Hi Hughie,

Hughie, I shall try to make it more readable.

Hi All,

Is there anybody here who can read an old Will? I've been trying for ages to read a Will....Williame Fyne, 1570. So frustrating!! I'd be very grateful to anybody who may be able to help? Cheers, Lynne.

Was George her father or brother, Michelle? Methinks I must have misread James' Will. I am also looking for Jems Wilson of Waterside, Largs. My James had a daughter, Mary, who married William Finnie in 1736. Cheers, Lynne.

Oh wow, Ellen...thank you!! I particularly like the old pic of Titchfield St. Lynne.

Wow, Susan, that's really interesting....wouldn't it be lovely to be paying these amounts today? Lynne.

Meg Gordon wrote:

Penny Tray wrote:What Morag is times 4

Morag - you haud him an ah'll heider him!

The village was always associated with the Cunningham family, the Earls of Glencairn, but the estate was sold to Henrietta Scott, the Marchioness of Titchfield in 1786. futuremuseum.co.uk/Collection.aspx/photographic_views_of_kilmarnock_loudoun/Object/the... Ellen http://www.any-village.com/UK/Scot...

morag wrote:Right, haud oan tae yer hat, PT, noo yer furrit!

Penny Tray wrote:What Morag is times 4

I know what it means now.....methinks you'd best run for cover!!

Hi Morag & Meg. One more question, Morag...what is "dighted"?!!

For some reason I was under the impression in Britain only the monarchy could own land, or any treasures therein, and that the best you could hope for was a lease of 99 years, renewable. I don't know, Morag. But Archibald certainly owned a bit. Also, his brother owned a lot of property in London &a...

When I got married in 1982 I bought a flat in Glasgow Street Ardrossan and every year I had to pay fue duty to the earl of eglinton estate, I dont remember how much but I do remember that you could pay a lump sum to buy it outright if you wanted to. Gerv Wow....the old terms seem to live on forever...