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List of Tenants in Benbecula, as per the Judicial Rental of 1798
1. Donald Morrison Aird
£64-0-0
Consisting of eight penny lands, 3 clitecks of land
£8 p penny
2. Donald Ferguson - 3 farthings do
3. Donald Macdougall - 3 cliticks
4. Donald Maclellan - 2 farthings
5. Angus Maceachan 2 "
6. Angus Martin 3 clitcks
7. Donald Campbell 3 cliticks
8. Neil Macphee - 1 farthing
9. Neil Macleod - 3 cliticks
10. Donald Macaulay Senior - 1 farthing
11. " "
Junior - "
12. Angus Macaulay Wright - 3 cliticks
13. Donald Mor Macdonald - 1 farthing
14. Donald Macintyre - 1 farthing
15. Neil Martin 1 "
16. Neil Morrison - 1 "
17. Donald Macdonald, Senior 1 farthing
18. John Morrison, Senior 2
"
19. John " Junior
1 "
20. Donald Morrison, Junior 1 "
21. Angus Macintyre 1 "
22. Alexander Stewart 3 cliticks
23. Mary Macintyre 1 "
24. Archibald Maclellan 1 farthing
Tenants manufacture 86 tons of kelp, whereof one fourth
made on the West Shore, receiving
one pound fifteen shillings per ton for east shore kelp, and two
guineas for west shore. Bound to three days service for
cutting, winning and carrying peats to Newton. As
the place is small, and tenants numerous, obliged to purchase from
the proprietor a large quantity of meal yearly. Lease
expires on Whitsunday 1799.
25. Donald MacKay - Ballivanich
£110-0-0.
A five penny land. Makes 36 tons of kelp.
3 on the West Shore for all which allowed two guineas. He and his
tenants are obliged to purchase meal annually.
Lease
expires in 1809.
26. Malcolm Macneill Miller
£14-0-0
Rent may be 28 bolls of meal. No lease.
27. Ewen MacEachen, Dunganachy
£60-0-0
A five penny and one half penny land. Allowed to make kelp
on the Island of Morragay. Holds on 19 years back from 1789.
Has to purchase meal.
28. Donald Ferguson. Change House of Peirmloden and
Linaclate. £6-0-0.
Ninety years lease from 1790.
29. Donald Macpherson, Linielate and Pendicle of Creagory
£57-5-0.
30. D. Macpherson, 1 farthing
31. Donald Wilson - 1 "
32. Angus Macdonald 1 "
33 – 34 Michael and Donald Macaulay - 1 farthing
35 – 36 John Glass Macaulay l½ clitick
37. Angus Macaulay - 1 farthing
38. Peter Macinnes - l½ clitick
39. John Macneill 1 farthing
40. Allan Macintyre - 1 farthing
41. Malcolm Macpherson - 1 fendicle of Creagory
42. Archibald Macphee - 1 fendicle of Creagory. Each
fendicle pays £2-10s of rent.
Luisilote produces 4 tons p. farthing land, and Creagory
6 tons of kelp, the prices being two guineas for the West
Shore and one pound 15s for the East Shore. Lease for 9 years
from 1790. Three days labour for feats to Nunton.
[Note, this is a typewritten document and these are the
spellings given. - JD, June 2006]
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