Scottstarvitt is recorded in this Index as a Scottish barony in the county of Fife. The earliest record identified so far is dated 1612. It also appears in the sources as Scotstarvit, Scottistarvett, Scotstarvet and Inglistarvit (predecessor).
The historical record
References identified
Register of the Great Seal
RMS vii, no.747 (1612): Tarvit and Caiplie incorporated into the free barony of Scotstarvit, manor of Tarvit as capital messuage, cited by Glasgow. RMS ii, no.1715 (1488) concerns the predecessor barony of Tarvit, not the later union.
Retours and Lyon records
Retours: Fife, nos.1046, 1584 — baronia in the published index. Glasgow dates no.1584 to 1650; no.1550 (1613) concerns Inglistarvit/Scotstarvit lands in the barony of Tarvit. Published vol. III index (1816); .
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