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Proprietor Land Valuation Totals
1824 Oct. 5 The part acquired by Adam Dickson £9.6.8
The part acquired by Robert Richardson £7.0.0
And the remaining part acquired by John Byers £12.0.0
£28.6.8
Thoses parts of Hightae and Heck pertaining to Provost Richardson, valuation 32 merks, divided thus:-
Those parts thereof acquired by William Thomson £29.0.0
Part acquired by John Telfer £2.0.0
And the part acquired by Peter Graham £1.0.0
£32.0.0
1745 May 17 The Ten Merkland of Newk, and Lands formerly possessed by Hog, were included in the Duke of Queensberry's cumulo, and, by decree of the Commissioners of this date, they were ordained to be deducted from that cumulo, and to be here stated per se, at £420.0.0
And by the same decree, the Lands of Gotsbrig or Scotsbrig were appointed to be deducted from the said cumulo, and to be here stated separately, at £150.0.0
The Lands of Gotsbrig holden of the Marquis of Annandale £150.0.0
The Twenty Merkland of Middlebie £600.0.0
The Woodland that pertained to Carlyle £30.0.0
Making an aggregate of £930.0.0
173 April 30 And which aggregate was, by another decree of this date, divided as under:-
The Mains of Scotsbrig, Stoneybeck, Darlawhills, Potstown, Walls, Peatknows, and Miln of Middlebie, belonging to Sir George Clerk of Pennycujick Bart. £473.0.0
The Lands of Balgreen and Middlebietown £65.0.0
The Lands of Whitehill £48.0.0
Part of Middlebiehill and Park, belonging to George Muir £16.0.0
The remainder of Middlebiehill and Park, belonging to the Duke of Queensberry £22.0.0
The Lands of Craighouse, belonging to Charles Sharpe of Hoddam £65.0.0
The Lands of Crawstown, belonging to John Bell £38.0.0
The Lands of Cleughbrae, belonging to John and Walter Henderson £3.0.0
The Lands of Purdornstown, belonging to the Dule of Queensberry £100.0.0
The Lands of Grainhall, also belonging to his Grace £100.0.0
£930.0.0
1777 Aug. 30 The Half of the Half Merkland of Blackwood or Blacklands, included in the cumulo valuation of the Ten Merkland that pertained to Kirkconnell, in the parish of Hoddam, and by decree of the Commissioners of this date, the same was disjoined from said cumulo, and appointed to be here stated per se, at £3.6.8
1779 April 30 The Sixteen Merkland of Blackethouse, valuation 800 merks, divided as under:-
The Lands of Bankhead, Palmersgill, Ashyeards, and Blacketrigg £213.0.0
Carried Forward £213.0.0
Brought Forward £213.0.0
1779 April 30 The Lands of Meinside, Cowhole, Raggetsyke, Hass, Morrals, Dittups, and Yetts £248.6.8
The Lands of Kirtletown, Pockeskine, Megsfield, Miltonsyke, and Callisterhall £266.6.8
The Lands of Cushethill and Johnstonhall £72.0.0
£800.0.0
1782 Oct. 1 The Lands of Conhess and Auchenbedrig, valuation 400 merks, divided thus:-
Solwaybank, Auchenbedrig, and others, belonging to William Pultney £390.0.0
Blackcroft, belonging to David Armstrong £10.0.0
£400.0.0
1797 May 14 The Five Merkland of Albie, Torbeckhill, and Duncanflatts, stood valued at £300.0.0
And the Fourteen Pound Land that pertained to the late Earl of Annandale, now to Crowdienow, at £693.10.0
Amounting together to an aggregate of £993.10.0
But, by decree of the Commissioners of this date, the same was divided as under:-
The Lands of Crowdienow, Crossbankhead, East and West Linbridgefords, belonging to Sir William Pultney, Baronet £218.10.0
Torbeckhill, belonging to George Bell £155.0.0
Half of Duncanflatt, belonging to Charles Sharpe of Hoddam £45.0.0
Half belonging to John Currie £45.0.0
The Lands of Carruthers, belonging to John and Francis Bell £100.0.0
Crosslands, belonging to Adam Graham £50.0.0
Chapplehill, belonging to William Beattie £65.0.0
Craigs, belonging to Armstrongs £50.0.0
The Lands of Between the Waters, Holts, Whiteleys, and Gilmartin, belonging to William Stewart, david Balfour, and John Taylor £158.0.0
Waterbeck, belonging to Mary Carruthers and Elizabeth Irving £54.6.8
The Lands of Nether Albie, belonging to Francis Bell £52.6.8
£993.10.0
1798 Dec. 6 The Lands of Burnfoot and Yetts, valued in cumulo with the Lands of Meinside, Cowhole, Raggetsyke, Hass, Morrals, and Dirrups, at 248 merks 6s. 8d., were, by decree of the Commissioners of this date, disjoined and appointed to be rated per se, at £25.0.0
Thereby leaving Meinside, Cowhole, Raggetsyke, Hass, Morrals, and Dirrups, to be rated at £223.6.8
£248.6.8
1798 Dec 27 The following Lands were of this date disjoined from the cumulo valuation of the Earl of Hopetoun, and appointed to be here rated separately, as under:-
The Lands of Yetts £25.0.0
The Lands of Dirrups £25.0.0
The Farm of Land £25.0.0
The Lands of Oldhall £25.0.0
The Lands of Satur £15.0.0
£115.0.0
1799 Jan 3 And, of this date, the following Lands were also disjoined from the said Earl's cumulo, and appointed to be here rated separately, as under:-
Minsca and Risphill £83.0.0
Carried Forward £83.0.0

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xxxviii APPENDIX

PARISH OF LOCHMABEN CONTINUED
Date of Decrees NAMES OF LANDS Valuation
M.s.d.

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PARISH OF MIDDLEBIE
NAMES OF LANDS

APPENDIX xxxix
PARISH OF MIDDLEBIE CONTINUED
Date of Decrees NAMES OF LANDS Valuation M.s.d.

171

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p. 170: 173 April 30 (the year of this date appears to be incorrect)

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