Teatament Dative of Alexander McHardie

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Reference Information:
Alexander McHardie in Craigdorick in Glenbeg, and Isobel Stewart, his spouse.
6/9/1749
Dunkeld Commissary Court
Ref: CC7/6/5
2 pages

Testament Dative of
Alexander McHardie in Craigdorick

1749
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Alexr McHardie › The Testat Dative & Inventary of the of the Goods & Gear which
                       › pertained & belonged to and were in common twixt the deceased
Alexr McHardie in Craigdorick in Glenbeg and Isobell Stewart his Spouse the time of his decease which was in the month of March Imvii[??] and fourty six years. Truely made & Given up by Wm Lyon in Craigdorick now betrothed Husband to the said Isobell Stewart Exer Dative Decerned to the sd Defunct for the Behoof of Donald James Alexr John & Jean Mchardies children proireate[??] twixt the said Defunct and her and that insofar as concerned two parts thereof by the copy[?] of Dunkeld upon the Day and Date of these presents as the Decreet Dative following on an Dist duely Execute and find ? itself more fully bears.
     Imprs There is given up pertaining and belonging to the said umql Alexr McHardie and Isobell Stewart his Spouse the Goods and Gear following by the said Wm Lyon Innance and for the Behoof of Donald John James Alexr & Jean Mchardies children procreet[??] to twixt the sd Defunct & his said Spouse and that inso far as concerned two parts thereof arising due to them as Legitm & Deed part and which had been valued & appreciate by four skillful persons conform to their appression? thereof viz. Twelve year old Hogs valued at twenty six pound eight shill: It: Eleven two year old wedders at three pound pr piece Inde Thirty three pounds It: Twenty one Ews compting at twenty pay[?] ? at four merks p piece Inde fifty three pound six shill: eight pennys It: Eighteen lambs at one pound eight shill: p piece Inde Twenty five pound four shill: It: Two Queyl at fifteen pound p piece Inde thirty pound ? It: two Queys two year old at fourteen pound It: a two year old Stot at eight pound It: a pockat Stot at three pound It: a black cow and calf the cow wanting one teeth at twenty one pound It: a young cow and calf at twenty four pound It: another Do with a year old stirk at twenty four pound It: six piece of Horse at ninety four pounds It: a pair of Blankets at three pound four shill: It: one pair Do at two pound eight shill It: one Do at one pound sixteen shill It: one Do at one pound four shill: It: Eleven Ells of Gray plaid at three pound seventeen shill It: three Do at one pound seventeen shill It: six sacks at three pound ten shill: six pennys It: a flin?ss & half Blanket at two pound seventeen shill: It: a long resting seat at four pound six shill: eight pennys It: a closs[??] Bed at eight pound It: an ambry at six pound It: a ? ? wall at three pound It: a Bed at five pound six shill: eight pennys It: two meale chests at ten pound It: two Beds at one pound ten shill It: the House Door at one pound ten shill: It: a small chest at one pound ten shill It: a salt Basket at eight shill It: a hinging Table at twelve shill It: Fir Trees at twelve shill: It: two pair of Iron Harrows at three pound sixteen shill It: a Bucket stool and creepy[??] at six shill: It: two Hand hatchets at two pound It: a ?atch and two Wimmells at one pound four shill It: an hand Saw at eight shill: It: a hand hammer at ten shill: It: plugh and plugh greith at three pound thirteen shill four pennys It: Barn Doors at one pound four shill It: a sock? at four shill It: a sheep haitz at twelve shill: It: a leather at six shill It: two wheel Barrows at eighteen shill: It: four pair of peet creels at sixteen shill: It: Four muck creels at ten shill: It: two pair of packets[?] at five shill It: three pair of curracks at fourteen shill It: Straithess six shill It: Summocks at two pound four shill: It: Threshing & Currock trees[?] at six shill: It: two pair of muck creels at ten shill: It: a Quantity of old fir trees at twelve shill: It: a flay? ? at six shill It: for grapers eight shill: It: a Door & Crib at seven shill: It: another Door & some old sticks one pound four shill: It: another Quantity of old Timber at Eighteen shill It: another Do at four shill: It: old [or Cott?] Doors at thirteen shill: It: a pann at one pound four shill It: a little pan at six shill: It: a Brander at ten shill: It a Swine Dish at ten shill It: a Riddle at four shill It: some small looms at two pound It: a girdle two creipies[??] and Tongs at one pound two shill It: a pott and Crooly[?] at one pound four shill: It: There is given up the Cropt of Corns Growing on the Defuncts possession this current and which had been Laboured from year to year since the Defuncts Death and out of his Effects & consequently this present cropt reckoned to belong to him and his said Spouse in common & which was valued by skillful persons and computed[?] in Cumulo to Eighteen Bolls which after deducing the Expense of shearing winning and Ingathering is valued at four pound ten shill: Boll inde Extending to Eighty one pounds all Scots money.
     This Testat was Confirmed at Dunkeld the Sixth day of September Imvii[??] and fourty nine years by James Bisset Cossry and Anthony McLean in Easter Downie became Caur for the Exer and he Bound for his Belieff.

Notes

Legal Terminology
addettit	=	indebted to, owing
caution, Cautioner (Cautr ?)	=	security; bail; one who stands surety for another
Commissary (Cossry?)	=	originally, one of a bishops officials; but after the Reformation an official of an organization called the Commissary Court; in both cases he dealt with matters to do with inheritance, particularly the confirmation of testaments.
defunct	=	the deceased person
Inde	=	Latin for therefore
It:	=	item
quha	=	who
rests	=	arrears
umquhile (umql)	=	late, deceased
Vocabulary still in use
grapers	=	multi-pronged, short-handled garden fork
stirk	=	young bull
stot	=	castrated bull
wedder	=	weather, or castrated, lamb
Vocabulary at which Andrew McHardy, his Dad, and an old farming friend of his Dad's took a good guess
pockat stot	=	a bloated bullock. Bloated as if eating too much grass. Pockat as in the need to be spiked to let some of the associated gases escape (which they do sometimes).
	=	a lean castrated bull (according to an Old Scots Dictionary consulted by Rob McHardy and his family)
wimmels	=	might be a fan for withering corn
creepie	=	a small three-legged stool
hingin table	=	could this be one that suspends from the roof in the days of uneven floors? — Andrew et al.
	=	could it be a table with a hinge, and the clerk didn't spell it clearly? — Sandra
grapers	=	as we say here, graips
Vocabulary for which I had to consult the Oxford English Dictionary (1989 edition):
Some definitions were taken straight out of the dictionary; however, there were a few I had to make a guess at working from context and the closest words I could find. If anyone knows exactly what any of these items are and I have them defined incorrectly, please let me know.
ambry	=	a closet, chest, place for implements, tools, etc. a place for keeping victuals, variously applied to a store-closet, pantry, or cupboard in a pantry, a wall-press, a dresser, a meat-safe.
curracks		in OED = currack or currock meaning: from the Gaelic curvan, panniers slung on horses for carrying bulky loads as hay, corn; a pair of open wooden or wicker frames slung pannier-wise on each side of a horse, for carrying a load of corn, hay, or other bulky stuff.
plugh greith		in OED = plough-graith meaning: harness & equipment for a plough
sheep haitz		closest in OED = hait or heit, meaning: a word of encouragement or command given to horses to urge them forward, in some dialects, to turn them to one side or the other; haze, verb, meaning: to drive an animal My guess is a piece of equipment for driving sheep or separating them out to one side or the other.
straithess		closest found in OED = straith, noun, meaning = obsolete form of strath, a wide valley strath, noun = obsolete form of straight strait or streith, verb, = close, narrow, to tighten or bind tightly My guess from these definitions is a piece of equipment for binding or straightening, the what of would presumably depend on whether it was for binding or straightening.
summocks		closest found in OED = sumach, sumac meaning: a preparation of the dried and chopped leaves and shoots of the genus Rhus huch used in tanning wild sumach = bog-myrtle My guess from the definitions in the OED is either a piece of equipment used in tanning leather, or some sort of leather product, something that has been tanned.
wimmell		in OED = wimble, alternately wymble, wymbul, wymel, womell, womble, wommil, wommill, Sc & north – wummil, wummle, wimmel, meaning: a gimlet an instrument for boring in soft ground an instrument for twisting together strands (esp. of straw) to make rope for tying up hay-trusses, fleeces, etc.