Annex B
Tenant Structure on Four Lowland Estates, 1675–1824
Year
Total no. of tenants
No. of tenants in multiple tenancies
Percentage of tenants in multiple tenancies
Barony of Balgonie
1675
18
2
11.0
1720
39
6
15.0
1730
72
?
?
1740
85
3
3.5
1750
74
4
5.0
1760
81
4
5.0
1770
77
3
4.0
1780
76
4
5.0
Lordship of Melville
1715
45
5/6
11/13
1730
50
6
12.0
1740
43
3
7.0
1750
40
1
5.0
1760
66
0
0
1770
63
2
3.0*
1780
55
3
4.5*
*These were all examples of smallholders, most of them tradesmen, who were sharing possessions.
The post-1780 rentals were not specific enough on smallholder numbers to allow multiple tenancy percentages to be calculated.
Source
: Extracted from SRO, GD26/5/251–95 Leven and Melville Muniments,
passim
.
Table A
Tenant structure: estate of Lord Melville (Fife), 1675–1780
Year
Total no. of tenants
No. of tenants in multiple tenancies
Percentage of tenants in multiple tenancies
Lethnot and Navar
1728
37
11
29.7
1736
38
10
26.3
1758
33
6
18.2
1775
31
2
6.5
1785
31
2
6.5
1824
25
2
8.0
Edzel
1728
79
14
17.7
1736
75
16
21.3
1758
68
7
10.3
1764
65
6
9.2
1775
65
6
9.2
1785
65
6
9.2
1824
63
6
9.5
Source
: SRO, Dalhousie Muniments, GD45/18/506–2091,
passim
.
Table B
Tenant structure: Panmure estate (Angus), 1728–1824
A.
Narrow and wider circles of Glamis, 1690
No. of tenants
154
No. of tenants in multiple tenant possessions
126
No. of possessions
42
No. of multiple tenant possessions
26
B.
Lordship of Glamis, 1721
No. of tenants
132.0
No. of tenants in multiple tenant possessions
112.0
No. of possessions
33.0
No. of multiple tenant possessions
14.0
Percentage of multiple tenant possessions
42.4
Source
: NRA(S) 885, Earl of Strathmore Papers, Boxes 53, 65, 148.
Table C
Tenant structure: Strathmore estate (Angus), 1690–1721
Year
Total no. of tenants
No. of tenants in multiple tenancies
Percentage of tenants in multiple tenancies
1694
31
11
36
1705
35
14
40
1715
32
10
31
1717
34
10
30
1726
39
9
23
1735
50
10
20
1742
65
2
3
1795
75
0
0
Source
: SRO, GD150, 2061, Morton Papers, Rentals, 1694, 1705, 1715, 1717, 1726, 1735, 1742, 1795.
Table D
Tenant structure: estate of Earl of Morton (Fife), 1694–1795
