Scone is recorded in this Index as a Scottish barony and regality in the counties of Forfar and Perth. It also appears in the sources as Scona and Skoone.
The historical record
References identified
Register of the Great Seal
RMS vii, no. 645, p. 239 (29 April 1612): erection/confirmation charter to David, Lord Scone. Read the printed entry ↗
From the Association’s Great Seal research, September 2026. Each citation was checked against the printed register; follow the link to read the entry.
Retours and Lyon records
Retours: Forfar, nos.268, 387, 435; Perth, nos.73, 90, 507, 695, 780, 854, 874 — baronia. Regalitas: Forfar, nos.31, 36, 222, 251, 259, 260; Perth, e.g. nos.56, 70, 73, 81, 82, 83. Published vol. III index (1816); .
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