The following is taken from D.8/83a Bound Decreet of sale of estate of Quendale, 1767 held in ShRO.³⁶   The tenants of the Quendale Estate were giving depositions as to the land they rented and the rent they paid.  Only the depositions by various Burgar are recorded here.

George Burgar in Clumley and James Leslie in Clumley being examined with respect to the above tenants of Luasetter their possessions. Deponed that they know they possessed the same and paid the rent as abovementioned deponed upon by them and had seen these tenants pay their rents to Quendale.

George Burger in Breck of Hillwall has deponed that he had upwards of ten years laboured four merks in Breck of Hillwall belonging to Quendale that he as well as the other tenants in the room pay yearly to their master two pound eight shilling Scots per merk of land maills being nine pound seventeen shilling for his possession and that Quendale draws the corn teind himself estimated at one pound p. mk of land which is four pound with four poultry fowls and nine days services.

John Burgar in Hilwal deponed that he had for ten years past been Quendale's ground officer during which time he laboured two merks and a fourth part of a merk belonging to him in the room of Hilwal that he had paid no rent for his possession the same being allowed to him for his service but that he knew that each merk of that room paid yearly two pound eight shilling Scots of land maills and that the corn­teind is drawn by Quendale himself inde of land maills for his possession five pound eight shilling and two pound five shilling of corn teind and as the whole of the above tenants in the room of Hilwall deponed as to as to their respective possession and concur to the use of payment vist. that each merk of land in that room pay at the rate of two pound eight shilling Scots of land maills and the corn teind drawn & estimated at one pound per merk

Andrew Burgar in Gerth deponed that he was a tenant in the room of Gerth and that Quendales tenants in that room pay at the rate of two pound eight shilling p. mk. of land mains and that Quendale draws the corn tend of the whole himself and John Fea in cour a taylor deponed that he was many years a tenant of Quendales in the room of Gerth and that he paid then for the land possessed by him two pound eight shilling Scots per merk of land maills & that all the tenants in that room paid the like besides all which it appears that eighteen merks of land of the room of Gerth was in Quendales natural possession

George Burgar in Breck of Hilwal deponed that he had upwards of ten years laboured four merks in Breck of Hilwall belonging to Quendale. That he paid besides land maills & corn teind ten merks butter of bow teind and a lamb value ten shilling Scots once in three years and one pound two shilling and six pennies of boats teind.

George Burgar in Gord of Hilwal deponed that he and his father for many years laboured and possessed six merks in the room of Hilwall that he paid besides land maills and corn teind seventeen merks butter of bow teind and one pound two shilling and six pennies of boats teind

Andrew Burgar and John Fea have deponed and concurred as to the above tenants in Gerth.

Andrew Burgar in Gerth deponed that he laboured the six merks in the room of Gerth the property of Bigtoun and that Quendale drew the corn teind himself which was commonly estimated at one pound Scots p. merk of land inde six pounds Scots. That he paid also to Quen­dale ten merks butter of bow teind ten shilling Scots of lamb teind. James Vance in his rental states the corn teind paid by the whole tenants in the room of Gerth at the rate of one pound  Scots p.merk of land and he states the small casual teinds uplifted by him from Andrew Burgar the immediate preceeding witness at six merks and a half butter of bow teind one shilling Scots of calf teind and two shilling Scots of lamb teind.