Slains is recorded in this Index as a Scottish barony and lordship in the counties of Forfar and Aberdeen. The earliest record identified so far is dated 1379. It also appears in the sources as Slaines, Slaynis and Slaynes, Slainis.
The historical record
References identified
Register of the Great Seal
No reference recorded yet.
Retours and Lyon records
Retours: Forfar, no.18 — baronia. Published vol. III index (1816); .
Retours: Aberdeen, nos.97, 135, 156, 235, 241, 244, 245, 295, 312, 320, 335, 345, 383, 405, 406, 560 — baronia. Published vol. III index (1816); .
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