Bannockburn is recorded in this Index as a Scottish barony in the county of Stirling. The earliest record identified so far is dated 1672. It also appears in the sources as Bannockburne and Skeoch alias Bannockburn.
The historical record
References identified
Register of the Great Seal
Great Seal charter dated 6 Jul 1672, ratified RPS 1672/6/143: new erection in free barony called the Barony of Bannockburn. Earlier Great Seal confirmation of Skeoch alias Bannockburn: RMS 1546–1580, p. 385, no. 1630 (29 May 1565), but not yet a barony erection.
Retours and Lyon records
Retours, Stirling — place-name index entry; exact numbered retour/date not yet resolved.
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