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The Index ofScottish Baronies

Barony · Forfar

Barony of Balnamoon

County
ForfarToday: Angus
Type
Barony
Earliest identified record
1517Not necessarily a date of creation
Variant spellings
None recorded

Balnamoon is recorded in this Index as a Scottish barony in the county of Forfar. The earliest record identified so far is dated 1517.

The historical record

References identified

Register of the Great Seal

Later Great Seal charter to Robert Collace and Elizabeth Bruce: C2/31/376 (17 Oct 1556), cited in Red Book of Scotland; not identified as the erection charter.

Retours and Lyon records

Retours, Forfar — place-name index entry; exact numbered retour/date not yet resolved. Related service of heir: 12 Mar 1522, cited as GD1/421/50 in Red Book of Scotland.

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