- 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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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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marries a
dashing Highland warrior named Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan), a
tacksman of Clan
Fraser of Lovat. Here,
Claire becomes embroiled in the Jacobite...
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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...
- 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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register of Buchanan, Stirling. His
parents were the
local Clan
MacGregor tacksman,
Donald Glas MacGregor, and
Margaret Campbell. He was also
descended from...
- 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...
- man of
wealth and eminence,
sends his child,
either male or female, to a
tacksman, or tenant, to be fostered. It is not
always his own tenant, but some distant...
- Roybridge, Lochaber. The
identity of the killers,
Alexander Macdonald,
Keppoch Tacksman of Inverlair, and his six sons, were well known. Sir
James at
Dunelm Castle...
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satirical poetry by,
among many others,
James MacIntyre, the Clan
MacIntyre Tacksman of Glen Noe near Ben Cruachan, in (Scottish Gaelic: Òran don
Ollamh MacIain...
