Detail View: Charting The Nation: Memoir anent devyding penny cook commontie. Auchincorth & dykniuk gott of ye Shaws 21 & 22 April 87 [1 of 2]

Work Record ID: 
0043838
Shelfmark: 
RHP3837
Holding Institution: 
National Archives of Scotland
Title: 
Memoir anent devyding penny cook commontie. Auchincorth & dykniuk gott of ye Shaws 21 & 22 April 87
Creator: 
Clerk, John, Sir of Penicuik
Creator Role: 
Landowner
Creator: 
Lawhead, Mr.
Creator Role: 
Associated Person
Date: 
1687-1688
Description: 
The map is a rough sketch in brown ink of the division of the lands in the Commonty of Pencuik. It accompanies the map shown in image 00002252, which was drawn and annotated by the same person on 18 April 1687. Notes on the map record the acquisition of land 21 and 22 April 1687, and again on 21 January 1688. Unfortunately, while it mentions that the lands of Auchencorth and Dykeneuk were 'gott of ye Shaws' in 1687, and the later division took place between 'Lawhead & me', it does not indicate who 'me' is, although it was probably Sir John Clerk, the 1st. Baronet (d.1722) of Penicuik, and the map was probably drawn by him It covers part of the modern Auchencorth Moss, and marks Blackburn, Auchencorth Farm, Dykeneuk Farm, Grange Ford, the Gowk Stone and various other local features. It is also associated with 00002253 and 00002477, showing the marches between Halls and Auchencorth, dated 1711, and 00002249 showing Halls Commonty, dated 1717.
Work Type: 
Manuscript map/plan
Measurement: 
23.1 x 33.7cm (9 1/8" x 1' 1 1/4")
Material: 
Paper
Technique: 
Pen and ink
Subject Place: 
Auchencorth
Subject Place: 
Blackburn
Subject Place: 
Dykeneuk
Subject Place: 
Gowk Stone
Subject Place: 
Midlothian
Subject Place: 
Penicuik
Subject Place: 
Scotland
Reference: 
Adams, Ian H., Descriptive List of Plans in the Scottish Record Office, v. 4, HMSO, Edinburgh, 1988, p.69.
Rights Statement: 
Courtesy of the Keeper of the Records of Scotland
Repro File Type: 
Cropped Tiff
Repro File Size (bytes): 
89689086
Repro Title: 
Memoir anent devyding penny cook commontie. Auchincorth & dykniuk gott of ye Shaws 21 & 22 April 87 [1 of 2]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels): 
7072 x 7072
Repro ID Number: 
0043838c.tif
Repro Old ID Number: 
00002133
Repro Capture Date: 
31/01/2001 11:14:00