10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TACKSMEN»
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tacksmen in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
Analytical index to the report and evidence contained in ...
When witness first knew the highlands, there were resident proprietors in every
parish,—gentlemen tacksmen living most res ectably,-—kind and nerous to the
poor around tlicm ; but that class is gone. Strangers have been brought in, rents ...
Poor Law Inquiry Commission for Scotland, 1844
2
Supplement to the Dictionary of the Decisions of the Court ...
and the tenant would get allowance only of the number of bolls poinded, and the
tacksmen would get no more but the like allowance; and the tacksmen being
obliged to pay, their payment can afford no more than if the superior had got ...
3
Travels to Terra Incognita: The Scottish Highlands and ...
Some observers compared tacksmen to parasites, while others attributed to them
a pivotal function in the Highland economy.15 To assess the tacksman 's role, it is
necessary to make a clear distinction between the tacksman's economic ...
tacksmen, and not at all by the clansmen. The patriarchal association of the chief
with his tacksmen and leaseholders tended to be replaced, at is had been in a
few cases even before the 'Forty-five', by the relation of landlord to tenant.
5
Scotland Before the Industrial Revolution: An Economic and ...
Because they creamed off a higher surplus from the tenantry than they paid to the
chiefs the removal of the tacksmen on an estate could give the proprietor
additional income without necessarily raising the rents paid by the tenants. By the
end ...
6
An Abridgement of the Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland: ...
The saids Commissioners in that case also shall decerne sik recompence to be
given to the saids Tacksmen and Sub-tacksmen for their losse and prejudice
sustained as the saids Commissioners shall find the same shall merit, by
renewing of ...
7
Scottish Exodus: Travels Among a Worldwide Clan
With his return from India, however, matters began to deteriorate oncemore. Like
hisgrandfather, ClanMacLeod's chief was duly obliged toraise his tacksmen'
srents. Also like his grandfather, Norman found himself confronting something
akin to ...
8
Conveyancing Statutes from the Thirteenth Century to the ...
The saids Commissioners in that case also shall decerne sik recompence to be
given to the saids Tacksmen and Sub-tacksmen for their losse and prejudice
sustained as the saids Commissioners shall find the same shall merit, by
renewing of ...
9
Edinburgh Review, Or Critical Journal
which drew out others after them,—' the tacksmen from motives of independence,
the poor from attachment and from excessive misery.' He also indicates some
facts which reduce both the wonder and the regret at the emigration of the ...
10
Extracts from the Records of the Burgh of Glasgow ... A. D. ...
(4) As to the fourth article of the saids representations and complaints made be
the saids tacksmen (viz., that the herotors of Portglasgow pretend exemption by
their chartours) the magistrates and toune counsell returnes this answear ...
Glasgow (Scotland), Sir James David Marwick, Robert Renwick, 1908
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TACKSMEN»
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For sale, the house that hid a cross-dressing Bonnie Prince Charlie
After being built for the Macdonalds, the property was later occupied by estate tacksmen, but fell into disrepair in the last century. Over the last few years, the ... «Scotsman, May 12»
