ABSTRACT
The selection of the Scottish undertakers underwent a process of evolution similar to that which shaped the final conditions and the system of land distribution. By March 1609 two Scots had already indicated their desire to partake of some of the land that would be allotted to their countrymen. The Scottish council had begun to receive requests from Scots living at home. The roll sent to Hay by the Scottish council has not survived, but the names on it can be deduced from the entries in the council’s records. The Scottish council continued to enrol undertakers even after sending the second list to Hay. The Scottish council received official word of the alteration of the plantation plans only in August 1609. When the Scottish council recommended Ochiltree to the lord deputy later that year, it was noted that he had ‘by the Kingis Majesteis commandiement and directioun undirtane ane burdyne in this intendit Irishe plantatioun’.
