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BER W - - . T O N H AM S E A CHAS . A NAU , AL ON T E , NGL ND .
W h ol esale Agen ts
M PK IN M R LL L N EN L C o . T D . , A SHA , HAMI TO . K T , ,
LONDON . P R IN T E RS ,
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LEEL BRARY H AROLD B . I BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY PROV O UT H , A H ow t o T rac e a Desce nt
f m ro Royalty .
Probably most families Most families that possess a ped igree of h ave Royal A seven or eight generations ncestry. e in the paternal line , hav at least on e descent from the Kings of Eng — land , perhaps many lines of descent even though they may be quite unaware of it . The difficulty is to trace out and prove your descent . The object of this chapter is to show from what kings and royal personages a descent can b e derived ; and to give some suggestions as to how it is possible to and e e e f R work out trac a d sc nt rom oyalty. 4 Royal
The working out of a W hy Royal royal descent is , to my mind , Descents ar e a pursuit far more interest r in worth t ac g . ing than working out a ’ pedigree of one s paternal ancestors . The ordinary pedigree is to o often merely a string
of of the names persons almost unknown .
o f You get their names , their places abode , the dates and places of baptism , marriage and burial , the date and proof of their Wills or the grant O f Letters of Administration and that is all . Useful and excellent persons these ancestors were in their day , no doubt ; but still they were for the most part ” unknown to history . It is given to but few to h ave in the male line for an ancestor C a Marlborough , a Nelson , a live , a
Fox Wellington , a Cromwell , a , a Burke , a
Pitt, a Milton, a Tennyson , a Lely, or a h f R eynolds . T ose ew who have such paternal ancestors in their family tree are justly proud of them . D e scent s 5
Every royal descent necessarily implies th e possession of distinguished historical — personages as ancestors men and wome n whose doings we read about in the pages of
— mot s history kings only , but warriors , tates
O f men , knights the garter, canonized saints , and so forth . It gives a keener interest to the visitor to Westminster Abbey or W in C chester athedral , or to the student of
English history , if he knows that he is de scended in a clear unbroken line from the kings and great men who lie buried in those sacred fanes and of whom he reads in history, and if he feels that he is united by the ties of blood to the Sovereign of these realms . It is sometimes urged Th e Blood that , after all , the quantity R a oy l . o f royal blood that flows ’ in any person s veins must be in fin itesi mally small ; but the same holds true of — the blood of our paternal ancestors we ’ e on e- only inh rit half of our parents blood , 6 Royal
’ one - - e fourth of our grandparents , one ighth ’ - of our great grandparents , and so on . Although we may have but little of their
our blood coursing in veins , still we are of proud being descended from them ,
because they are our lineal ancestors .
During the reigns of W h l the Plantagenet Kings i311 Desceiiis , e Becam e princes and princess s of
i e the royal blood frequently Poss bl . intermarri ed with English
n obles and knights , and it is from these unions that the strain of royal blood flows
- in so many English families to day . The earliest monarch from whose younger children descent can be traced“ is King
John , whose daughter Eleanor married of Simon de Montfort , Earl Leicester . The
‘ G un d r ad a wi f O f W l l d e W arren n u sed to b e c on , e i iam e , id e re d d au h r O f W ill a th e Con u er r b u t is n ow al o s s a g te i m q o , it m t on l us el ro e d h a sh e was n ot h is d au h er b u t h is s e c c v y v g , i p t t t ' t p th e l a e M r . R . Ch e ster W a er s s G d au gh ter . Se e t E t und rad a d c D scen fr G un d rad a is r n . W ar rm ne . e t om ve y commo D e scents 7 last monarch from whom descent can be t V IL w e d K n , d ht race is ing He ry hos aug er, w Mary Tudor, Queen Do ager of France , C e ff married harles Brandon , Duk of Su olk . No commoners can trace legitimate " descent from the Stuarts or the Guelphs, except through morganatic marriages , for, 1 1 since the year 5 5 until quite modern days , our princesses have intermarried only with i foreign royalties and pr ncelings . In our own time we have witnessed the marriages
O fAr ll of the Princess Louise to the Duke gy , and of the Princess R oyal to th e Duke of we Fife , so perhaps are reverting to the happy custom that was in vogue in th e
thirteenth and fourteenth centuries .
R oy al De scen ts fr om Morgan atic Marriages an d Irregul ar Al li n e s o f En l sh S ere gn s h s e N o es on Le im a e a c g i ov i , wit om t git t ” R al e sc en s fr S o h W elsh an d Fren h K in s il l is oy D t om c tc , c g , w , it h o ed b e th e le o f an r cl e b e n cl ud e d in a ‘u re ol um e p , tit a ti to i tu v r o f th i s se ries . F or th is e ason I o m i t h ere all referen c e t o th e d h d d r f h ar e . an ill egitimate c h il en o C l s II t eir escen d an ts. F or th e r ese n sufli c e t o say h a a l s of th e 3 1 : l in g d es e n d an s p t , it t t i t iv c t o f N ell G wyn n is to b e fo un d in T h e Genea logical M agaz ine for an r 1 01 an d m a be n o ed h r h th e l u s O f h at J ua y , 9 , it y t e e t at vo me t a z n e c on n an ro al d e sc en s as well as so r g y y , e v y m a i tai m t . m e s f l d es n s of th e Pl n a ne s fr th e old Iri s S u e u ce t a t ge t om h and cotch in s etc . k g , 8 Royal
Th e Twelve There are twelve royal ” Leaka es g personages , the younger Of th e children of Kings John , Ro al Bl OOd y . I . Henry III , Edward ,
E . V I L dward III , and Henry , from whom d escent can readily and usually be traced .
1 1 - 1 2 1 6 JOHN , 99 , was father of
1 ( ) Eleanor, wife of Simon de Montfort,
Earl of Leicester .
1 6 - 1 . 1 2 2 HENRY III , 2 7 , was father of
” ( 2) Edmund Crouchback , Earl of
Lancaster and Leicester .
- f D R I . 1 2 2 1 0 O E WA D , 7 3 7, was father
of (3 ) Eleanor, wife of Henry, Count
Bar, in France .
O f G (4) Joan Acre , wife Of ilbert de
C G . lare , Earl of loucester
f O f ( 5) Elizabeth , wi e Humphrey de
e ex . Bohun , Earl of Her ford and Ess D e sce n ts 9
Brotherton , Earl of
Marshal of England .
o Wo dstock , Earl of
- W . 1 2 1 ED ARD III , 3 7 3 77, was father of
8 of ( ) Lionel Antwerp , Duke of
Clarence .
(9) John of Gaunt , Duke of Lancaster .
1 0 . ( ) Edmund of Langley, Duke of York
1 1 e ( ) Thomas of Woodstock , Duk of
Gloucester .
- R . 1 8 1 0 e HEN Y VII , 4 5 5 9 , was fath r of
1 e - ( 2 ) Mary, Qu en Dowager of France ,
C e wife of harles Brandon , Duk of ff Su olk .
A descent from any of Th e Ancestr y these implies of course a im plied by a f a R D descent rom Willi m the oyal escent . e e th e e Conqu ror, Alfr d Gr at, 1 0 Royal
r e an d and Egbe t , from sev ral Scottish kings , C from the Emperor harlemagne , and the
Emperor Frederick Barbarossa . A descent
m w . fro Ed ard III , or from Eleanor de Bar,
Joan of Acre , or Elizabeth de Bohun , implies a descent from the canonized Saint Ferdi
n . na d III . , King of Castile (Edward II , and these three ladies being his grandchildren). Whilst a descent from Thomas of Brother
of ton and Edmund Woodstock , or from
Edward III . , implies a descent from St . ’ w L s Louis of France , Ed ard second Queen
. u being a granddaughter of St Lo is , and ’ II . Edward s Queen his great granddaughter . Descent from Hugh Capet and a long line of French kings is also open ed up .
Each of these twelve royal children has
- a left many descendants living to d y. It will
h ow be well to take each in order, and see fl the royal blood has owed down . Desce n ts 1 1
( 1 ) Eleanor de Montfort El eanor d e e had a daught r, Eleanor, Mo tfort . n ‘ who married in 1 2 78 a ffi Llewelyn p Gri th , Prince of North Wales ,
e and their daughter, Catherine , was the wif
a of Isc oed of Philip p Ivor, Lord , from whom many Welsh and border families can trace lineal descent .
(2) Edmund Crouch Ed m und back married Blanche , Cr ouchb ack . - e Queen dowager of Navarr ,
of o f an d a niece St . Louis France , had a
o f . son Henry , Earl Lancaster and Leicester
of Henry left a son Henry , the father Blanche , first wife ofJohn o f Gaunt ; and four d augh
e e ters , from whom d scent can often be trac d , namely
a d e Bur h [ ] Maud , wife of William L g ,
rd o f U 3 Earl lster, who left an
only daughter , Elizabeth , wife of
o S e Li nel of Antwerp . e 1 2 Royal
of rd Joan , wife John , g Lord
Mowbray , from whom spring the
Howards , Berkeleys , and many
other families .
c I stl [ ] Eleanor, wife y Of John Beau ud an c es mont , z Lord Beaumont (
of Beaum on t Bart . O f C tor , , oleorton ,
n dl of R z and 2 y, ichard Fit th Alan , 9 Earl of Arundel , from whom springs the Duke of Nor
&c folk , .
’ a of rd [ ] Mary , wife Henry Percy , 3
Lord Percy, ancestor Of the Earls
and Dukes of Northumberland ,
&c .
(3 ) Eleanor de Bar had Eleanor a daughter, Eleanor, who d e Bar . a w married Llewelyn p O en , a Lord of South Wales ; their son , Thomas p d Llewelyn married Eleanor, aughter of Philip ap Ivor and Catherine (granddaughter D e sc e nts 1 3
S e of Eleanor de Montfort). e Their descendants are very numerous in Wales and the border counties . (4)Joane of Acre married
Joane of Acr e . I stl rd y, Gilbert de Clare , g
Earl of Gloucester, and had — th ree daughters and c o - heiresses [a] Alia
l e D es en c er nore , wife of Hugh p the younger ;
5 of [ ] Margaret , wife Hugh de Audley ; and
6 b o f [ ] Eliza eth , wife successively John de R Burgh , Theobald de Verdon , and oger ’ r f A n d l d Am o . o y Joane cre married 2 y,
R M o n th erm er alph de , and their grand daughter, Margaret , married Sir John de
son W Montacute ( Of illiam de Montacute , f Earl o Salisbury).
(5) Elizabeth d c Bohun Eli z abeth had three children— Wil d e B ohun . of liam de Bohun , Earl
Alian ore w f o f a Northampton ; , i e J mes
Butler, Ist Earl of Ormonde ; and Margaret ,
n d . wife of Hugh Courtenay , 2 Earl of Devon Royal
The descendants of Joane of Acr e and
Elizabeth de Bohun are very numerous . (6) Thomas of Brother Th om as of ton left an only daughter, Broth erton .
Margaret , Duchess of Nor f i rd olk , who marr ed John , 3 Lord Segrave , and had issue a daughter, Elizabeth, wife of th th e John , 4 Lord Mowbray (ancestor of
an d Howards , Berkeleys , many other families). (7) Edmund of Wood Ed m und an t stock left only daugh er, of W ood stock. “ th e Joan , Fair Maid of ” I stl Kent , who married , y, Sir Thomas de
K . G . Holland , , Earl of Kent, and by him left numerous descendants . The Fair
e 2 nd l Maid marri d , y, Edward , the Black b e Prince , and was y him moth r of King R ichard II . (8) Lionel of Antwerp Lionel a rri e d Eliz abeth de f A wer m o nt p . — - Burgh see (2 ) [a] and D esce nts 1 5
e o e had issu an nly daught r, Philippa , who m rd arried Edmund Mortimer, 3 Earl of — R March , and had issue oger Mortimer,
th z 4 Earl of March ; and Eli abeth , who “ I stl married , y, Sir Henry Percy, Hotspur (son an d heir of the I st Earl of Northumber l 2 ndl and), and y, Thomas , Lord Camois .
(9) J ohn o f G a unt
Joh n of Gaunt . I stl e married , y, Blanch , daughter of Hen ry Plan ta en e t g , Duke of Lancaster (grandson of — — Edmund Crouchback) see (2) by whom
z e he had a daughter, Eli ab th , the wife of
John Holland , Duke of Exeter . By his rd Sw nford g wife , Katharine y , John of " G — a aunt had issue [ ] Sir John Beaufort ,
Earl of Somerset and Marquis of Dorset ,
e who married Margaret , daught r of Thomas
of b Holland , Earl Kent , y whom he had
f h n f G u n n d w fo rd er T h e ch ild ren o Jo o a t a K ath erin e S yn w e al l b o rn b e fo re arr a e b u t w ere l e m a ed h th e asse n o f m i g , giti t wit t P arl a en in 1 . F o r h s re aso n m an eo l d o n o t al u a i m t 3 97 t i y p p e v e , d s n fro o h n of G un so h hl as o h r r l d e s en s e ce t m J a t ig y t e oya c t , 1 6 Royal
an d 5 six children ; [ ] Joan Beaufort , who R 2 n d I , F , married , st obert errers Lord
o f Vem an d 2 n d l R Ferrers V , , y, alph Neville , I st Earl of Westmorland The descend ants of John of Gaunt are very numerous .
( 1 0) Edmund of Lang Edmund l , h f L ey left issue from w om o angley. de scent can be traced
R Con isb ur h of ichard of g , Earl a C mbridge , married Anne Morti h ad mer, and a daughter, Isabel ,
o of C untess Eu and Essex , and a
son R rd of , ichard , g Duke York ,
wh o evill f (by Cicely N , his wi e, a granddaughter of John of Gaunt — - see (9)[op had with oth er issue
1 . 2 [ ] King Edward IV ; [ ] George , C Duke of larence , ancestor of the & c . Hastings , ; [3 ] Anne , Duchess
of Exeter, and wife of Sir Thomas
t . e e of t e S Leger, anc str ss h
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It is from on e or other of Unbroken these twelve royal pri nces Male Descents and pri ncesses that royal fr om Royal
P r n descents must be traced . a so ages. I o There are , think , nly
ee n to- w thr families livi g day, hose male ancestors directly married a princess of the blood royal of England ; and these are th e families of Nevill , Marquis of Abergavenny,
of St . Lawrence , Earl Howth , and Bean
R I st mont , Baronet . alph Nevill , Earl of d f Westmorlan , married Joan Beau ort , R daughter of John of Gaunt ; Sir obert St .
a e 1 th L wr nce , s Baron of Howth , married
Joan Beaufort , second daughter of Edmund
e of Beaufort , Duk Somerset , grandson of
John of Gaunt ; and John Beaumont , Lord
Beaumont , married Eleanor, daughter of
Henry Plantagenet, Earl of Lancaster, gr andson of Henry III . All other historic houses th at interm arried directly with royalty x have become e tinct, and it is now only D e s c e nts 1 9 through a succession of female lines that a descent from royalty can be traced . How can we trace a Th e fi r st ? t descent from royalty How s eps to take . shall we set to work ? What steps shall we take ? The first thing to be
o n done is to study carefully your w pedigree .
a th e T ke wives of all your male ancestors , and note down the ancestry of each on e in turn , both in the male and female lines .
Purchase a 4to MS . Note Book , and enter in
e o f it carefully the pedigre s your mother, both your grandmothers , your four great
e - - grandmothers , your eight gr at great grand ’ aa mothers , and so on so far back as y ou are able to trace them . Be careful to n ote down the dates Of birth , marriage , and ou death , wherever y can possibly obtain them . The probability is that soon you will hit upon some good Th e Clue to family with whom some f l w o lo . e ancestor has intermarri d . 2 0 Royal
You now work steadily at this , and try to trace the female lines back to some peer or
or o r baronet (extant extinct), at all events to some family whose pedigree was entered ’ up at the Heralds Visitations , or is printed
e n o in the County Histories . W w try to connect this family with some of the great f families undoubtedly descended rom royalty, N w with evill , Percy, Ho ard , Seymour,
D es en c e r Berkeley , Beaumont , Ferrers , p ,
C R or ourtenay, Manners , ussell , Vane , some o f the many other h istoric houses of the
an d a n d n n ot land ; h vi g o e this , it is hard
to fi n d the conn ecting link with royalty .
The s e cret of success lies in Th e Secret of working steadily at the Success . female lines . W e must
on w keep working back ards , from the
d a present y, step by step ; we must not
begin with Edward III . , and try to work
our downward from him , unless object is not to trace our own descent from royalty but to
make a study o f royal descents in general . [ De s c e nts 2 1
The books that I have
H elpful Books; found most useful in tracing royal descents are these
’ “ ” Burke s Extinct Peerage .
’ Burke s Extinct Baron e tcies .
’ “ ” Collins s Peerage , ed . by Bridges , 9 vols . The Harleian Society’s and other Heralds ’
Visitations ,
’ ’ “ Foster s or Burke s Peerage . (I prefer Foster for this purpose ; his in troductory ’ matter is more useful than Burke s . )
’ “ Burke s Landed Gentry .
’ ’ Marshall s Genealogist s Guide . Bernau ’ s International G enealogical ” Directory . ffi With these books , little di culty should b e experienced in tracing back to royalty the descent of any families that have a genuine pedigree O f seven or eight genera
o f m n ot . tions , and any who have even this
4 — T h n M r F1 h r A . B. [ ou . . C . ] a k y , etc e 2 2 Royal
Other books that I have found helpful are the following
” Ch ich el ean a Stemmata , edition with
appendix .
’
R . Burke s oyal Families , 2 vols Burke’s R oyal Descents and Pedigrees of ’ ” Founder s Kin . Foster’ s “ Noble and Gentle Families of R ” oyal Descent , 3 vols . And especially
’ The Marquis of R uvign y s Plantagenet ” R l f R a o l o the Blood oy l .
a e Of this l st most valuable work , thre
h e volumes ave already been issu d, namely
” T ud or V ol um e (descendants of H en ryV II . )
C ” larence Volume (descendants of George ,
Duke o f Clarence).
” Exeter Volume (descendants of Anne ,
Duchess of Exeter). Descents 2 3
e d A fourth volum is promise , early in 1 08 9 , to deal with the descendants of Isabel ,
Countess of Eu and Essex . And further volumes are to contain other lines of R i ’ descent from Edward III . uv gn y s volumes are exceedingly useful for genea ’ ’ logical purposesfi‘ Foster s and Burke s volumes contain the descents of merely a
n selected umber of persons , whereas
R s - uvigny tarts at the fountain head , and endeavours to give all th e known descendants of on e royal personage in each volume .
own I have in my library two MS .
Volumes of the late Joseph Foster, worked out on the same lines . One deals with the
A an d descendants of Joane of cre , the other
of i with those El zabeth de Bohun , and they
of contain many hundreds pedigrees , all
' traced back to these princesses . 1
’ In sin th e In d x e s to R uvi gn s b oo s sh o ul d be bo rn e u g e y k , it n d nl i e h e n s o f li v in n in mi th atth ey o y g v t ame g pe rso s . 7 T h e n n s o f h e SS are th e ser e o f an d co te t t se M . at vic y can id l i l in u rer genea og ca q i . 2 4 Royal
Some care is necessary Inaccurate l n worki ng out a royal Royal
. A for in Des descent man , cent s.
stance , marries twice ; his first wife is descended from royalty ; his f second wi e is not , and she is the mother of his children : it is so easy to fall into an error here , and to give the descendants of the second wife a royal descent , when they
n have one . There is an instance of this sort in the Waters pedigree (Burke’ s “ R oyal ” Families , vol . II . , pedigree R h where Sir obert Peyton marries Elizabet , R daughter of Sir obert Clere , by Anne
Bol e n e was y (who of royal blood), and his descendants are given a royal descent . But
of C as a matter fact, Elizabeth lere was not
o f A Bol e n e a daughter nne y , but of Anne R C ’ fi Hopton , Sir obert lere s rst wife ; and so this alleged royal descent falls to the ground .
There is another instance of a clearly
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It W l ll be found that in Di fferent many counti es the stram of Strai ns of b erm royal lood , which p e Royal Bl oo(1 ates the families of those perm eate i m fi u , t d ifferent co nt es was the rs i instance brought in by one Count es.
or two families , who have o since widely intermarried with ther families .
C w d isse Thus in orn all and Devon , it was m in ate d by the Courtenays , the second Earl of Devon having married Margaret de ’ ( m tg Bohun . S ee (5) . Colonel Vivian s ” Visitations of Cornwall and Devon are most useful b ooks in tracing royal descents
in . these counties In Leicestershire , the Beaumonts and Manners have widely spread the royal blood . In Lincolnshire, the strain was brought in by Dymoke of Scrivelsby,
T r wh it and y of Kettleby, and disseminated throughout the county by these two families
. e and also by Fitzwilliam In Shropshir , Sir
M awdd e ff in 1 John Burgh of y, Sh ri 442 , Descents 2 7
e d au h and a gr at landowner, who left four g c o - ters and heiresses , spread the royal blood very widely ; and it was also brought in by
W u K . G . Sir alter Devere x , ; the Talbots ,
o f G r Earls Shrewsbury , and the reys , Lo ds of Powys ; but the Corbets of Moreton fi Corbet , a most proli c race , who intermarried very widely in the county, were the great d isseminators of the royal blood in Sh rop It th e shire . is probably same in many other counties .
What has been done in Sour ces of In the way of printing descents form ation for from royalty in the various some of th e counties ? W hat help can Counties . the genealogical inquirer
of get, as regards the royal descents families belonging to his own county ? This is a
n ot question that I am prepared to answer . I can only suggest a few so urces of informa tion relating to some of the counties . 2 8 Royal
’ BE R KSH IRE . Berry s Genealogies o f ” r s &c . Be k , pages 3 4, 53 ,
’ CORN W ALL S ee Vivian s Visitation s of ” C 1 06 1 88 - ornwall , pages , 3 5 , 4 9, ’ “ o f 2 &c . 5 7, Maclean s History Trigg ”
&c . Minor, p .
B — i ’ l . ew tt s R l v o . D ER YSHIRE J e iquary,
d e f e XXIV . ( scent o Derbyshire pe rs
n V II vol . . C from He ry ); XXII , aven
vol . . dish ; XXIV ,
&c . Holden and Hurt , Pares , [large l vo . . sheet pedigrees] ; Alleyne , XXIV ,
- 1 06 2 . 7 ; Babington , 3 7
’ —S ee DEV ONSH IRE . Vivian s Visitations o f ” 6 1 06 2 6 6 1 Devon , pages 3 , , 44, 3 5 , 9 ,
8 & 747 .
— ’ “ f X . o ESSE Berry s Genealogies Essex ,
&c 1 1 66 1 . pages , , 7 ,
“ - e orc e G LO Uc EST ER SH I R E . S e under W s ” h ir te rs e . D e s c e nts 2 9
’ G of HAMPSH IRE . Berry s enealogies ” 1 2 1 1 &c . Hants , pages 5 5 , 5 , 3 5 , 99,
— ’ LEICESTERSH IRE . Fletcher s Leicester R ” shire Pedigrees and oyal Descents .
ee OXFORDSH IRE . S under Worcester ” shire .
R h a S H ROPSH I E . S ropshire Arch eological ’ ” o for 1 88 S ciety s Transactions , 2 i Persons connected w th Shropshire , whose d escendants c an claim l egi ti f d E I . mate escent rom dward ,
. or . Edward III , Henry VII , and a fe w from Henry fo r 1 903 (Shropshire persons d escended from Hotspur) ; for 1 904 ( Shropshire persons descended from Henry and for 1 908 (Notes on some Sh rop
shire R oyal Descents).
—M ’ . kett s SUFFOLK u5 Manorial Families ,
' a sz p s m . 3 9 Royal — WARWICKSHIR E . S ee under Worcester ” shire .
R W R W O C E ST E R SHI R E , WA R IC K SHI E , G X LOUCESTERSHIRE , and O FORD H R s I R E. oyal Lineage in the Four ” x Shires . An e tensive series of royal descents printed in the “ Evesham
Journal or Four Shires Gazette , in
1 8 &C . 93 ,
are ' To those who not Extraord m ary satisfied with a descent Descents . n from the E glish monarchs , but wish to carry their researche s further back still , reference might be made to an extraordinary pedigree inserted at the ’ ‘‘ beginning ofPlantagenet - Harrison s History ” “ ofYorkshire , which commences with Odin ,
As ard ia - six King of g , about seventy years ” before the birth of Christ . This pedigree makes Egbert to be twenty- seventh in
e ce direct lineal d s nt from Odin , and D e sc e nts 3 1 professes to trace th e ancestry of our English Sovereigns from the R oman
Emperors , and the ancient Kings of Jutland ,
Sl eswi Denmark , Sweden , g, Norway,
R &c . & c . Poland , Sicily, ussia, , Should any one desire to go back further still , he " fi n d will a pedigree in the Bodleian Library, which will give him a direct lineal descent, o through the Kings of Sc tland and Britain , back to Noah and Adam " I have found it a useful It useful on e W t h plan , and saves meth od of much labour, to mark my work o wn copies of some of the ’ c printed Heralds Visitations , with ross references to the marriages ; and to write over the name of each lady who
a brings a royal descent into any f mily .
Ash ol e M SS 62 h in wi ’ . 88 to 1 b . as bee n rin ed e t t s m . 7 , p J ” It t R el u r vo l XV I . age 6 . P ed ree s r aci n th e d e s en of iq a y , , p 4 ig t g c t th e k in gs b ac k to Ad am are al so gi ven in A d d o n al MSS . ’ ' iti ' " an d in O H art s ri sh Ped gre es ; in An d erson s R oyal " I i ’ G en e al o i es 1 2 an d Sh rl y S h s “ Gen e al o of ue n g , 73 ; i e mit gy Q e ” V o ri a rac ed fro Ad an d Eve 1 88 . an o th r u ri o us c m am , 5 M y e c i t t ' ed r ee s a n o in G u d p ig re ted G atfi el d s i e to Prin ted Book s and ” M SS . rel in H r ld r and Gene l 1 8 2 . at g to e a y aogy , 9 3 2 Royal
To illustrate my method of making cross
in references to the marriages , I give an ’ stance from Canon M ad d ison s Lincolnshire
Pedigrees (Harleian Society). The Dymokes ,
o f of Scrivelsby, brought a good deal royal
blood into Lincolnshire families , and their — pedigree is given at pages 1 2 02 1 2 1 2 . The working out of the pedigre es o f the ladies whom the Dymokes married shows me that
A T ailb ois Margaret Welles (p . nne
(p . Jane Cressy (p . and Eleanor
W atson (p . were all lineally descended f from the kings o England . I now write over the nam e of each o f these
ladies . It is clear that all their descendants
must be descended from royalty . Margaret f Dymoke (p . the wife o Sir Thomas
on e of . Fitzwilliam , is these I turn to the
fi n d Fitzwilliam pedigree , and Margaret and her husband named at page 3 5 7 ; and I R D ” write . . over her name , and under her
name at that page S ee p . and under
3 4 Royal
fin d a Oxfordshire . I this lady n med in ” the “ Visitation of Oxfordshire (Harleian 0 Society), p . 3 4 ; so I write under her name ,
e . . . 0 S e Vis Oxford , p and at p 3 4 of the ” “ S ee . Visitation of Oxfordshire , Lincs
Peds . , p . In like manner I have added cross - references to all possible ” marriages in the Lincolnshire Pedigrees , and some Of the other Visitations , and this method of annotating renders it com paratively easy to fi n d whether any family ” has a royal descent .
Looking at the Corbet pedigree Visita
1 6 2 fin d tion of Shropshire , 3 I that no less than 1 4 lad ies brought royal blood into the
Corbet family prior to 1 623 . By adopting m this ethod , it is easy to see at a glance where a descent from royalty comes into any
o f - family , and by means the cross references to to e the marriages , trac it back readily to its source . Desce nts 3 5
Many families who have Quar terin g th e ' a royal descent are entitled Ro a Ar s y l m . also to quarter the royal
n h arms o their s ield . This opens up
n ot another matter altogether, which I must
enter upon here . Those who wish to go further into it would do well to consult ’ “ i of C . E . Long s Genealog cal List the several persons entitled to quarter the Arms
R o f E of the oyal Houses ngland , and the lists given in the prefatory portion ’ R ” 2 . of Burke s oyal Families , vols The blood royal is to be cab -d river s , found in all ranks and de Pl um ber s and f o et grees O s m y . The case oth er OOUSID S is well - known of R oger of Royal ty ff th e Sta ord , who claimed barony of Stafford o n the decease of his th ff 1 6 u ncle Henry , s Lord Sta ord , in 3 7 ,
of but was denied it on account his poverty .
His sister, Jane, married a joiner, and their
son was e es e . a cobbl r r iding at N wport, Salop 3 6 Royal
R oger and Jane were th e great-grandchildren “ e e of Margar t, Count ss of Salisbury, the ” last of the Plantagenets . Another well
a e of known inst nc is that the Woodcocks , c o - e are h irs to the barony of Dudley, who
e e . lin ally d scended from Henry VII , and
- amongst these were a butcher, a toll gate
e keeper, a gamekeeper, a tailor, a paint r, a
- glass cutter, and a private soldier and sailor . I kno w of a cab - driver who has the blood
of Edward I . in his veins ; and not long ago I joined in marriage the daughter of a policeman to a plumber whose pedigree goes 8 0 e e back 5 years , and who is d scend d from h four sons of Edward III . But as a rule t e royal blood will b e found circulating in th e e e th e e th e upp r class s , county g ntry, and
1 professional classes . No less than 3 7 Bri e R tish peers are desc nded from ichard , Duke i of York (the father of K ngs Edward IV .
and Richard III). D e scents 3 7
It has been computed Th e that out of a hun dred D cend ant s of es . m i ll i ons of people of Bri ti sh Edwar d 111 .
descent, there are , perhaps , fifty or sixty th ousan d descendants o f
ffi of Edward but the di culty lies , course , in being able to trace the line back to him . I hope that my suggestion s will stimulate some to make the effort to trace their descent back to Th e Rewar d of royalty . It will repay them Success .
all their trouble , when they fin d they can connect themselves with all the traditions of a glorious past . It has
' a word been well said , 1 that , whilst from the
King can put a man into the peerage , or a successful financial speculation and the purchase of an estate can put a man into “ G ” the Landed entry , birth alone can give a man a descent from the Plantagenet
’ R uvi n s Pl an a en e R ol l Cl ren V l r fa e g y t g t , a ce o ume, p e c f . x ix . an d e er V ol u e r e a e . p . , m m , c , p ’ t p R uvi n s Exe r V ol u e r f , p . x . T g y te m , p e ace 3 8
on e e a e kings , for on sid , at le st, ther must be a strain of gentle blood , through it is possible to trace ancestry back to the feudal and crusading days .
F . A W . G . D . FLETCHER , M . A , S . .
Oxon Vicarage ,
Shrewsbury. 3 9
T h e t Sco t ish Records .
The earliest known Hi r sto y. authentic Scottish writings C are the harters of Edgar,
1 0 8 - 1 1 06 9 , which are to be found among the Coldingham Charters preserved at e Durham . In all probability th re is not in existence any Scottish writing of any de scription so old as the reign of Malcolm e 1 0 Canmore , who di d in the year 93 , in fact there is no good reason for believing that writing was practised in Scotland at a much h e arlier date than this . Very many of t e ancient Scottish records have been lost and
s e fire e e destroyed , om by and neglig nc , but
' by far th e larger number by th e removal to ‘ 40 S CO ttlS ll
England by Edward I . and by Cromwell . Of those removed to London by the latter about 95 hogsheads were shipped back to Scotland about the beginning of the year
1 66 1 on e , but, by the wreck of of the ships e 8 e conveying th m , 5 hogsheads wer com
pl etely lost .
T h e General R egister House in Edin burgh is the National R epository of th e i R e w Publ c ecords , and unl ss other ise state d the records afterm ention ed are to b e found t there . The con ents may be divided into
two classes , namely Historical ; and (2) those which are useful for every day
business transactions . The first departm ent is under the charge of the Curator of the
Historical Department, and contains th e documents relating to the general and con stitution al history such as the records of
Parliament, Privy Council , and Exchequer,
R &c . Monastic ecords , In this department no ees are c a e for i e a es f h rg d l t r ry r earch .
42 S c ottish
e s i a e e v rsion and int mations of the s m , r nun c iation s n of re d em tion s ofwadsets and gra ts p ,
0 . u e within 4 days The reg lar s ries , how
t b 1 6 1 c . 1 6 ever, was ins ituted y the Act 7, , “ ” th e e of R under nam Particular egisters , and this system with m odifications and im provem en ts remains in force at the present 1 6 1 i st 1 86 day . From 7 to January, 9, there ” w ere Particular R egisters kept at various “ ” e R e ister avail local centres , and a Gen ral g
h e e able for t whole country k pt at Edinburgh .
I st 1 86 e e From January, 9, these registers w r R discontinued , and a General egister of a S sines instituted, containing separate
i di v si ons for each county.
In addition to th e records there are ’ available for the search er s assistance
Minute Books of all writs recorded .
Book of Abridge ments from 1 78 1 to close 1 8 1 of year 7 . Records 43
ex s An Ind of Persons , with the name of the Granters and Grantees of all
1 1 recorded Deeds from 78 .
x of 1 8 1 1 8 0 An Inde Places from 7 to 3 ,
1 1 and from 87 .
T h e periods embraced by th e various R egisters extant are as follows
R O F I . GENERAL EGISTER SASINES ,
R V R &c . ff E E SIONS , , containing writs a ecting heritable property situated in all parts of th e country.
1 h t . 1 6 1 I st . 1 868 . 9 Aug , 7, to 3 Dec ,
R R II . PA TICULAR EGISTER O F SASINES :
R ABERDEEN and KINCA DINE .
ABERDEEN .
2 I st . 1 th . 1 60 . Dec , 599, to 24 Jan , 9
I . 1 1 h . st 6 1 2t . 1 660 Aug , 7, to Nov ,
KINCAR DINE .
ud . 1 0 t 1 z 6 0 6 h . 608 . Jan , , to Dec ,
z ud e . 1 6 1 nd . 1 6 . S pt , 7, to 2 2 Oct , 5 7 44 Scottish
ABERDEEN aud KI N CARDINE combined R egister .
. 1 66 1 6th . 1 86 . Ist Jan , , to Feb , 9
ARGYLL, DUMBARTON , ARRAN , BUTE
and TARBERT .
. 1 st Ist Kept at Dumbarton 3 July,
1 6 1 th . 1 6 2 2 . 7, to 2 4 Sept , t at th Kep Inverary , 7 March ,
1 6 2 6th . 1 660. 43 , to Dec ,
G 2 oth . 1 6 Kept at lasgow, Jan 44,
8 1 6 . to th May, 5 7 8 th ud . z Kept at Dumbarton , July ,
1 6 1 th . 1 8 1 . 73 , to 2 Jan , 7
BAI IAR I ES O F AYRSHIRE and LL KYLE ,
CARRICK and CUNNINGHAM .
h 1 60 . rd . 1 2 6t 3 Dec , 599, to , July , 7
1 5 t 1 6 1 2 0th 1 6 . 3 July, 7, to May , 53
8th . 1 6 . th . 1 6 to 2 s Sept , 53 , Dec , 5 5
166 1 . 1 5 t . 1 6 6 I st 3 Jan , 5 , to 3 May ,
. 1 86 . 6th A . 1 661 oth 2 ug , , to 3 Sept , 9 ’ RCCOI CIS 45
BAN FFSHIRE .
1 6 1 600 nd . 1 60 . th Jan . , , to 2 Jan , 9
h F b . 1 86 . I st e . t e S pt , to 2 7 , 9
BERWICKSHIR E and BAI LLIARY O F
LAUDER DALE .
I t . 1 6 1 1 0th . 1 62 . s Dec , 7, to Aug , 4
6th . 1 6 2 z ud . 1 6 1 . Feb , 3 , to Aug , 5
h . 1 u d 1 6 8 t 1 66 . z June , 5 , to 7 Nov ,
I st . 1 66 8th 1 Oct , 2 , to 2 June , 73 5
(part very defective).
h 1 1 i 6t e 1 86 . Jun , 743 , to 7th March , 9
Cai T H N Ess.
h 1 0t . 6 6 F th b . 1 2 2 e 86 . Sept , 4 , to 7 , 9 Prior to 1 644 the writs were recorded e under Inv rnessshire .
DUMFR IESSHIRE and STEWARTRIES O F
KIRKCUDBRIGHT ANNANDALE .
1 . 1 6 1 1 0th 1 6 0. 3 th Aug , 7, to March , 2 46 Scottish
h . 1 6 1 h 2 0t 2 0t . 1 6 Feb , 4, to Jan , 3 4
(incomplete).
A 1 6 h 2ot 1 6 . Ist pril , 3 3 , to May, 54
1 h . 1 6 h 1 t 8t . 1 6 Aug , 5 4, to Oct , 55
(incomplete).
h . 1 6 6 6t . 1 1 6 . Dec , 5 , to 3 Ist Aug , 60
o h . 1 6 1 h t ot . 1 86 . 3 Mar , 7 , to 3 Sept , 9
R EDINBU GH , HADDINGTON , LINLITHGOW
and BATHGATE .
EDINBURGH and HADDINGTON .
h . th . 1 20t 7 Dec , 599, to Jan ,
(incomplete).
Li N LIT H Gow and BATHGATE .
1 1 th . 1 to 2 1 st Nov , 599, April ,
COMBINED .
1 th . 1 6 1 1 th 1 6 . 9 Aug , 7, to 9 July, 3 3
8 . 1 6 6th . 1 86 . th Feb , 3 4, to Feb , 9 Records 47
and ELGIN NAIRNSHIRES .
1 h . 1 1 h . 1 6 t ot 2 6 . 3 Aug , 7, to 4 Aug , 2
8th . 1 62 D ec . 1 66 . Dec 4, to Ist , 4
rd . 1 666 2 th . 1 86 . 3 Nov , , to 7 Feb , 9
FIFE and K i N Ross.
0th n . 1 1 60 . a 60 0th . 2 J , 3 , to 2 Nov , 4
h 1 . 1 60 ot 606 . Ist Oct , 5 , to 3 June,
I st 1 60 0th . 1 60 . July, 7, to 2 Jan , 9
1 1 1 1 1 6 . 6 5 t a . 7th Sept , 7, to 3 M rch , 5 7
1 h n . 1 8 1 I st . 6 1 t a . Feb , 59, to 2 J , 7
K I N Ross.
ud 1 688 1 5 t D ec . 1 8 1 z July, , to 3 , 7 — ( 1 73 4 1 743 wan ting)
R R R FO FA SHI E .
h 1 1 1 1 6 . 6t e . 6 0 . S pt , 2 , to 7th Jan , 2
1 1 1 6 8 . 8 . 6 ud th Sept , 3 7, to z 2 March , 5
i th Nov 1 66 2 th Feb . 1 86 . 4 . , 0, to 7 , 9 48 Scottish
INV ERN R AN ESS, OSS , SUTHERL D and
C R OMARTY .
r 1 06 rd M a 1 608 d . 6 3 Feb , , to 3 y, (incomplete)
1 1 6 1 1 e 1 660 4th Aug . , 7, to 4th S pt ,
- - 1 62 1 1 62 1 6 1 6 8 . ( 4, 43 4 wanting )
n 6 h 1 6 6 . 8 . d . 1 61 t 2 2 Aug , , to Feb 9 6 Includes Caith n esssh ire priorto 1 44.
R LANA K .
NETHER WARD .
1 st 1 6 1 8 th 2 1 6 6 . March , , to 9 July, 3 h M 2 t a 1 6 8 1 6 . 1 6 7 y, 4 , to th Sept , 53 . A r t . 1 6 t h s u o 8t e . 1 3 g , 54, 2 S pt , 660.
R UPPER WA D .
oth 6 u D e 1 0 d ec . 1 6 1 2 . 3 Jun , , to z 2 , 4
2 th 6 1 1 h o . 1 6 0t v . 5 July, 54, to N , 60
COMBINED . D 1 ec . 1 660 to 1 t a 86 . 4th , , 7 h M rch , 1 9
Scottish
R ENFREWSHIRE and R EGALITY O F
GLASGOW .
d 1 1 1 r e 6 6 . 3 D cember, 4 , to Ist July, 5 7
1 6 (No record , 5 2
66 1 1 h . 1 h 6t ot 8 1 . Feb , , to 3 March , 7
1 6 - 1 6 ( 88 93 wanting).
R O X E . BURGH , SELKIRK and PE BLES
6th 1 6 1 1 8 D ec . 1 6 8 2 July, 7, to th , 5
(incomplete).
66 1 6 h F b . 1 h 1 8t e ot e 8 . 2 , , to 3 S pt , 9
STI R LIN G and CLACKM ANN AN and
STEWAR TRY o r MON TEITH . 6 h . 1 8 1 ud . 1 1 1 t z Aug , 7, to 2 Jan , 7 .
WIGTOWN . 6 6 h 1 8 . 1 . 1 1 ot e . 3 th Aug , 9, to 3 S pt , 9
R R or III . GENERAL EGISTE SASINES r for all parts of the count y.
F o I st . 1 86 a . r m Jan , 9 , to d te Records 5 1
Writs relating to land and buildings held under Burgage tenure (a manner o f holding lands and buildings within R oyal Burghs) are recorded in the respective Burgh R e
isters 1 68 1 g instituted in , and kept locally by the Town Clerks .
There are 65 R oyal Burghs with Burgage
e R tenur and Burgh egisters , namely
Abe rdeen Edi nbu rgh Li nlithgow Ar man Elgi n Lochmabe n Anstruther Wester Falkland Mo ntro se Arbroath Fo rfa r Nai rn Auchtermuchty Fo rres N ewburgh Ayr Fo rt ro se N ew Galloway Banff Glasgo w No rth Be rwick Brechi n IIadd ington Peebles Bu rnti sland I nverkeithi ng Perth C rail Inve rn ess Pitten we e n Cullen Inveru rie Q uee nsfe rry Cul ross I rvin e Re n frew Cupar Fife Jedbu rgh Rothesay Di ngwall Kil renn y Ruthe rglen rn fo r 1 80 n rn n Do ochbe e 9 Ki gho St . A d rews Dumbarton Ki n tor e Sanquhar Dumfries Ki rkcaldy Selki rk Dunbar K i rkcudbright Stirli ng Dundee Ki rkwall Stranraer Dun fe rmli ne Lanark Tain Dysart Lauder Whithorn Earl sfe rry Wigtown 5 2 Scottish
For lands held in the town of Paisley under this singular tenure the R EGISTE R O F BOOKING kept by the Town Clerk must be referred to .
R e Of the oyal Burghs just m ntioned, with
the exception of Auchtermuchty, Brechin , f d Dornoch , Dun ermline , Falklan , Fortrose ,
ockm ab en Kilrenny, Kirkwall , L , New G burgh , New alloway , Stranraer, and
Whithorn , and including the Burghs of
Cromarty, Inverbervie , Leith , Preston and
Aberlady, and Wick , there are preserved Accounts of the Common Good an d Cus ” toms for various Short periods between
1 1 0 1 6 5 and 82 .
Before an heir can regu Recor d of l arly acquire the right to R r etou s. his ancestor’ s estate he
ought to b e served heir . This is a writ issuing from chancery in the name of the Sovereign the obj ect of which is to establish — “ a claim by inheritance to be served R e cords 5 3
” nearest lawful heir . Such service formerly proceeded upon a Brieve of mort Ancestry ” or Service which included the verdict of a
fi of jury , xing the right and character the heir to the estate of his ancestor and con
tain ed e , in the case of a special service parti ul ars of (1 ) In what lands and annual - rents the claimant’ s ancestor died vested and the annual value th ereof (2) If the claimant is the nearest lawful heir and (3 ) If he be of T h e age, (4) Of whom the lands are held , (5) 6 nature ofthe holding, ( )In whose possession the land is .
The extract or copy of the R etour to h chancery was termed t e retour .
These records are accordingly very valu able to genealogists as they contain n ot only the descent of a large number of the principal families but also record the trans mission by inheritance O f much of the landed prope rty . ‘ 54 S COttlS ll
An abridgment of these inquisitions h as ' ’ ' been printed under the title l ngaisztzom am ’ ' aa Cafiellam D om in i R egzs retornafaram guae ' ' ' ' ' ’ in P aol zczs A rc/z zm s S cotzae aafm c asservantar
2 2 2 22123 1 1 1 — 1 1 5 22 8 8 6 .
The present series begins in 1 545 but 1 6 1 1 1 6 1 1 6 0 th e from to 4 is lost , from 3 practice of recording has been regularly
e 1 8 racti continu d to 47, when it was p cally dispensed with by substitution of
ff e service before the sheri , und r which system services are carried through by petition to a ff d sheri , the ecree upon which is transmitted to chancery to be recorded and extracted .
There are also 9 extra volumes containing a copy of retours deposited but not recorded
1 1 1 00 e in the above dated 5 7 to 7 , and som
1 retours and extracts dated 3 03 to 1 646 .
There is a printed index .
1 n The Ac t 695 c . 3 9 allowed a heir to enter upon inventory as use is in exec u ” tries and on complying with certain provi Records 55
’ ’ sions the heir s liability for his an cestor s debts was limited to the value of the lands
h e given up in t inventory . These inventories are recorded in the R egister of Inventories of Heirs entering
' Cu m benefi czo s 1 6th Thi register commences February, 1 6 6 1 1 th 1 8 0 9 , and ends September, 5 , and was 1 abolished by an Act of 847 . were established about th e Com m issary of 1 6 e middle the th c ntury, Courts. the name being derived from that of th e offi cials (Bishop Commis sarie s ), to whom the bishops had been wont to delegate or commit theirjudicial functions . In addition to the usual consistorial duties such as the confirmation and ad m in i stration of moveable estates these courts prior to 1 83 0 had jurisdiction in cases of declarators of marriage , the nullity of
&c . marriage , actions of divorce , The following abstract shows the dates of th e commencement of th e records of 56 Scottish testaments or wills and of th e earliest testa ments preserved .
RECOR D O F CO M M IsSARi or .
T EST AM EN T s.
Aberdeen Argyll B rechi n I S76 1 66 1 ( 1 679 " " I 79O Ca ness ith ti ng) Dumfries Dunblane 1 5 3 9 1 687 ( 1 697 - 1 7 1 2 Dunkeld 1 77 1 804 twan55é) Edi nbu rgh I 567 6 1 6 ( 6 1 9 - 1 73 6 I I — Glasgow and 1 800 1 804 wanti ng) Hamilton Campsie Invern e ss T he Isle s ( Confirm ati ons Ki rkcudbright Lan ark Lauder Mo ray O rk n ey 8c Shetland Peebles It oss n r s I St . A d ew S49 1 607—1 72 8 S r n ti li g ( 1 62 8 -3 0 wanti ng)
5 8 Scottish
and certificates for persons Ch ar i ty Roll s on the R O11 1 667- 1 707
Record s Con Including surveys , rent h ooted with ’ als , factor s accounts , lists of ' Estates F01’ claimants , lists of attainted feited by th e & . c &c . persons , , There Rebel io s Of l n are also some accounts in
1 71 5 an d ”45 ° connection with th e estates
f 1 forfeited by the R ebellion o 689 . consisting of general and Record of taxt inven particular rolls , Taxations , tories and valuations for
1 various years between 1 593 and 649 . being the books kept by various Notaries in which they recorded their Offi cial
Acts . In these books may be found some records of transactions and deeds connected with lands of which no th e R e e other record exists . In General gist r
H se e e ese e o oco o s ou th r are pr rv d pr t l b ok , Records 59 kept by about 1 60 Notaries between 1 5 1 2 1 and 73 8 . There are also some in the Advocates’ th e Library , Edinburgh , and others in possession of the officials of R oyal Burghs . which contains in addi Register of tion to the indispensable Tailz ies or portions of deeds of entail Entai s l , e also de ds of disentail , and others connected with entailed land was 1 68 th e i instituted in 5 , and comprises per od
1 5 t 1 688 e . from 3 July, , to dat There is available an index of th e whole series giving the names of th e Granters of e deeds of ntails . commencing 1 291 and Th e Scotch 1 1 6 continuing to 5 , have Roll s, been printed under th e title i ’ ' ’ R ofu l S cotiae in Turz z L ond znem z &c . , , ” 1 8 1 4- 1 8 1 9 and contain valuable information
th e e for genealogists in form of n gotiations, and e e of ea e e e th e tr ati s p c , truces, pr c pts of 60 Scottish
Lords M arch ies regarding the keeping of the
Marches , rewards to partisans , grants of estates to those who have rendered valuable aid to the kings of England in their claims
to the Crown of Scotland , licenses to trade ,
attain ters &c . , precepts for levying men ,
An abstract o f the Scottish R olls for the
period embraced in reigns o f Edward I . II . th R . . . e III . , ichard II . , Henry IV V VI is in C A ollege of rms , and there is also a collection o f these rolls from Edward I to Edward IV . in the British Museum . Oaths of Allegiance and Decl ara made by various Public ffi ti f &c . ons o O cers , , commen cing
Assura ce to 1 1 n with the year 66 . various
Sover ei n 81 0 g s, . Instituted in the year Recor d s of
1 6 1 6 . 72 by Act 72 , c 47 , th e Lor d Lyon which provided for the Offi ce. compulsory re gistration of Records 6 1
m s. e Ar Many persons , how ver, failed to register their Arms . It is this same Act f 1 6 . or ( 72 , c 47) which is the authority the custom in Scotland of a laird or landed pro prietor annexing to his name the name of “ ” fi of his lands pre xed by the word , thus
of f describing himself In act , in olden times a laird was often known . of of by the name his estate , in place his personal name . In Scottish legal termi n ol ogy where a person is described as of a place it means that he is the proprietor of that place in the case of other people living “ ” there the word of would be left out or “ ” substituted by in . R EGISTER or GRANTS AN D M AT R I CU LAT I O N S OF ARMORIAL BEARINGS from 1 672 to date with index .
R O F &c . EGISTER GENEALOGIES , , from
1 1 6 1 8 2 e . 72 7 to: 79 , and from 7 to dat
’ L iber Car zam m ai P rocessus D om in i
' ' ‘ R é i Form afz L eam s R e zs Ar m ar am o en , g , , 6 2 Scottish
th 1 66 dated 9 Feb , 5 , containing arms of
nobility and gentry.
MISCELLANEOUS DOCUMENTS , such as
&c . pedigrees , family histories , In the A dvocates Library, Edinburgh , there are
th e a R e other records , including Her ldic
is ter o f g of Sir David Lindsay, Lyon King
ir 1 c ca 2 &c . Arms , 54 ,
The leading authority on Scottish “ Heraldry is , An Ordinary of Arms , con tain ed in th e Public R egister of all Arms ” b and Bearings in Scotland , y Sir James
1 0 . Balfour Paul , Edinburgh , 9 3
(abolished in T h e Record s of R Re a it heritable rights of egality g l y , Sh eriff and and Barony introduced with s Bar on Court s the feudal ystem were held , of the Sovereign in connec tion with lands granted under th e Great
S eal . Records
Var ious fragmentary records of these Courts are preserved which contain much t mat er of local historic interest, as they R R include ental Books , egisters of Deeds , R R olls of Vassals , Charters , egister of Ser
or R &c . vices etours ,
R E GALITY COURT BOOKS , Argyl Atholl Bo ncl e and Prestoun Coupar A ngu s C ulr oss Dalkeith Dunblan e Du nfermlin e Dunkeld Glasgow Glenluce G ran t Hun tly Kilmarn ock Kilwi nn in g Le nno x M elrose Paisley 64 S CO ttlS h
’ r St . And ew s Spyn ie
r ar Pluscard en and Farneen U quh t,
SHERIFF COUR T . — 1 5 1 5 1 52 6
' Banfi — — Ber wick 1 62 1 1 62 5 and 1 67 1 1 677 Dumfries 1 53 7 1 53 8 D un blane Fife Forfar Invern ess Lan ark Lin lithgow M onteith O rkney and Shetland Perth
R &c . BARONY ECORDS , Broxmouth and Pincarton Carnwath Gilmerto n Glasgow Keilour Stanstell
66 S cottish
is are k 0. 80. After this date the reg ters ept
in duplicate , one copy being retained by R the District egistrar, the other copy being R in the General egister House , Edinburgh .
These registers are indexed , and may be
e 1 s arched , the fee being ( ) At the District
ffi : for 1 O ce every particular search , / and
fo r e 2 2 ev ry general search , / ( ) At the General R egi ster House : for every par tic ul ar r 1 for sea ch , / and every general 0 search , 2 /
R — S I st . PARISH EGISTER Prior to Jan , 1 8 o o f 55 , the only rec rds births , deaths and marriages are those contained in the
1 1 parish registers , introduced in the year 55 . All these ol d parochial registers are now
R i preserved in the General eg ster House , b u t x Edinburgh , the series is e ceedingly i m ncomplete , very any v olumes being
missing . As a rule only the baptisms administered by the parish ministers are
e an d e e in enter d , only marriages c l brated R e cord s 97
acie ecclesiae f after proclamation of banns , or merely the proclamation o f banns are recorded In very m any cases there are
o d of practically no rec r s whatever the burials , and , where there are records , then they contain only the names of those persons who are interred in the parish burial ground .
n r As in E gland , the earliest egisters commence about the middle of the 1 6th
Century . There is an in dex giving the dates covered by the various registers of each parish . Births and death s o f Scottish subjects at “ sea are n ow entere d i n th e M arin e R egis ” of ter, and marriages Scottish subjects if in foreign countries , intimated within “ e twelve months , are enter d in the Foreign ” Register .
‘ (R egiszr u m M agn i S 232 2712 Gr eat Seal R egam S coiom m ) is the Recor d s. record of Crown grants 68 Scott ish
e e und r that s al , and includes grants of land , original charters and renewals Or c on firm a f “ C ” tions thereo , called harters by Progress , C Pardons , Legitimations , ommissions to ffi of N &c . Superior O cers , Patents obility, The earlier portions were printed in 1 8 1 4 by of R C direction the Public ecord ommission , under the title R egisir am M agn i S igilli B egum S coiom m i n A r c/ziois P ablicis A sser ‘ A oazam . D . 1 06 , 3 An abridgment for the following p eriod is in course of publication .
T h e records preserved include
( 1 ) GREAT SEAL R EGISTER .
R olls and volumes from 1 3 06 to date .
(2) PAPER R EGISTER O F GREAT SEAL ‘ ‘ com m zsszones can a aa ad icaziom s c on ( ff , taining letters of remission (pardons) l egiti
fi of mations , con rmations redeemable rights
Com risin s 1 608 . and p g , From to date R e c ords 69
(3 ) REGISTER O F CONFIRMATIONS AN D R ESIGNATIONS AN D R EGISTER
O F CROWN W RITS .
1 8 8 to 1 8 From 5 74, when the process
was abolished .
W &c . (4) ARRANTS , INVENTORIES ,
For l ’ grants re ating to Prince s Seal lands included in the Prin Record s.
c ipality of Scotland . These R . to lands were granted by obert III his son ,
1 0 James , and in 4 4 were created into a regal ity, when they were described as the baronies of R C w enfrew , unningham , Kyle Ste art ,
R ath ow l , and Innerwick ; the ands and
o f C Islands Bute , Arran , and umbray ; the
of C K n a d aill lands owal and p , the Earldom
of R o f Carrick and the lands Kyle egis .
of son During the non age the and heir, or
n o son when there was and heir apparent, ’ Charters of Prince s lands passed under the f Great Seal . This register covers rom 1 620
1 1 to 1 8 1 9 (indexed) and from 863 to 874. 70 S CO ttlS h — There are al so z A volume containing rentals of the principality lan d s from 1 468 to
1 6 2 4 and other writs . An index of charters
f 1 6 to 1 6 1 6 to vassals rom 42 , and a volume
f f 1 0 1 &c . 6 o o 2 6 . Precepts Sasine , , to 2 5
In the Signet Library, Edinburgh , there is a collection o f MSS . relating to the Prin
c ipality of Scotland .
contain a record of all Pr ivy Seal R oyal grants which have Record s d passed the Privy Seal , an
to include presentations churches, grants
o f to f ffi pension , commissions in erior o cers ,
of e f gifts exch at , eudal casualties , and other
t or &c . moveable proper y rights , pardons ,
The register is in two parts
T H O D . I . E L SERIES
1 th . 1 88 to 1 F 9 O t , 4 , 2t rom c h July, 1 1 65 . R e c ords 7 1
T H N R . II . E EW SE IES
LATIN R ECORD (R egisff am S acrali
1 0th 1 66 1 to 1 6th From June , , July,
1 1 8 0 (termination). R ENGLISH ECORD .
h A . 1 t u 660 to e . From 9 g , , dat
There is also a volume (indexed) Con taining precepts for grants o f land in Nova
r a e i Scotia , confo m ble to a sch me nstituted
fo r . by James VI . settling that Colony From
8th 1 62 1 1 8 . 2 May , 5 , to 7th Dec , 73
A set of indexes to the registers is avail able , viz .
F T H D 1 1 6 1 . O E O L SE RIES . 499 to 5
O F T H N E EW SERIES .
R . 1 66 1 1 0 LATIN EGISTER to 7 5 ,
and 1 744 to 1 773 .
N R S R . m 1 660 E GLISH EGI TE Fro . ‘ 72 S CO ttlS ll
The most important Exchequer documents in this d epart Recor d s. ment are the
X R R on e n E CHEQ UE OLLS , which are grossed the accounts of the collectors who
of R u of C had charge the even e the rown , ’ consisting of the duties payable by the King s & fi c . vassals , nes , rents , customs , Of the earlier rolls there n ow exist only transcripts
for of made the Earl Haddington , which give extracts from the periods between 1 2 64
1 88 1 1 66 2 0. and 2 , and between and 2 9 The
1 2 6 c n later series commences in 3 , and o tinnes almost without interruption to the year 1 708 . These rolls are in course of being published .
R O F n ECORDS CROWN LANDS , containi g in details of the rentals , are contained
R en tale S u rem i D om in i N osir i R e is f g , 1 6 beginning in 47 , and continuing
to 1 588 .
74 Scottish
ACCOUNTS O F T H E LORD HIGH TREA SURER (Com pola Tli esan r ar ior n m R egam
S color am f 1 to 1 6 . ), rom 473 3 5 The Trea surer had charge of the administration o f R evenue falling under the d e scription ” of Casualty , consisting duties payable by
&c . vassals , compositions , These records are in course of publication .
O F T H E C ACCOUNTS OMPTROLLER, who superintended the administration of the “ ” of R c on Property Branch the evenue , sisting of the rents of lands in possession of
&c . 1 1 the King, , commence in 49 and end in 1 63 6 .
The accounts of the Treasurer and Comp troller are both incomplete , there being very many volumes wanting .
R F T H ECORDS O E PIPE . The offi ce of the Clerk of the Pipe was a department o f
of to the Court Exchequer, and which was tran smitted all the accounts of the various R e cords 75
branches of the R evenue where they were
on . engrossed rolls In these records , which
1 8 o f terminated in 3 3 , will be found details
assessed taxes , income and property tax,
&c . &c . excise , customs , land tax , , , in most
for r cases the pe iod after the union , the
1 earliest date being 693 .
It is understood that a large proportion of the records of Exchequer have been re
tain ed by the Exchequer Offi cials .
In these books , deeds , Books 0f obli gati ons and contracts o f Conn ei l an d d s i i all e cr pt ons , have been Sessm n . recorded for the purpose of
preservation and execution . The contents may be roughly classified under the following heads .
(I ) Deeds containing a clause of consent to re gistration for preservation or
execution . 76 Scottish
i . a. (2) Probative writs , , writs duly attested but without the registration
clause .
(3 ) Protested bills .
Prior to 1 868 writs relating to Heritable
re Subjects were sometimes , besides being corded for publication in the R egister of
of Sasines , also registered in the books f council and session or preservation .
The periods covered by these registers of deeds are
(1 ) Old series
1 ( ) From 1 554 t o 1 659 .
(2) In three separate divisions .
1 66 1 to I st 1 8 1 1 . 3 December, (close)
(2) New series .
I st 1 8 1 2 to . From January, , date
There are indexes for the period subse
' 1 qu ent to 770. R e cords 77
Very many of these re Ecclesiastical cords for the period prior Record s. to the R eformation have
or of been destroyed lost, and those that are known to exist the larger number are in
of private hands, some which have been published by the Bannatyne and other f similar Clubs . O these earlier records there are pre served in the General R egister House some volumes consisting of judicial
e records , rentals and various docum nts , viz
B O F B A BEY AR ROATH . C 1 60 1 1 6 . hartulary, to 7 5
B AB EY O F COUPAR ANGUS . R e istrum Assed ationum 1 g , 443 to 1 559
’ (In the Advocates Library there is a f volume o an earlier date . )
C om osition um 1 1 6 Liber p , 543 to 5 2 , with a rental of the Abbey Lands 1 in 542 . Scottish
R e n tal of the Abbey Lands in 1 587.
ABBEY O F DUNFERMLINE .
R e istrum Assed ationum 1 g , 55 7 to
1 585 .
D IOCESE O F GLASGOW .
i 1 R e istrum E sc o atus 1 1 6 1 6 . g p p , to 47
ABBEY O F HOLYROOD . R of C &c . egister harters , Tacks , ,
1 1 545 to 567 .
B AB EY O F JED BUR G H .
R of &c . egister Charters , Tacks , ,
1 487 to 1 596 .
CHURCH O F LI N CLUD EN .
R e of 1 1 to 1 6 . egist r Charters, 5 7 5 4 Rec ords 79
“ ” Booxs O F T H E O F T OFFICIALS S .
ANDREW S .
en e n tia m i li Liber S t ru Offi c a s S . An
aud o ia 1 1 o dree infra L n m , 5 5 t 1 544
ente i r f Liber S nt a um o S . Andre e
1 1 to 1 . principalis , 54 553
A 1 6 ctorum of . Liber S Andree , 54
o 1 t 549 .
Actorum of Liber S . Andree infra
aud on iam 1 1 1 L , 55 to 553 .
Con stitution es Procuratorum in
Con sistoriali . e curia S Andr e,
1 6 1 6 5 4 to 5 6 .
GEN ERAL .
Taxations , rentals , Papal bulls , and
o e ther documents ofvarious dat s , 86 Scottish
Of the records applicable to the post f re ormation period , there is a much larger
collection , among them being R EGISTER O F ABBREVIATES O F FEU O F H CHARTERS CHURC LANDS , granted
of 1 8 . prior to the Act Annexation (Act 5 7 , c Feu Charters o f Church Lands required fi con rmation , when certain compositions were payable on confirmation taking place
of abbreviates these Charters were framed, and these abbreviates are recorded in this
R egister . There are in the General R egister House
1 6 to 1 6 two volumes from 5 4 5 9, and from
1 1 86 5 75 to 5 respectively, in addition to
two on e which there are other volumes , in
on e the British Museum , and in possession
of of the Earl Linlithgow . ACCOUNTS O F T H E COLLECTORS OF T H E
OF B N I FI f 1 6 1 1 E CES . THIRDS , rom 5 to 594 R ENTALS O F T H E TEMPORALITY O F
BEN I FI CES of certain counties .
8 2 Scottish
Genealogical Account of Families of Ayi
shire Paterson .
A Genealogical Account of the Principal f o A . R Families yrshire George obertson .
- . 1 8 . 3 volumes Irvine , 23 5
of of A r W G enea History the County y , ith
A of A logical ccount yrshire Families .
R - . 1 8 8 . James obertson Ayr, 47
of of n History the Parish Ba chory Devenick .
A . . 1 8 0. John Henderson Aberdeen , 9
Annals of Lower Deeside . John A . Hen
d erson . 1 8 . Aberdeen , 92
e R Aberde n Almanac and Northern egister .
History of the Lands and their Owners in
K i - . M erl . 1 Galloway P . H . c e 870 8 .
f of o &c . History the Burgh Dumfries ,
1 86 . Edinburgh , 7
f . History o Dumfries and Galloway Maxwell .
of . Eminent Men Dumfriesshire Dodds .
i n of . C Em ne t Men Fife onolly. R e c ords 83
f History o Fife . Mackay .
History of Fife. Leighton .
o f r . History Kilma nock Archibald Mackay .
1 8 8 1 8 8 1 6 8 . Kilmarnock, 4 , 5 and 4
f . History o Kinross Mackay .
History of the County of Bute and Families
. R connected therewith John E . eid .
G 1 86 . lasgow, 4
History of B ute . Blain .
of C of a o h History the ounty Dumb rt ns ire ,
N o e . o n with Genealogical t s J seph Irvi g .
1 860. Dumbarton ,
of m a o The Book Du b rt nshire . Joseph
. 1 8 . Irving Edinburgh , 79
m of f e The Historic Fa ilies Dum ri sshire .
li n C . . o n sto e . 1 888 L J Edinburgh , ; and 1 8 8 . Dumfries , 9
of . History Lanark Cowan .
f . R History o Nairn and Moray ampini . 84 Scottish
A Collection o f Armorials of the County of
Orkney . Smith .
Burgh and Parish o f Peebles in early
R . R History . enwick .
Historical Notes on Peeblesshire L ocalities .
R enwick .
o f M Fittis A Book Perthshire emorabilia . .
f Fit i o t s. Chronicles Perthshire . f History of the Shire o R enfrew . George
f . Craw urd . s 1 8 Pai ley, 7 2
f . r f r R R en rewshire C aw u d and obertson .
1 8 1 8 . Paisley, f History o the County of R enfrew . W . M .
Metcalfe .
of C History aithness from 1 0th Century.
1 88 . Calder, 7
Caithness Family History . Henderson .
of History the Ancient Province of Ross .
Bain . f R ff . History o oxburgh . Je rey Re c ords 85
History of Selkirk . Brown .
County Families of Shetland . Grant .
Z etland Family Histories . F . J . Grant .
History of Stirlingshire . Sibbald .
f 1 1 o . . 8 2 . History Stirling anon Stirling ,
Historical and Descriptive Sketches of the
District of W igtown and W hithorn .
G . Fraser .
R . Border History . idpath
Caledonia ; an Account Historical and Topo graphical of North Britain from the most
to Ancient the Present Times , with a
f . . Dictionary o Places . G Chalmers
Aberdeenshire Epitaphs and Inscriptions .
of . Aberdeen , in course publication
R ecreations of an Antiquary in Perthshire . F R . i i tt . S . s
Balmerino and its Abbey ; a Parish History .
e 1 Jam s Campbell . 899 . 86 Scottish
Descriptio n o f the Wes tern Isles o f Scotland
1 G c ol in the year 549 , with enealogies
e d 1 . l e ct by Sir Donald Munro . 805
Biographical Annal s of the Parish of Colin
to n s . . , Edinburgh hire Thomas Murray
1 86 . Edinburgh , 3
The Ancient and Modern State o f the
of C . Parish ramond John P . W ood .
1 . Edinburgh , 794
e on C Not s Burghead , ounty Elgin , with Notices of Families connected with the Y R . 1 . 868 . place obert oung Elgin ,
o o e Maryt n Parish , Landed Pr pri tors from
h . R 1 t C . the 2 entury W illiam Fraser . D N . . Montrose ,
The Old County Houses of the old Glasgow
8 . . G s 1 8 Gentr y la gow , 7
The Parish of Strathblane and Its Inhabit f ants rom Early History . John G . Smith .
G w 1 886 . lasgo ,
o of . 1 8 . Hist ry Old Cumnock Warrick, 99 R e cords 87
In the Shadow of Cairngorm . Chronicles of the Parishes of Abernethy and K in c ar R e . . dine . v W Forsyth .
V aluation Bo ok o r Tax R oll for the County f M o a 1 . . L nark , 75 7, S Signet Library
C ounty Histories o f Scotland Series ; in f course o publication .
’
of . Memorials St Michael s , the Old Parish O f churchyard f Dum ries . William .
M ac D owall . 1 8 6 . Edinburgh , 7 f Great Historic Families o Scotland . Dr .
James Taylor .
Genealogies of the Principal Families in
rawfurd . Scotland . C
Family Histories ; numerous Books dealing with History of various Families consall ’ ’ Marshall s Genealogist s Guide .
Tartans of the Cl au s and Septs o f Scotland
A of t f &c with the rms h e Chie s , .
’ T h c e S ot s Peerage . 88 Scottish
i of . Orig n and Descent the Clans Buchanan .
Chronicles of the Picts and Scots and other
o f Early Memorials Scottish History . k W . een e . . Edited by illiam F S , LL D
1 86 . Edinburgh , 7
The Publications of the following Clubs and Societies
Ayr and Galloway Arch aeological Asso
c iation .
Bannatyne Club .
Grampian Club .
Maitland Club .
New Spalding Club .
R oxburgh Club . R Scottish Burgh ecord Society .
Scott ish History Society . R Scottish ecord Society . f Scottish Society o Antiquities .
spaldin g Club .
90 Scottish
e Jacobite Peerage , Baronetage , Knightag ,
and Grants of Honour . Marquis of
R uvigny and R aineval .
For a li st of books and manu scripts relative
R G of to oyal enealogies , Pedigrees the R ’ G see . Nobility and entry , Sim s
for G Manual the enealogist, Topographer
1 8 a A . 88 and ntiquary London , , p ges A 1 1 8 1 88 2 2 6 . to 79, 7, and lso Guide the printed books and manuscripts relat
in to G g Heraldry and enealogy , by
fi ld . 1 George G at e 892 .
An Index drawn up about the year 1 629 of many records of Charters grante d by different Sovereigns o f S cotland between
1 00 1 1 3 and 4 3 , with an Introduction on
th e R of a Ancient ecords Scotl nd , which
1 were in that Kingdom in 2 92 . W illiam
e . 1 8 . R ob rtson Edinburgh , 79
&c . in Armorial Bearings , Inscriptions , ,
of Churches and Castles Scotland . Alex .
. e . Deuchar, MSS Advocat s Library R e cords 9 1
It is n ot claimed that the fore going list
a m a is complete and exh ustive , but it y serve t o indicate the nature of what is available .
J . BOLAM JOHNSON ,
a Pl ce ,
Edinburgh . 9 2 Ind e x
R M INDEX LO CO U .
P AG E PAGE Berkshi re 2 8 S COT LAN D rn 2 6 2 8 n r D evinnick 82 Co wall , Ba cho y r s r 2 3 n ff 1 6 De by hi e Ba 45 . 5 . 4 Devo n Bathgat 46 Ess x 2 8 r 6 e Be wick 45 , 4 Gloucestershi re 3 0 Bo n c le 6 3 s r 2 r n 1 2 6 8 1 Hamp hi e 9 B echi 5 , 5 , 5 , L s rs r 2 6 2 r x 6 eice te hi e , 9 B o mouth 4 L n ns r 2 6 2 r 86 i col hi e , 3 , 3 4 Bu ghead Kettleby 2 6 Burn ti sland 5 1 6 8 Kyme 3 3 Bute 44, 9. 3 r s 2 6 2 rn r 8 Sc ivel by , 3 Cai go m 7 1 n ss 6 8 1 8 Nova Scotia 7 Caith e 45 , 5 , , 4 xf r s r 0 s 6 O o d hi e 3 , 3 4 Camp ie 5 S COT LAND Carn wath 64 r n 1 6 rr 6 6 Abe dee 43 , 44 , 5 , 5 , Ca ick 44, 5 , 9 6 8 1 8 nn n 0 5 . . 5 Clackma a 5 Aberlady 52 Coli n ton 86 A rn 8 r n s 6 be ethy 7 Coupa A gu 3 , 77 Ann an 5 1 Cowal 69 nn n r 1 6 A a dale 45 C ail 5 , 5 n t r r n 86 A stru the r Wes e 5 1 C amo d r r 1 r r 48 , 2 A b oath 5 , 77 C oma ty 5 Ard m annock 73 Culle n 5 1 r 6 6 8 1 r ss 1 6 A gyll 44, 5 , 3 , Cul o 5 , 3 Arran Cumbray 69 6 nn n 6 6 Atholl 3 Cu i gham 44, 5, 9 C un nin gsb urgh 6 5 A r I 6 6 82 r F f 1 y 44. S 4. 5 . Cupa i e 5 Bal m erino 85 Dalkeith 63 Ind e x 93
PAG E PAGE SCOT LAN D S COT LAND n 1 n rn ss 8 6 6 Di gwall 5 I ve e 4 , 5 , 4 rn 1 2 Inverm ie 1 Do och 5 , 5 5 r n 1 8 r n 1 Dumba to 44 , 5 , 3 I vi e 5 fr es I 6 8 8 s s T h e 6 8 1 Dum i 45, 5 , 5 , 3 , 7 I le , 5 , n r 1 r 1 6 8 Du ba 5 Jedbu gh 5 , 5 , 7 n n 6 6 6 8 1 e u r 6 Du bla e 5 , 3 , 4, K ilo 4 Dun dee 5 1 Kel so 65 n f r i n 1 2 6 8 i l rn 6 8 Du e ml e 5 , 5 , 3 , 73 , 7 K ma ock 3 , 3 n 8 1 r nn 1 2 Du keld Kil e y 5 , 5 D unrossn ess 6 nn n 6 6 5 Kilwi i g 3 , 5 s r 1 n r n 8 Dy a t 5 Ki ca di e 43 , 44, 7 Ea rl sferry 5 1 Ki nghorn 5 1 E n r 0 6 1 6 i n r ss 8 di bu gh 4 , 4 , 5 , 5 , K o 47, 3 8 1 86 n r 1 57 . . Ki to e 5 E n ' I 6 86 r 1 lgi 471 5 , 5, Ki kcaldy 5 E r F r s r r 1 6 tt ick o e t 73 Ki kcudb ight 45 , 5 , 5 1 2 r n 6 5 , 5 Ki ki tilloch 5 Farn een 6 r 1 2 4 Ki kwall 5 , 5 F f 6 82 8 K n a d aill 6 i e 47, 4, , 3 p 9 Forfar 64 Kyle 44 Forres 5 1 Kyle Regi s 69 F r r s 2 r 6 o t o e 5 , 5 Kyle Stewa t 9 1 82 L n r 8 1 6 6 8 8 Galloway , a a k 4 , 5 , 5 , 4, 3 , 7 r n 6 L r 1 6 Gilme to 4 aude 5 , 5 s 1 L r Gla gow 5 , aude dale 45 6 8 2 4, 7 , Leith 5 Glen luce 63 Le n n ox 63 G ran t 6 3 Lin c lud en 78 n n 6 1 6 L n 6 1 6 Haddi gto 4 , 5 , 5 i lithgow 4 , 5 , 4 m n 6 L n 1 2 Ha ilto 5 ochmabe 5 , 5 Holyrood 78 Maryton 86 Huntly 6 3 Mel rose 6 3 nn r 6 n 0 6 I e wick 9 Mo teith 5 , 4 n r r 1 n r s 1 I ve a y 44, 5 Mo t o e 5 n r r i 2 r 6 8 1 8 I ve be v e 5 Mo ay 5 , , 3 n r n I 6 N rn 1 8 I ve keithi g 5 5 ai 47, 5 : 3 (y4 il ll (i f3 )(
PAGE P AGE S COT LAND S COT LAND N r 1 2 S n ie 6 ewbu gh 5 , 5 py 4 N e w a 1 2 S tan ste ll 6 G lloway 5 , 5 4 r r c 1 r n 0 1 6 8 No th Be wi k 5 Sti li g 5 , 5 , 5 , 5 8 6 r n r r 1 2 Old Cummock St a ae 5 , 5 1 01 1 11 4 6 6 8 1 8 r an 86 9 49, 5 . 4. 73 . . 4 St athbl e i s 2 6 r n 8 Pa ley 5 , 3 Suthe la d 4 s 0 1 T n 1 Peeble 5 , 5 , ai 5 r 1 6 6 8 8 T r r Pe th 49. 5 4 . 5 . 4 . 5 a be t 44 Pin carto n 64 U rq uh art 64 Pitte n wee n 1 W rn 1 2 8 5 hitho 5 , 5 , 5 Pl uscard en 64 W ick 5 2 r s n 2 6 W n 0 1 6 6 8 P e to 5 , 3 igtow 5 , 5 , 5 , 5 , 5 Q uee nsfe rry 5 1 Z etlan d (see Shetlan d) R ath o w 69 R n fr 0 1 e ew ” 5 , 5 , R ss o " Rothe say 5 1 x r 0 8 Ro bu gh 5 , 4 Rutherglen 5 1 Mo reton Co rbet 2 2 . n r s 1 6 64 7 St A d ew 5 , 5 , , 5 : 79 S I 3 5 n 6 1 6 Sa dwick 5 n S anquhar 5 1 Suffolk 2 9 r 0 W a s 1 Selki k 5 , le 3 n Z n 6 6 W r s r 0 Shetla d ( etla d)49, 5 , 4 , a wick hi e 3 8 W r s rs r 0 73 . 5 o ce te hi e 3 Index 95
N N M I N M I DEX O U .
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PA GE PAGE E n of L n 1 6 n 1 dmu d a gley 9, Holla d 5
E r I . n n 2 dwa d , Ki g Hopto 4 2 6 r 1 2 1 2 0 9. 3 Howa d , 4,
E r II . n 1 0 E r of 1 8 dwa d , Ki g Howth , a l E r III n 8 1 0 dwa d . , Ki g , 9 , , Hugh Capet II 2 0 2 2 6 r 2 8 . 3 . 9. 3 . 3 7 Hu t
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nr V II . n 8 r r n E r He y , Ki g 7 , , 9, No thumbe la d , a l 2 2 2 8 2 6 an d 1 2 1 , , 9, 3 Duke , 5 re f r and Ess x E r r n E r o f 1 He o d e , a l O mo de , a l 3 o f Pares 2 8 n 1 2 1 2 ° Holde Percy , 51
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