Thornetoun is recorded in this Index as a Scottish barony in the county of Kincardine. The earliest record identified so far is dated 1475. It also appears in the sources as Thorntoun, Thorntoune and Thornetoune.
The historical record
References identified
Register of the Great Seal
RMS ii, no.1192, p.243, 4 January 1474/75; original register vii.313 as printed. Printed register OCR inspected; manuscript not inspected.
Retours and Lyon records
Retours: Kincardine, no. 18 — baronia. Published Retour index, vol. III (1816); .
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