Broughton is recorded in this Index as a Scottish barony and regality in the counties of Haddington, Stirling, Peebles, Edinburgh and Linlithgow. The earliest record identified so far is dated 1587. It also appears in the sources as Brochtoun, Brouchtoun and Broughtoun.
The historical record
References identified
Register of the Great Seal
NRS historical description records that the 1587 act excepting former Holyrood lands granted them to Sir Lewis Bellenden and erected them into one free barony called the Barony of Broughton. Exact Great Seal register item remains to be isolated.
Retours and Lyon records
Retours, Haddington; Stirling place-name index entry; exact numbered retour/date not yet resolved
Retours, Peebles place-name index entry; exact numbered retour/date not yet resolved
Retours entries occur under Broughton/Broughtoun/Brochtoun/Brouchtoun across several sheriffdoms; exact numbered Retours not yet resolved.
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