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Lord Henry Sinclair's 1492 Rental of Orkney

William P.L. Thomson

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Description:Lord Henry Sinclair's 1492 Rental of Orkney is the earliest in a series of skat rentals. It has never before appeared in print, being apparently unknown to Sheriff Alexander Peterkin when he published his celebrated Rentals of Ancient Earldom and Bishoprick of Orkney (1820). The rental was drawn up only twenty-four years after the transfer of the islands from Danish to Scottish rule, and so it is a valuable picture of Orkney at this crucial time in history. Details are provided of some 400 farms and townships, and in most cases the rental is the very earliest record of these places and of the families who occupied them.This book aims at making the rental readily accessible to the people who 500 years later live in the places which the rental describes, and indeed to everyone with an interest in Orkney and its history. The introduction has a section 'How to Read the Rental' which guides the reader through the system of antiquated weights and measures and explains the rental's somewhat specialised terminology.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Lord Henry Sinclair's 1492 Rental of Orkney. To get started finding Lord Henry Sinclair's 1492 Rental of Orkney, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 113

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: The Orkney Press

Release: 1996

ISBN: 0907618421

Description: Lord Henry Sinclair's 1492 Rental of Orkney is the earliest in a series of skat rentals. It has never before appeared in print, being apparently unknown to Sheriff Alexander Peterkin when he published his celebrated Rentals of Ancient Earldom and Bishoprick of Orkney (1820). The rental was drawn up only twenty-four years after the transfer of the islands from Danish to Scottish rule, and so it is a valuable picture of Orkney at this crucial time in history. Details are provided of some 400 farms and townships, and in most cases the rental is the very earliest record of these places and of the families who occupied them.This book aims at making the rental readily accessible to the people who 500 years later live in the places which the rental describes, and indeed to everyone with an interest in Orkney and its history. The introduction has a section 'How to Read the Rental' which guides the reader through the system of antiquated weights and measures and explains the rental's somewhat specialised terminology.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Lord Henry Sinclair's 1492 Rental of Orkney. To get started finding Lord Henry Sinclair's 1492 Rental of Orkney, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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