******************************************************************************************************************************************************* This email and any files transmitted with it are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. ******************************************************************************************************************************************************* Public burdens literally comprised those financial burdens which heritors were liable to pay by law. Usually consisted of the salary to parish minister (of the established church) and parochial schoolmaster. It also included the land tax or cess but this could be redeemed. Malcolm -----Original Message----- From: Lachiemunro@aol.com [mailto:Lachiemunro@aol.com] Sent: 14 April 2005 08:41 To: ROSSGEN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [RossGen] Occupation A 'heritor' is 'one who inherits', but specifically in Scotland (under scottish Law), it is someone who is a 'landholder' (landowner) in a Parish - "liable to public burdens" (whatever that means?). Lachie ==== ROSSGEN Mailing List ==== To remove your email address from this list, visit this url: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cheps/maillist.htm PLEASE NOTE: THE ABOVE MESSAGE WAS RECEIVED FROM THE INTERNET. On entering the GSi, this email was scanned for viruses by the Government Secure Intranet (GSi) virus scanning service supplied exclusively by Energis in partnership with MessageLabs. Please see http://www.gsi.gov.uk/main/notices/information/gsi-003-2002.pdf for further details. In case of problems, please call your organisational IT helpdesk The original of this email was scanned for viruses by the Government Secure Intranet (GSi) virus scanning service supplied exclusively by Energis in partnership with MessageLabs. On leaving the GSi this email was certified virus-free