Balnagown is recorded in this Index as a Scottish barony in the counties of Ross and Cromarty and Sutherland. The earliest record identified so far is dated 1686. It also appears in the sources as Balnagowne and Balnagowan.
The historical record
References identified
Register of the Great Seal
Great Seal charter dated 23 Dec 1713 erected the old barony and associated lands into a free barony in favour of General Charles Ross (reported verbatim in NRS GD86/938); earlier constitutive charter not yet identified.; See Balnagown: later Great Seal re-erection dated 23 Dec 1713, reported in NRS GD86/938.
Retours and Lyon records
Retours, Sutherland / Ross and Cromarty — place-name index evidence; exact numbered retour/date not yet resolved.
Retours, Ross and Cromarty — place-name index evidence; exact numbered retour/date not yet resolved.
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