Balcaskie is recorded in this Index as a Scottish barony in the county of Fife. The earliest record identified so far is dated 1438. It also appears in the sources as Balcasgy, Balkyasky, Balgasky, Balkasky and Balchaskie.
The historical record
References identified
Register of the Great Seal
RMS ii, no. 1528 (1482); RMS ii, no. 3456 (1510); RMS iii, no. 9 (1514; wrongly indexed as no. 99). These are place/land records, not yet proven as the erection charter.
Retours and Lyon records
Fife Retours nos. 12 (1548), 56 (1564), 215 (1610), 287 (1618), 728 (1647). No. 728 expressly records the lands and barony of Balcaskie.
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