Reference
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Papers on the baronage of Scotland — its law, its history, its words and its insignia — written from the sources, with page references so you can check them.
- FeaturedHeritage & SourcesThe Lord Lyon's Case for the Baronage9 min readRead
- Must readHeritage & SourcesA dignity in disarray: the baronets’ Roll of 19109 min readRead
- Must readHeritage & Sources“A class of nobles”: how the baronets pleaded the barons’ nobility10 min readRead
- Must readWords & UsageLairds, lords and barons: what the words meant9 min readRead
- Must readWords & UsageBaron of X, or X of Y? Two styles of a Scottish baron16 min readRead
- Words & UsageWhere “The Much Honoured” comes from8 min readRead
- Must readWords & Usage“Younger of” and “Master of”: the record set straight9 min readRead
- Must readThe Lyon CourtBarons in the Lyon Court’s own words10 min readRead
- Must readThe Lyon CourtThe Esslemont petition of 19347 min readRead
- Must readThe Lyon CourtUntitled or titled nobility?4 min readRead
- Must readThe Lyon CourtThe Lord Lyon and the baronage since 20047 min readSubscribersRead
- The Lyon CourtNon-peerage Earldoms13 min readRead
- The Lyon CourtOfficially Recognised: the Lyon Court’s Rolls in the Gazette10 min readRead
- Robes & InsigniaRobes, chapeau and insignia of the baronage5 min readRead
- Robes & InsigniaThe arms and flags of a baron15 min readRead
- Law & StatutesThe baronage in the statutes, 1428–20047 min readRead
- Law & StatutesThe Treaty of Union and the baronage3 min readRead
- Law & StatutesThe baron’s court and its officers19 min readRead
- Law & StatutesTrial by barons, the baron’s privilege lasting until 19496 min readRead
- Must readLaw & Statutes“Never ceded” to knights or baronets: the precedence of a Scottish baron12 min readRead
- Must readLaw & StatutesIs a Scottish baron a commoner? Not in Scots law13 min readRead
- Must readLaw & StatutesDid Scottish barons sit in the House of Commons? Yes, but never as “Baron of X”12 min readRead
- Must readLaw & StatutesHow is a Scottish baron named in a legal document? There is no “commonly called”13 min readRead
