Congratulations Keith on all your hard work, and that of your transcribers. regards Jill Bowis www.lorn.org.uk Local Origins Rural Network - Local Producers Market & Business/Community Network www.kintaline.co.uk - where we are, what we do: Kintaline Plant and Poultry Centre www.benderloch.org.uk/forum - Ardchattan history, geology, ecology, genealogy, weather, webcam, local forum Keith Dash wrote: >> The rental roll of Maclean of Duart for 1674 marked the turning point >> in the fortunes of the once-powerful Chief of the Macleans and the >> Campbells of Argyll. In 1674, Lachlan Maclean of Brolas, acting on >> behalf of the infant Chief, John Maclean of Duart, entered into an >> agreement with representatives of the (Campbell) Earl of Argyll >> whereby the rents of the Duart estates were surrendered to the Earl >> of Argyll. This was consequent upon the Earl of Argyll gaining legal >> ownership of the estates by buying up the debts of Maclean of >> Duart. The estates included all of Tiree and Iona, parts of Coll and >> Jura, and substantial lands in Mull and Morvern. However the >> Macleans resisted, and it was not until 1692, some 18 years later, >> that the then Duke of Argyll was able to take possession of the lands >> that became known as the Argyll Estate. >> >> A full transcript of the 1674 rental roll of Maclean of Duart, by Flo >> Straker & Louise MacDougall, with a background note by Gene >> Lamont, is now available for download on the Isle of Tiree Genealogy >> website at www.tireegenealogy.com. My special thanks to Flo, and to >> Louise and Gene, for their dedication in producing an outstanding >> piece of work that makes sense of a complicated and confusing >> document. It may look simple and straightforward as it is presented >> on the website, but there are months of work behind it. >> >> To download the 1674 rental transcript, go to www.tireegenealogy.com, >> click on Argyll & Bute Archives, click on Tiree, and then click on FH >> 216 in the table. >> >> >>