University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Scope and Contents Note entitled 'Farm Constable' detailing the manner in which a man is elected to the position and the responsibilities he holds including that he is elected by the village and 'gives his word of honour that he will be true and honest to the commun[i]t[y]'; he facilitates in disputes over common grazing or common roads; on wet days he orders the herd to take the cattle from the field to the machair; he intervenes in matters relating to land levies and that he was paid in hay and piece of land...