Wiltoun is recorded in this Index as a Scottish barony in the county of Roxburgh. The earliest record identified so far is dated 1451. It also appears in the sources as Waltoune, Woltoun, Woultoun and Wiltoune.
The historical record
References identified
Register of the Great Seal
RMS ii, no.441, 10 April 1451: John Langlands and lands in the existing barony of Wiltoune, Roxburgh. .
Retours and Lyon records
Published Retour index, Inquisitionum ad Capellam Domini Regis retornatarum abbreviatio, vol. III (1816): Roxburgh, baronia nos. 70, 154, 178, 212, 231, 330 (selected clear readings).
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