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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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BISHOP'S RENTS, n.comb. See quot.Fif. 1800 J. Thomson Agric. Fif. 57:
Anciently, a large proportion of the property of this county held of the clergy. . . . The feu-duties for such lands were paid, partly in money, and partly in grain. They still retain the name of Bishop's rents: but the proportion, formerly paid in grain, is now paid in money by the fiars of the county.
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