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14 The Highland MoiitlUy.
THE ESTATE OF BUGHT, INVERNESS,
AND ITS OWNERS, 1171-1891.
IT
BY C. FRASER-MACKINTOSH, M.P.
Part II.
will be observed that by this time Margaret Grant
is married a second time, to Hugh Ostiler, burgess of
Inverness.
The minute description of the seals of the Haliburton
and Chisholm families attached to the deed of 1449 is of
historic value.
I had supposed that " William de Buthe," a wealthy
burgess of Inverness, also a liberal benefactor, especially to
the Chaplainry of St Michael, in conjunction with Marion
Muirren, his spouse ; Janet Buthe, their daughter ; and
Alexander Vaus, her husband, who all lived at this period,
was proprietor of Bught. At same time, it is seen that
most of William's lands were situated in the valley of the
Milburn, or within burgh, and do not include Bught.
Possibly he may have been proprietor of the lands now
known as Dirriebught, held in mortification for the poor.
In passing, it may be noticed that in 1453 the rental
payable to Aberbrothoc from the Church of Inverness
comprehended " the herring teinds of Inverness, the teind
of the mills of the same town, also 40s from the Paschal
roll of the aforesaid town,— also the land of Bouch."
The Abbot not only declined to sanction the alienation
of the lands of Bught, but took active steps in person to
rccognosce them, as appears by the following documents,
the first in 1456 :
—
" Bucht : Instrument of Recognition.—In the name of
God, Amen : By this be it known that in the year of the
Lord's Incarnation 1456, on the 3rd day of the month of
December, the 5th indiction, and second year of the Pontificate
of Pope Calixtus III., in the presence of me and the