They became feudal lords by accepting the King of Scots as their feudal overlord - this is what gave them the "ownership" of lands that had previously been held communally.
"The Poor Had No Lawyers - ho Owns Scotland and How They Got it" covers this and much more:
They became feudal lords by accepting the King of Scots as their feudal overlord - this is what gave them the "ownership" of lands that had previously been held communally.
"The Poor Had No Lawyers - ho Owns Scotland and How They Got it" covers this and much more:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B006WB2E9Q/ref=dp-kindle-redirec...
Scotland has had well over a thousand years of legal shenanigans around land ownership - it is amazingly complex for such a small country.