Muniment Hill 67 was created on August 9th, 1771, by William McEwan writer (lawyer) in Edinburgh. It has been transcribed/translated and is now available for CMW members to read on the website under Muniments.
This discharge (acknowledges receipt) was written from Mrs. Margaret Walkinshaw widow of James Walkinshaw of Walkinshaw to Dr. William MacFarlane the 20th Baron of Arrochar, 3rd Baron of Ardess and 17th Chief of Clan MacFarlane and John Macfarlane esquire his son for payment of £250 sterling, which was part of a £1500 bond. William a licensed physician in Edinburgh had been living beyond his means and incurred some debts then borrowed these funds from Walkinshaw although William's estates including Arrochar were still owned by him.
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Muniment Hill 66 was created on March 21st, 1766. It has been transcribed/translated and is now available for CMW members to read on the website under Muniments.
This was a contract with the seller “The Right Honourable Lady Elizabeth Erskine, who was the daughter of Alexander Erskine the 5th Earl of Kellie, and now the wife of Dr. Walter MacFarlane the 19th Baron of Arrochar, 2nd Baron of Ardess and 16th Chief of Clan MacFarlane and with the purchaser John Wardrop a Mason in Glasgow. The contract states that Lady MacFarlan had been given full power from her husband Walter to enter this contract. It was for the sale of woods oak, ash, birch, allar, and other woods whatever with the bark and boughs thereof with planted timber and fir excepted. This lumber belonged to Walter and was situated in the Barony of Arrochar. The contract describes in much detail the pricing, the locations of the trees that can be harvested, the sizes and quantities, the types of trees, the time of the year allowed for the work, the total time in years allowed which was 6 years, and which trees were not allowed to be harvested. If adverse working conditions such as war, pestilence and famine in the country hindered this harvest this contract allowed for the harvest to be paused and allowed an equal time later for the harvest.
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Muniment Hill 64 was created by William Ross in Edinburgh on June 1st, 1742. It has been transcribed/translated and is now available for CMW members to read on the website under Muniments.
This was a discharge by Helen Spottiswood, the eldest lawful daughter of the deceased John Spottiswood of that Ilk and Lady Helen Arbuthnot from her second marriage. Lady Helen Arbuthnot was the daughter of Robert 2nd Viscount of Arbuthnot, and her first marriage was to Col. John MacFarlane, Fiar of Arrochar and Ardess. Helen Spottiswood was the sole executrix for Lady Helen Arbuthnot’s last will and testament dated June 11, 1739. This discharge was in favour of the eldest son of Lady Helen Arbuthnot, and Col. John MacFarlane who was Dr. Walter MacFarlane 19th Baron of Arrochar, 2nd Baron of Ardess and 16th Chief of Clan MacFarlane. Walter and Helen had the same mother Lady Helen Arbuthnot.
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