Digitised copy of Letter from James Ferrier to the Duke of Argyll regarding the rents of Tiree, 14 Feb 1803. There is no transcript for this item.
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Digitised copy of Letter from Malcolm McLaurine, chamberlain of Tiree, to the Duke of Argyll, 10 Mar 1802. In this letter McLaurine discusses: timber claimed but not proved; sending a sample of wine from a cask lying in a barn; rents due; distilling; barley and coals; Clyde Packet; the island being cut off due to stormy weather; opening a weekly communication with the post office at Tobermory; the ground officer; methods to find a good school master; model of a wind miln [windmill]; poor enclosure on McLaurine’s farm.
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Digitised copy of Instructions to Mr Duncan Campbell as chamberlain of Tiree, 1800. These instructions were sent from the Duke of Argyll and include: augmentations upon the rents of the farms; delays that have taken place in the payment of the rents; taking payment in barley. There is no transcript for this item.
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Digitised copy of State of Tiree augmentations, 1791. Contains a table showing the ‘State [of] Augmentation arising from Farms Set in Tiry Whitsunday 1791’. The table contains the details of augmentation, old rent and new rent for Hector McLean at Hynish and Mannel, as well as interest paid on a sum laid out on the Minister’s Farm. There is no transcript for this item.
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Digitised copy of Description of farms in Tiree, 1782. Contains a table recording: the old extent in maill lands; number of tenants in each farm; name of farm; situation; rent in 1771; new rent; schemed rent; rate per acre of arable and meadow, pasture, moss and blown land; acres contained in arable, meadow, pasture, moss, blown land, total; souming; bolls sowing; total souming and sowing; rate thereof in shillings and pence; Scarinish [?]; great [?] moss; expiration of old or present leases; rent accepted. There is no transcript for this item.
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Digitised copy of State of Tiree augmentations, 1781. Contains a table showing the ‘State of Augmentation arising from Farms Set in Tiry at Whitsunday 1781’. The names of tenants are included, along with details of augmentation, old rent and new rent. There is no transcript for this item.
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Digitised copy of Instructions for the chamberlain of Tiree (2 sets), 1772. These instructions were sent from the Duke of Argyll and include: referring to previous instructions issued; building of mill; exporting cattle; establishing a village and harbour; rent in arrears; executing warnings against tenants who could be removed. The second set is a duplicate of the first. There is no transcript for this item.
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Digitised copy of Instructions for the chamberlain of Tiree, 1771. These instructions were sent from the Duke of Argyll and include: rents; over population of Tiree; establishing a fishing village; present system of husbandry including runrigs, introducing wheeled carriages, sand blowing, cutting bent, pulling barley, gredden, distilleries, introducing flax and hemp; mills; the minister’s Glebe; taking bear [barley] in payments of rent; draining lochs; roads in Tiree; selling of wood. There is no transcript available for this item.
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Digitised copy of Remarks on the island of Tiree, 1771. The remarks made by the document fall under the following headings: The island over-peopled; the propriety of establishing a fishing village in Tiry [Tiree]; plan of executing the design of building a village in Tiry; method of tillage and cultivation; runrig abusive; too many horses and servants employed in plowing and other works of a farm; Tiry a fit country for wheel carriages; division of large runrig farms into smaller ones proper; the small tenants occupy too little land; remedy proposed; by seting the thirdes of the island to gentlemen farmers; and the other two thirds to small tenants; common pastures prejudicial; they should be divided on the adjacent farms; land: blowing of the reef and encroachment on it should be prevented; sand blowing; Tiry over stocked with sheep; which causes sand blowing; cutting bent encourages sand blowing; flax and hemp little cultivated in Tiry should be encouraged; pulling barley from the root hurtful; milns [mills] of Tiry on a bad footing; a new miln necessary; a wind miln might be of use; greddan a most barbarous custom; minister’s Glebe too large; distilling should be discouraged in the most effectual manner; bad consequences of it; a method of collection the rents of Tiry without much arrears; fresh water lochs easily drained; roads and landing places should be more attended to in Tiry; factors should be restricted from demanding services as a duty prestaball [prestable] to them by the tenants.
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Digitised copy of Roll of arrears for Tiree crop 1770. Contains a list of tenants and the amount in arrears. There is no transcript available for this item.
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