Rosslyn is recorded in this Index as a Scottish barony in the county of Edinburgh. The earliest record identified so far is dated 1492. It also appears in the sources as Roslin, Roislane, Rossland, Rosslean and Rossling.
The historical record
References identified
Register of the Great Seal
RMS ii, no.2076, p.439 (5 January 1491/92); RMS vii, no.349 (1610); register entries not independently inspected.
Retours and Lyon records
Retours (Edinburgh), nos.394, 1027, 1063, 1274, 1314, 1369 — barony entries in the published vol. III index (1816); .
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