A tacksman (Scottish Gaelic: Fear-Taic, meaning "supporting man"; most common Scots spelling: takisman) was a landholder of intermediate legal and social...
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beginning of the 18th century. They were tenants at will underneath the tacksman and wadsetters, but practically their tenure was secure enough. The first...
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marries a dashing Highland warrior named Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan), a tacksman of Gabaldon's fictionalized version of Clan Fraser of Lovat. Here, Claire...
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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)...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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register of Buchanan, Stirling. His parents were the local Clan MacGregor tacksman, Donald Glas MacGregor, and Margaret Campbell. He was also descended from...
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who wrote many immortal works of Scottish Gaelic literature and local Tacksman of Clan MacDonald of Clanranald. The Old Forge pub at Inverie holds the...
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be held in Gairloch commemorating John Mackay (1656–1754) piper to the Tacksman of Clan Mackenzie of Gairloch.[citation needed] Gairloch is the final resting...
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