Oppressions of the Sixteenth Century in the Islands of Orkney and Zetland From Original Documents

The haill Inhabitantis of Zetland befoir written, deponis concerning this Fourt Article, that thay ar ignorant quhat the Laird hes gottin fra the Duchemen attour the just toll,...

He had, however, influence to obtain another renewal of his grant (1st March 1601), with powers and rights even more extensive, and in spite of unanswerable evidence, Court favo...

Tenthlie, It is complenit be the foirsaidis auld Lawrichtmen, that quhair affoir the Lairdis entres, be the law and consuetude of the cuntrie, the unlaw of blude, efter the quan...

Ferdlie, Thair is ane branche of this law of Granderie, callit Sculding, that is to say, ane brute or sclander of thift, pykrie, or sic uther crymes, rasit by the deid of ane si...

Christian indeed made a form of consulting his Orkney subjects, through their Lawman, before he cast them off, but the Lawman was soon afterwards, if not then, the bought pensio...

As Feuar of the Earldom, and Commendator of the Bishopric, he exercised all the powers of an arbitrary landlord, by raising the rents to the limits of the tenants’ endurance, wi...

In the first, The said Arthour complenis upon the Laird of Cultemalindie, that quhair he haveand commissioun of . . . to sett thre zeirs takkis of the landis perteining to the L...

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The attacks upon the rights and liberties of the Odaller required less delicacy, and were conducted with less decorum, for he stood defenceless in his isolation. All who might h...

The ancient estate of the Jarls lay scattered through every Island and township of Orkney and Zetland, and consisted, 1st, of LANDS SET or _leased_ to tenants on a three years’...

“MY LORD REGENT. Unto your Grace and Lordis of Secreit Counsale, humlie meins and lamentablie schewis I zour servitour, Arthour Sinclair of Ayth, for myself, and in nam and beha...

This Survey was probably grounded partly on traditions of taxation, as early as the Norwegian Conquest, and partly upon the _Matricula Regis_, King Sverrer’s Register of the Oda...

1587. _Butter_, 73½ Barrels at £9 £661 13 0 _Do._, 136 Lispunds 21 Marks at 12s. 82 2 6 _Grain_, 189 Lasts, 20 Meils, 5 Set^{ns}, at £30 5696 0 10 _Flesh_, 84 Lasts, 18 Meils, 2...

“My Lord Commissioner and Lordis of Articles of thir present parliament, Unto your Grace and Lordships humblie meines and shewis We zour Servitoris Lawrence Bruce of Cultmalindy...

Thir persounis immediatlie aboue writtin, examinit vpon the First Article, concerning the Laurichtman of this parochin, thai all afferme that Nichole Hardwall was thair Lauricht...

That quhair that eftir the cummyng of LORD ROBERT STEWART, fewar of Orknay and Zetland, to the dominioun of the saidis cuntries, LAURENCE BRUCE of Cultemalindie obtenit of him t...

P. 38, lines 19, 20, 21, 24,│ ... 46, line 7, │ ... 58, lines 23, 27, │ ... 59, line 29, │for “babeis,” read “s.” a contraction for │ shillings. ... 60, line 13, │ ... 62, line...