Yettam is recorded in this Index as a Scottish barony in the county of Roxburgh. The earliest record identified so far is dated 1478. It also appears in the sources as Yettame, Yethame and Zettim.
The historical record
References identified
Register of the Great Seal
RMS ii, no.1359, p.277, 3 February 1477/78: Andrew MacDowell, apparent heir of Dungall of Makerstoun, receives lands of the baronies of Makerstoun and Yettame in Roxburgh. ; existing barony, not first erection.
Retours and Lyon records
Published Retour index, Inquisitionum ad Capellam Domini Regis retornatarum abbreviatio, vol. III (1816): Roxburgh, Yettam baronia nos.72, 154, 248. The tenandria, church and unqualified land entries are separately classified; Zettim refers to Yettam.
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