Traquair is recorded in this Index as a Scottish barony in the county of Peebles. The earliest record identified so far is dated 1491. It also appears in the sources as Troquhair and Trakware.
The historical record
References identified
Register of the Great Seal
RMS ii, no.2128, p.450: confirmation dated 23 January 1492/93 of the 18 May 1491 conveyance of Trakware barony. Also ii, no.3761, pp.817–818, 11 August 1512. Printed entries inspected.
Retours and Lyon records
Inquisitionum ad Capellam Domini Regis Retornatarum Abbreviatio, vol. III (1816), county index Peebles: baronia, nos. 2, 25, 31.
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