Muniment Hill 12 created in 1723 and transcribed/translated is now available for CMW members to read on the website under Muniments.
The above image has the Burgh of Rutherglen Arms Emblazoned in Colour. This document is a Burgess Ticket of the Burgh of Rutherglen of William McFarlane Chyrurgeon (Surgeon) in Edinburgh.
In Scotland at this time it was first necessary to join a guild of craftsmen or merchants and then gain a burgess ticket as a freeman of the burgh. Burgesses were merchants and craftsmen of the burgh who owned property, contributed to the running of the town and its taxation and were allowed to trade plus had the right to elect the Town Council.
Dr. William McFarlane was the 17th Chief and 20th Lord of Arrochar who unfortunately lived beyond his income and incurred large debts due to expensive living and gambling. Eventually he was forced to sell the Arrochar estates which were in the possession of Macfarlanes for 600 years to strangers in 1784 to settle his debts.
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Muniment Hill 11 created in 1723 and transcribed/translated is now available for CMW members to read on the website under Muniments.
The above image is described as "illuminated" and has the City of Glasgow Arms Emblazoned in Colour. This document is a Burgess Ticket of the City of Glasgow of William McFarlane Doctor of Medicine in Edinburgh. In Scotland at this time it was first necessary to join a guild of craftsmen or merchants and then gain a burgess ticket as a freeman of the burgh. Burgesses were merchants and craftsmen of the burgh who owned property, contributed to the running of the town and its taxation and were allowed to trade plus had the right to elect the Town Council. Dr. William McFarlane was the 17th Chief and 20th Lord of Arrochar who unfortunately lived beyond his income and incurred large debts due to expensive living and gambling. Eventually he was forced to sell the Arrochar estates which were in the possession of Macfarlanes for 600 years to strangers in 1784 to settle his debts.
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Muniment Hill 10 created in 1699 and transcribed/translated is now available for CMW members to read on the website under Muniments.
This document is called a "retour" or return or extract of a decision sent to the Chancery by a jury of inquest declaring a successor heir to his ancestor. This was from Andrew McFarlane the 18th Baron of Arrochar and 15th chief to his brother John McFarlane the 17th Baron of Arrochar and 14th chief. It was dated December 19, 1699. Andrew matriculated Arms at the Court of the Lord Lyon as MacFarlane of Ardess in 1672 thereby differencing the Arms and crest from those of his elder brother John who was the chief at that time. Andrew declared using the demi-savage holding aloft a sword instead of the sheaf of arrows as in the original. Andrew became chief because his brother John had no male children. This was the first time the succession of chiefs was other than from father to son in over 450 years.
Hill 9 is also dated December 19, 1699 so it would appear that Andrew is getting legal paperwork in order with Hill 9 and Hill 10 for the line of succession from Walter, Andrew's father and his brother John to himself and perhaps in turn his own heirs.
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