Kinfauns is recorded in this Index as a Scottish barony and lordship in the county of Perth. The earliest record identified so far is dated 1383. It also appears in the sources as Kinfawnis.
The historical record
References identified
Register of the Great Seal
RMS ii, no. 1675, p. 353 (Edinburgh, 15 June 1487), confirming a charter of William Charteris of Cagnor, knight, to his son and heir apparent Thomas Charteris, dated at Ethe, 13 July 1470: “terras de Kynfawnis, et Pitsindy, in dominio de Kynfawnis, vic. Perth”.
RMS vi, no. 2040, p. 742 (Edinburgh, 25 February 1608), a new grant to Sir John Lindsay, knight of the Bath, and Jean Abernethy: “terras, baroniam et dominium de Kynfawneis et Petsindie, cum castro, manerie, molendinis, silvis, piscariis, tenentibus &c., advocatione ecclesiarum, beneficiorum et capellaniarum, vic. de Perth”.
Retours and Lyon records
Retours, Perth place-name index entry; exact numbered retour/date not yet resolved
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