Biggar is recorded in this Index as a Scottish barony in the county of Lanark. The earliest record identified so far is dated 1558.
The historical record
References identified
Register of the Great Seal
No reference recorded yet.
Retours and Lyon records
NRS GD124/1/506 — decree of transumpt (1630) of instrument of sasine dated 20–22 Jan 1557/58 following precept of 19 Jan 1557/58, expressly naming the barony of Biggar.
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