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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1463-1697
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Landit, a.1 Also: -ed. [Late ME. londyd (c 1444), (OE. ᵹelandod).] Possessing land, land-owning, landed; belonging to the class of landed proprietors.(1) c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxii. 76.
How suld I leif that is [M. and I] nocht landit, Nor ȝit with benifice am I blandit? a1586 Maitland Ho. Seytoun 16.
Heir we may collect … that he was landit becaus he tuk the surename be ressoun of the landis that he possedit for the tyme(2) 1463 Lennox Mun. 77.
I sal … find to ȝoure henes sikkir borowis of lordis and landit men c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace ix. 1810.
Na landyt man chapyt with him bot ane a1500 Sir Eger 2730.]
[There was no yeomen men but ten, For all the rest were landed men 1509 Rec. Earld. Orkney 81.
The wirdeest and best of the land gaderytt, landytt men roythmen 1516 Ib. 91, 2.1520 Fife Sheriff Ct. 189.
Lawborgh … the quhilk the said schiref refusyt because the said Maister Alexander wes noucht landit man 1522 Acts Lords of Council MS. XXXIII. 53.
The lard of Mynto to find … souerte to mary his sonis dochteris apoun landyt men of … greit importance 1522–3 Fife Sheriff Ct. 276.
Thai are pure lauboraris & can get na landyt mene to be souerte fore thaim 1531 Bell. Boece II. 345.
Thair was xxx knichtis and landit men, all of ane surname 1551 Acts II. 485/1.
Ane landit man frehalder wassall fewar burges and small beneficit men ij d. 1583 Reg. Privy C. III. 576.
Everie baroun, knycht, gentilman, and landit man with sax horsmen at the monyast 1590 Ib. IV. 798.
Thay salbe persewit … with fyre and sword … and the stanehoussis of the landit men cassin downe 1610 Peterkin Notes App. 96.
Ane ancient … consuetude within the country of Ȝetland … that quhan ony landitman haveand landis within the said cuntrey depairtit this mortall lyffe [etc.] 1639 Old Ross-sh. 216.
The gentrie of thir fieldis heir at Dingwall … desyr … that … with yor quhole freinds that ar landit men … you be heir … Tuesday come aucht dayes 1665 Kirkcudbr. Sheriff Ct. Deeds I. 192.
[In the hands of] ane sufficient landit man within the parish(b) 1540 15th Rep. Hist. MSS. App. ix. 17.
If any lord … or landed man labour for … ane theif 1623 Misc. Maitl. C. II. 197.
That nae landed man nor boundman [in Orkney] sall sett land frae this tyme to anie persone or persones 1697 Justiciary for Securing the Peace of the Highlands.
No persons … of the Highlands … are to bring … bestiall to any mercats without a certificat of a landed-man in write(3) 1500–1 Acts Lords of Council II. 482.
The pane for … the persons … being gentilman landit ij c. merkis, ilk gentilman unlandit j c. li., and ilk yeman j c. merkis 1501 Red Bk. Menteith II. 304.
For ilke persone landit xl lib. 1516 Fife Sheriff Ct. 58.
Jhone Claphane … become souerte & lawbroch for the said Johne of Spens as gentil man landit 1572–3 State P. MS. No. 95 A (Reg. H.).
Fyve scoir of gentill men landit, the leist of thaime haiffing heritag worth foure hundreth markis 1585 Acts III. 388/2.
And all vtheris noblemen knichtis barones and gentlemen landit and vnlandit ȝeamen and commonis that hes … assistit … the said erle(4) 1575 Digest Justiciary Proc. I. 47.
That ye … charge all … erles, lordeis, barrones, frehalderis, landit gentilmen, that they [etc.] … addres thame to meit our said … regent a1578 Pitsc. I. 100/15.
James Earle of Douglas [etc.] … witht wtheris diuerse landit gentillmen 1603 Reg. Privy C. VI. 525.
All and sindrie erllis, lordis, baronis and landit gentlemen, valiant … tua thousand merkis of yeirlie rent 1631 Reg. Great S. 624/2.
Per consignationem ejusdem [a rose noble] in manibus unius sufficientis lie landit gentilman infra dictam parochiam(5) 1637 Rutherford Lett. I. 217.
O that Christ were restored to be a freeholder and a landed heritor in Scotland
