Smailholm is recorded in this Index as a Scottish barony in the county of Roxburgh. The earliest record identified so far is dated 1451. It also appears in the sources as Smailhame, Smaillum, Smelholm and Smalehame.
The historical record
References identified
Register of the Great Seal
RMS ii, no.475 (1451), confirmation to William, earl of Douglas, including the whole barony of Smailholm; cited by Good and Tabraham, PSAS 118 (1988), p.234.
Retours and Lyon records
Retours: Roxburgh, nos.56, 64, 131 — baronia, under Smailhame/Smaillum/Smelholm. Published vol. III index (1816); .
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