Rossythe is recorded in this Index as a Scottish barony in the counties of Clackmannan, Fife and Perth. The earliest record identified so far is dated 1384. It also appears in the sources as Rosyth, Rossayth and Ressithe.
The historical record
References identified
Register of the Great Seal
RMS iii, no.2639 (1542), baronia Ressithe, cited by the University of Glasgow Fife Place-Names database.
Retours and Lyon records
Retours: Clackmannan, no.19; Fife, nos.100, 493, 605, 1147; Perth, nos.355, 495, 878 — baronia. Published vol. III index (1816); .
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