Benholm is recorded in this Index as a Scottish barony in the county of Kincardine. The earliest record identified so far is dated 1445. It also appears in the sources as Benham and Beneholme.
The historical record
References identified
Register of the Great Seal
RMS ii, no. 1631 — Great Seal charter, 4 Jan 1485/86, granting the barony of Benholm to Sir John Lundie and Isabel Forrester; NRS GD4/8. Later re-erection into the free barony of Benholm: NRS GD4/63, 2 Jul 1566.
Retours and Lyon records
NRS GD4/3 — sasine on Chancery precept to John Lundie of the barony of Benholm, 16 Oct 1445. Historical Retours index also records Benholm; exact printed numbered Retour still unresolved.
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