Stobo is recorded in this Index as a Scottish barony in the county of Peebles. The earliest record identified so far is dated 1591.
The historical record
References identified
Register of the Great Seal
Great and Privy Seal charter, 21 December 1591, recorded in RPS 1661/1/209; RMS entry number unresolved. Stobo and Eddlestone included in lands united in the regality of Musselburghshire.
Retours and Lyon records
Retours: Peebles, nos. 79, 126, 138, 192, 201 — baronia. Published Retour index, vol. III (1816); .
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