Author : William Temple
Release : 2015-08-05
Genre : Reference
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Download or read book The Thanage of Fermartyn written by William Temple. This book was released on 2015-08-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Thanage of Fermartyn: Including the District Commonly Called Formartine, Its Proprietors, With Genealogical Deductions; Its Parishes, Ministers, Churches, Churchyards, Antiquities, &C According to Ptolemy, the Roman geographer, North Britain was occupied by several tribes, which, in progress of time, came to be grouped into seven confederacies, ruled over by seven chiefs, having under them seven inferior chiefs, with a king over the whole confederacies. The country between the Dee and the Spey formed one confederacy. In a description of Scotland, written in the twelfth century, mentioned by Dr. Stuart, this confederacy appears in two forms. In one case it is said, "Quartum regnum fuit ex Dee usque ad flumen Spe majorem et meliorem totius Scocie," and in the other case, it is spoken of as one of seven districts, into which Scotland was divided, and as composed of Mar and Buchan. The territory now known as Aberdeenshire and Banffshire was in old times, according to Dr. Grub, the seat of the Taixali and other Celtic tribes, and at the end of the sixth century formed part of the northern Picts. In the "Book of Deer," at the time when St. Drostan landed in Buchan, and founded St. Drostan's monastery, the country was divided among tribes, over which there was probably an Ardrigh or under King, and the royal and tribal officials, a Mormaer or great Steward acting for the King, and the Toisech ruling over a tribe and under the Mormaer. The Mormaer represented the Crown in the district over which he presided, accounted to the Ardrigh or King for his rents and dues, and was over the whole tribes of the district, while the Toisech was over a tribe, and was their captain to lead them to battle. The best account of the tribal communities is to be found in Dr. Skene's "Celtic Scotland," a learned and exhaustive work. According to Dr. Skene, the land was first possessed by the tribe or community before it came into possession of individuals. The word Tuath signified a family, and came to be applied to the district occupied by the tribe, and in some records it is equivalent to a barony. Tuath was the possession of the tribe, the technical name of which, in the Brehon laws, was Fine. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.