@article{JohnFisherinheritstenancyinMuiravonsideParish:3264,
      note = {In this instrument of sasine from 6 September 1699,  William Ker, Baron of Manuel-Foulis, recognizes and  authorizes the transfer of lands between from the deceased  John Fishar of Torphichen Mill to his adult son (also John  Fishar) "investing"/in an infeftment. The property is in  the Crownerlands near Almond (Haning) Castle, in  Morningside (Muiravonside) parish in Stirling district  (today's West Lothian).  The sasine identifies the acreage  and buildings on each plot of land as well as former  owners, including Alexander Crawford and Fisher's  grandfather Robert Fisher. It also indicates how to pay  rent in Scots money and in kind, including milled wheat.   The document is a legal act signed by Ker. It is written by  lawyer John Eiston and witnessed in Linlithgow by Eiston  and Robert and William Bell, just like a modern-day legal  document.  There are 40 lines of text (recto).},
      url = {http://digitalcoll.skidmore.edu/record/3264},
      title = {John Fisher inherits tenancy in Muiravonside Parish,  Scotland (1699)},
      recid = {3264},
      pages = {parchment ; 32.9 x 48.8 cm.},
      address = {1699},
}