Identity area
Reference code
GB 3452 ARG-06
Title
Argyll estate records
Date(s)
- 1460-2017 (Creation)
Level of description
Subfonds
Extent and medium
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Repository
Archival history
Papers created by the various officers appointed to manage the lands and properties owned by the earls and dukes of Argyll in the course of their duties. Created by the various officers, the records were brought together in Inveraray in the mid 20th century.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Records created for and through the process of managing the Argyll estates. The estates were administered centrally by the Argyll Chamberlain, with rents and local matters handled first by tacksmen and then, from the 18th century, by local factors. Records were stored centrally by the area of the estate to which they related:
A for Argyll
K for Kintyre
M for Mull
R for Rosneath
T for Tiree