Data for 'Scottish Towns and Urban Society in the Enlightenment, c.1745-1820' by Harris, B, McKean, C

“…Registers of testaments throw up very uneven results for this kind of exercise since executors were not compelled to provide detailed breakdowns of individual items unless this was necessary to recover the estate, or where inventories were drawn up to record goods to be shared out after the death of their owner or to settle debts after bankruptcy. The inventories are organized by town and are a substantially uncorrected form. …”