A tacksman (Scottish Gaelic: Fear-Taic, meaning "supporting man"; most common Scots spelling: takisman) was a landholder of intermediate legal and social...

marries a dashing Highland warrior named Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan), a tacksman of Gabaldon's fictionalized version of Clan Fraser of Lovat. Here, Claire...

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)...

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,...

defining feature of run rig. The majority of townships were rented by a tacksman and sublet to the actual farming tenants. Some tacksmen would have leases...

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...

register of Buchanan, Stirling. His parents were the local Clan MacGregor tacksman, Donald Glas MacGregor, and Margaret Campbell. He was also descended from...

be held in Gairloch commemorating John Mackay (1656–1754) piper to the Tacksman of Clan Mackenzie of Gairloch.[citation needed] Gairloch is the final resting...

who wrote many immortal works of Scottish Gaelic literature and local Tacksman of Clan MacDonald of Clanranald. The Old Forge pub at Inverie holds the...

minister. Under the influence of a relative, Allan MacDonald, the former Tacksman of Kingsburgh, Skye and the husband of the Jacobite heroine Flora MacDonald...

were steadily eliminated over the last quarter of the 18th century. A tacksman (a member of the daoine uaisle, sometimes described as 'gentry' in English)...

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...

thereby increasing their income. By the early part of the 19th century, the tacksman had become a rare component of Highland society. T. M. Devine describes...

Carthy Mór (by the law of tanistry). The MacCarthy dynasty of Muskerry is a tacksman branch of the MacCarthy dynasty, the Kings of Desmond. It was founded by...

that accelerated from the 1770s onward, by the early 19th century the tacksman had become a rare component of society. Historian T. M. Devine describes...

marks him out as a Cavalier poet in Welsh-language literature. Iain Lom, a Tacksman from Clan MacDonald of Keppoch, composed a long eyewitness account of the...

Sir Alexander MacDonald of Sleat, and Lady Grange was housed with his tacksman, another Alexander MacDonald, and his wife. When she complained about her...

subordinate to the king. In this later sense a flaith was similar to a tacksman in the Scottish clan system. The later development in meaning, innocent...

denotes that the Sutherland brothers were members of the daoine uaisle or tacksman class, sometimes described as 'gentry'. George Edward Cokayne Complete...

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...

British soldier during the Napoleonic Wars. He was a son of Donald Macleod tacksman of Balallan in the Isle of Lewis and Jane the daughter of Malcolm Macleod...

assassination by a concealed marksman of Colin Roy Campbell, the Clan Campbell tacksman of Glenure and Factor for the Forfeited Estates Commission, on 14 May 1752...

Mhaighstir Alasdair, moved from Arisaig to become Clanranald tacksman of Laig. While serving as tacksman Raonuill Dubh collected and published the poetry anthology...

hill", name of a village, near which the element was discovered. Tack & Tacksman (a lessee) From Scots tak (take) cf. Old Norse taka. Trousers from triubhas...

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...

Merchant. Simon Fraser of Auchnacloich, Auchnaclouch, Kiltarlity, Inverness, Tacksman. Alexander Fraser of Balchreggan Balcreggan, Kirkhill, Inverness. John...

Ronald MacDonald, the Tacksman of Milton. Through his oldest brother, Ranald MacDonald, who succeeded their father as Tacksman of Milton and Balivanich...

owned by Sir Alexander MacDonald of Sleat and she was housed with his tacksman (leaseholder), another Alexander MacDonald and his wife. When Lady Grange...

Margaret Girvan ran a tearoom in a wooden building that stood next to the tacksman's cottage, famed for its pristine white table cloths and fresh scones. Girvan...