2 Verbs to Use for the Word tacksman

Sir Walter Scott, writing in Skye in 1814, says:'Macleod and Mr. Suter have both heard a tacksman of Macleod's recite the celebrated Address to the Sun; and another person repeat the description of Cuchullin's car.

xiv):'The new management and high rents took the tacksmen, or larger tenants, by surprise.

2 Verbs to Use for the Word  tacksman