- A
tacksman (Scottish Gaelic: Fear-Taic,
meaning "supporting man"; most
common Scots spelling: takisman) was a
landholder of
intermediate legal and social...
- was a
member of the
minor gentry of Clan
MacDonald of Clanranald,
being tacksman and
leaseholder of
Milton and Balivanich. She had two brothers, Angus,...
-
marries a
dashing Highland warrior named Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan), a
tacksman of Gabaldon's
fictionalized version of Clan
Fraser of Lovat. Here, Claire...
-
beginning of the 18th century. They were
tenants at will
underneath the
tacksman and wadsetters, but
practically their tenure was
secure enough. The first...
-
across Scotland highlighted the
changed role of clan chiefs.: 37-46 A
tacksman (a
member of the
daoine uaisle,
sometimes described as "gentry" in English)...
-
register of Buchanan, Stirling. His
parents were the
local Clan
MacGregor tacksman,
Donald Glas MacGregor, and
Margaret Campbell. He was also
descended from...
- that
accelerated from the 1770s onward, by the
early 19th
century the
tacksman had
become a rare
component of society.
Historian T. M.
Devine describes...
- The
MacCarthy dynasty of
Muskerry is a
tacksman branch of the
MacCarthy Mor dynasty, the
Kings of Desmond. The
MacCarthy of
Muskerry are a
cadet branch...
- role in the
Highland Clearances, of
Colin Roy Campbell, the Clan
Campbell tacksman of Glenure, on 14 May 1752 near
Appin in the west of Scotland. The murder...
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defining feature of run rig. The
majority of
townships were
rented by a
tacksman and
sublet to the
actual farming tenants. Some
tacksmen would have leases...
