Digitised Copy of instructions for Archibald Campbell of Barnacarie, chamberlain of Tiree, 1748. The document issues instructions requesting names of farms, collection of rent, requesting the names of good and bad tenants, taking action against tenants in arrears with their rent, purchasing lands at Scarinish, repairs to damage caused to the north side of the island by sand blowing, restoring McIlmun to position of Officer.
Digitised copy of a Memorial concerning Tiree by John Campbell, deputy chamberlain of Argyll, 1747, discussing tack duty and loss of income. Click to view a transcript of this item.
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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 a Memorial concerning the Cess of Tiree, 1746-1747. The memorial contains information on the payment of Cess [tax] in Tiree and Coll, including termly and annual rates.
Digitised copy of a Memorial to the Duke of Argyll concerning Tyrie [Tiree] By Archibald Campbell of Barnacarie his Grace’s Factor thereof, 1747. This memorial contains an account of the ‘miserable condition’ of the island, outlines problems with obtaining rent, and makes comments regarding industry upon the island. Campbell notes that ‘the present class of inhabitants in this island are the least mutinous of any have been there for years past’, and remarks that the inhabitants ‘[al]tho[ugh] very poor are very numerous [and] quite Idle’.
Digitised copy of the Accompt [Account] Archibald Campbell of Ballimore, 1743. The account shows charge and discharges regarding rents of Mull and Tiree, and figures are given in both Pound Scots and Pound Sterling. Click to view a transcript for this item.
A digitised copy of the state of the rents and tacks for Mull and Tiree, 1743. The document lists ‘Articles in the Rental of Tirie given up for the year 1743 which are either Desperate, or where the persons therein named have not Accepted of their possessions and so are Waste’ and a ‘List of Tacks or Obligations for Tacks given in Tirie’.
Digitised copy of a holding page for a missing report on Tiree, Mull and Morvern by Duncan Forbes, 1737, marked as ‘WANTING’ by Inveraray Archives. A note records that the item was ‘removed for the Duke by ERC, Feb. 27th 1960’. This item is currently unavailable.
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From the archives of the Dukes of Argyll at Inveraray Castle, made available through the Written in the Landscape project.
A digitised copy of a volume containing accounts and rentals for Tiree’s crofts from 1845 to 1887. The volume was prepared by Messrs Lindsay, Howe & Co.
For each township there is given: a table with figures for sowning (horses, cows, stirks, and sheep) and acreage (arable, pasture, common); a tabular abstract containing the number of holdings and tenants, total rents, improvement outlay (drainage and buildings) and notes; a ‘detailed history of crofts’ providing an overview of changes which the individual holdings in each township have undergone as regards tenancy, rent, consolidation, enlargement, or otherwise.
There is no data provided in the tabular abstract for the years 1846, 1866 and 1867.
From the archives of the Dukes of Argyll at Inveraray Castle, made available through the Written in the Landscape project.
A digitised copy of the Argyll Estate Census of 1779, including a List of all the Inhabitants of Tirii and their age in September 1779. This census was commissioned in 1779 by the Duke of Argyll and includes the whole of Tiree, as well as lands in Mull, Iona and mainland Argyll. The information was collected and recorded by tacksmen or church ministers, and their style of recording varies. Relationships within households (e.g. wife, husband, daughter, son, etc.) are not recorded. Married women were recorded by their maiden surname and not by their husband’s surname.
The inside page of the volume contains a loose page with a ‘List of all the Inhabitants of Tiry 1787’, written by Reverend Archibald McColl and dated September 29th 1787. This table records the names of farms with the number of inhabitants divided into males, females, and boys and girls under six years old. McColl notes that ‘the great Increase of late seems mostly owing to the Return of Men from the Army and to Inoculation’.
From the archives of the Dukes of Argyll at Inveraray Castle, made available through the Written in the Landscape project.
Digitised outline copy of the Plan of Kenvar and Gortandonel, Tyree, as divided by George Langlands, 11th August 1802. The township is divided into 16 crofts (no acreages given) laid out in an irregular grid pattern around the North and East shores of Loch Phuil. Separate areas of common pasture are shown for crofts 1-2, and crofts 7-16. The irregular line of the old march dike is shown.
From the archives of the Dukes of Argyll at Inveraray Castle, made available through the Written in the Landscape project.
