ as well as old place names.
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From the archives of the Dukes of Argyll at Inveraray Castle, made available through the Written in the Landscape project.
Digitised copy of Memorandum of the rental of Tiree, Morvern, Mull etc at Inveraray, October 1674. The document lists the value of Tirie (Tiree) in tirungs (an ounceland – a measure of land). Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll, took over Tiree and other lands from the MacLeans of Duart, Mull in 1674. The document mentions a payment to McLean for the building of the harbour of Tiree.
This document is written in secretary hand. No transcript is available for this item.
From the archives of the Dukes of Argyll at Inveraray Castle, made available through the Written in the Landscape project.
Transcript of a Police Report submitted to Henry Nisbet, Tobermory Procurator Fiscal, by Finlay Fraser, Detective Constable, regarding the discovery of a human body on the shore at Sandaig on 26 January 1860. The deceased could be identified as George Murray, captain of the smack Swan of Belfast, by their appearance, the location of the body and by papers found in the deceased’s pockets. The Swan of Belfast was wrecked in January 1860.
Digitised copy of Augmentations arising from farms set in Tiree, 1777. Contains a table showing the ‘State of Augmentation arising from Farms Set in Tiry at Whitsunday 1777’. The names of tenants are included, along with details of augmentation, old rent and new rent. Names include Lamont, McLeod, Brown, McDonald, McLean, Campbell, MacPhail, MacCallum, McPhaden, McKinnon, McInnes, Reid, Bald, McIntyre, McNiven, McArthur.
There is no transcript for this item but you can view a record for this item on Inveraray’s online catalogue.
From the archives of the Dukes of Argyll at Inveraray Castle, made available through the Written in the Landscape project.
Handwritten letter dated 1894 from Jessy Wallace (sister of Rev John Gregorson Campbell), to a solicitor in Edinburgh regarding payment of £5 to her sister Mrs MacLean. At the time of writing, Jessy is living in Hynish.
Copy of a typed ‘Starting and Running Procedure for Hercules XVI Engine. Halifax III. A/C’ for use by pilots flying Halifax aircraft out of RAF Tiree during WWII. 518 Squadron Meteorological Observers used these aircraft.
Transcript of a Police Report submitted to Tobermory Procurator Fiscal by Walter Beattie (Constable) reporting a suspected case of sheep stealing in Balevullin, in February 1904. Statements are provided by William McNeill (cottar, Balevullin) and Hugh McKinnon (shepherd, Hough)
