Torpichen is recorded in this Index as a Scottish barony and regality in the counties of Linlithgow, Edinburgh, Stirling, Aberdeen, Ayr, Berwick, Forfar, Haddington, Lanark, Peebles, Perth and Renfrew. The earliest record identified so far is dated 1564. It also appears in the sources as Torphichen, Torphechin, Torpechen, Torpechin and Torphiching.
The historical record
References identified
Register of the Great Seal
RMS iv, no.1499, p.343; original charter NRS GD1/445/1, 24 January 1563/64. Catalogue describes the union and explicitly equates Torphechin [Torphichen]. Original charter not inspected.
Retours and Lyon records
Baronia: Linlithgow 19, 55, 102, 105, 109, 138, 154, 157, 158, 179, 222, 252, 270; Edinburgh 409, 480; Stirling 27, 140; Peebles 54, 59. Regalitas: Aberdeen 182; Berwick 169, 189; Edinburgh 409, 480, 911, 918, 1044, 1096, 1181, 1195, 1198, 1333; Forfar 553; Lanark 373, 464; Linlithgow 55, 102, 105, 109, 147, 181, 182, 220, 222, 270, 278; Peebles 54, 59; Renfrew 67; Stirling 27. Ayr 638, Haddington 140, 300 and Perth 708, 880 are dominium only. Published Retour index, vol. III (1816); .
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