Urquhart is recorded in this Index as a Scottish barony and regality in the counties of Elgin and Forres, Inverness and Nairn. The earliest record identified so far is dated 1509. It also appears in the sources as Urquhart-on-Spey.
The historical record
References identified
Register of the Great Seal
RMS ii, no.3390, pp.725–726, 8 December 1509: John Grant of Freuchy; Urquhart lands and castle in Inverness incorporated into a free barony. Printed register text inspected.
Retours and Lyon records
Published Retour index, Inquisitionum ad Capellam Domini Regis retornatarum abbreviatio, vol. III (1816): Elgin and Forres baronia nos.69, 70, 90, 114, 117, 142, 162, 166, 178; regalitas nos.70, 114, 138, 139, 142, 162, 166, 168, 175, 178. Inverness baronia nos.61, 96. Nairn regalitas no.32.
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