Tarvet is recorded in this Index as a Scottish barony in the county of Fife. The earliest record identified so far is dated 1488. It also appears in the sources as Tarvit, Tarvat, Tarwald, Terwald and Inglistarvit (predecessor identity).
The historical record
References identified
Register of the Great Seal
RMS ii, no.1715, p.361, 6 March 1487/88: incorporation as free barony of Tarwald. Printed register OCR inspected; Glasgow identifies Tarwald as Tarvit/Inglistarvit. RMS vii 747 (1612) is the later Scotstarvit union.
Retours and Lyon records
Retours: Fife, nos. 18, 1046, 1550, 1552, 1584 — baronia. Published Retour index, vol. III (1816); .
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