Braidwood is recorded in this Index as a Scottish barony and regality in the county of Lanark. The earliest record identified so far is dated 1581.
The historical record
References identified
Register of the Great Seal
RPS 1581/10/104 ratifies the royal infeftment to Harry Stewart of the lands and barony of Braidwood; exact Great Seal register item for that infeftment remains to be resolved.
Retours and Lyon records
Retours, Lanark — place-name index entry; exact numbered Retour/date not yet resolved.
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