Loch Lomond Heritage
Ben Lomond - drawn by G. F. Robson and engraved by E. F. Finden
Full details of this unique gift package will appear shortly.
The Thirl package will cost £35 sterling or $70 US dollars, including surface mail.
• Certificate recording your Thirldom
• CDROM featuring the best in Scottish Contempory Music from Foot Stompin Celtic Music
• CDROM featuring the History of Loch Lomond
• CDROM containing books in electronic form from the Scottish Academic Press
• High resolution Historical Images from Scotland
The
office of THIRL originates
from the distant past when a thirl was a body servant or retainer to a
noble or chief. Perhaps, one of the most famous examples of a thirl is
when King Harold's house carls
or thirls put up their famous
last stand at the Battle of Hastings
1066 which
heralded the Norman conquest of Britain.
In Scotland the ancient institution or custom of thirlage has long been recognised though the Thirlage Act 1799 restricted its use. In essence thirlage is a trade restraint or monopoly, perhaps not totally unlike a modern day franchise.
The famous Scots law writer Rankine described thirlage as a relict of an old form of feudal service yet the history of thirlage dates to a free era prior to the arrival of the Normans and their French ways. Loch Lomond Heritage as landowners on the banks and shore of Loch Lomond has enabled you to enjoy thirlage's noble history.
In Scotland the ancient institution or custom of thirlage has long been recognised though the Thirlage Act 1799 restricted its use. In essence thirlage is a trade restraint or monopoly, perhaps not totally unlike a modern day franchise.
The famous Scots law writer Rankine described thirlage as a relict of an old form of feudal service yet the history of thirlage dates to a free era prior to the arrival of the Normans and their French ways. Loch Lomond Heritage as landowners on the banks and shore of Loch Lomond has enabled you to enjoy thirlage's noble history.