Tarbert is recorded in this Index as a Scottish barony in the county of Argyll. It also appears in the sources as Tarbet (Argyll).
The historical record
References identified
Register of the Great Seal
Reported Great Seal charter of 1504–05 uniting South Knapdale lands and offices in the barony of Tarbert; Families of Knapdale, section 'Knapdale Under the Campbells of Argyll', cites Argyll Charters no.239, also repeated for 1511. RMS entry number not established.
Retours and Lyon records
Retours: Argyll, no. 93 — baronia. Published Retour index, vol. III (1816); .
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