Winchburgh is recorded in this Index as a Scottish barony in the county of Linlithgow. The earliest record identified so far is dated 1423. It also appears in the sources as Wincheburgh and Wyncheburgh.
The historical record
References identified
Register of the Great Seal
RMS ii, no.42, p.8, 16 April 1426, confirms John Seton, lord of the barony of Wyncheburgh, granting to Dundas on 29 November 1423. ; existing barony.
Retours and Lyon records
Published Retour index, Inquisitionum ad Capellam Domini Regis retornatarum abbreviatio, vol. III (1816): Linlithgow, baronia nos. 18, 41, 132, 182, 252, 277.
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