Digitised copy of the Rental of Argyll estates to be put in the hands of trustees, 1681. The item is damaged leading to the loss of some place names and values.
Contains rents paid in money and victuals for areas in Argyll including Kilmarten (Kilmartin), Colonsay and Oronsay, Ardnamurchane and Swennart (Ardnamurchan and Sunart), Lismoir (Lismore), Midle Lorne and Nethir Lorne (Middle Lorne and Nether Lorne), Cowal, Morverne (Morvern), Mull, Jura and Skarba (Scarba). Individuals are also listed, including: Cap[tai]n of Clan Ronald, Lord Neil Campbell and the Laird of Calder (possibly Cawdor) for Jura.
This document is written in secretary hand. There is no transcript 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 the Rental of Maclean’s estate, 1680. Containing an ‘excerpt from the Rental of the Estate of Argyll made up in the year 1680 and known by the name of the Earl of Argyll’s Rental’. The document contains rentals in money for Morvern, Mull, Coll, Aross (Aros) and Torosay and Tirie (Tiree).
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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 the Rental of Maclean’s estate for 1662, 1671, 1672 and 1673, dated 1677.
Contains rents paid in money and victuals for Tiree. The first document contains rentals for the following townships in Tiree, with personal names included in the patronymic form: Kennibaigh (Kenovay), Barriboll (Barrapol), Balli-meanach (Middleton), Sauntaig (Sandaig), Crennall or Grennall (Greenhill), Ballivullin (Balevullin), Kilmuluag (Kilmoluaig), and Bist (Beist) for the year 1662. The remainder of the document records the rental of Morvern and Ross, and the yearly rental of Maclean’s estate for 1671, 1672 and 1673. Amounts of victuals are given in kaines, cheese, butter, wedders, veales, poultrie and corne.
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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 the account for the rental of Aross in Mull, 1643-1649.
The first page of this document is written in Latin and mentions Archibald Marquess of Argyll, Lauchlane McCleane (Sir Lachlan Maclean, 1st Baronet and chief of Clan Maclean) and the lands of Aross (Aros), Terie (Tiree) and Morverne (Morvern).
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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 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.
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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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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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