Westfield is recorded in this Index as a Scottish barony in the county of Elgin and Forres. The earliest record identified so far is dated 1468. It also appears in the sources as Westfeild.
The historical record
References identified
Register of the Great Seal
RMS ii, no.938, 10 February 1467/68: Alexander Dunbar’s lands, including Focabris and Auldcasch in Elgin, united into a free barony of Westfield. ; Fraser, Chiefs of Grant iii, charter 34, p.27, corroborates the date as 10 February 1467 (old style).
Retours and Lyon records
Elgin Westfeild nos.5, 16, 17, 18, 96, 119, 149, 182 are unqualified land/name leads; no explicit baronia Retour match assigned.
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