Whithorne is recorded in this Index as a Scottish barony and regality in the county of Wigtown. It also appears in the sources as Whithorn.
The historical record
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Register of the Great Seal
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Retours and Lyon records
Published Retour index, Inquisitionum ad Capellam Domini Regis retornatarum abbreviatio, vol. III (1816): Wigtown, regalitas no.181. Priory, lordship and burgh entries are separately classified.
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