Scottish Baronial Studies
The Certificate
For members, Friends and Patrons of the Association who read the papers and pass the course’s test: a signed certificate for the wall and, optionally, a badge for your own website.
Baronage of Scotland Association
This records that
The Baron of Inverness
has read all the papers and passed the test in
Scottish Baronial Studies
28 October 2026
Date
The Baron of Drum
Chief of his Name
Certificate No. 0001 · www.baronage.com
For the wall
- Your name, the course and the date, with its own number.
- Signed by the Baron of Drum, Chief of his Name.
- Made to be framed and hung.
Baronage of Scotland Association
✓ Scottish Baronial Studies: passed
- Name
- Jane Hoop
- Course
- Scottish Baronial Studies, all papers
- Test
- Passed
- Certificate
- No. 0003, signed by the Baron of Drum
Official website
✓ yourwebsite.com
Drawn live by www.baronage.com, and dated each day.
For your website
- Optional: a certificate, a button or a line for your website, drawn live by the Association.
- Visitors who point at it, or tap it on a phone, see the Association’s record of it.
- It shows in full only on your own website. A copy anywhere else shows only Not registered for this website.
Three styles to choose from
The certificate
For an About page.
Baronage of Scotland Association
The Baron of Inverness
has passed
Scottish Baronial Studies
Certificate No. 0001 · www.baronage.com
The button
Small. Fits anywhere, beside other badges.
Younger of Edinburgh
Scottish Baronial Studies
Passed · No. 0002 · www.baronage.com
The line
For a footer, in your website’s own colours.
Jane Hoop has passed Scottish Baronial Studies · Baronage of Scotland Association
Not only for barons: the same badge for a baron, an heir, a Friend or a Patron.
How to earn it
- 1
Read the papers
Read the thirteen papers of Scottish Baronial Studies. They are free and open to everyone.
- 2
Practise
Try the weekly Reading Room Quiz: five new questions from the papers every Monday.
- 3
Join
Contact the Secretary to become a member of the Association, a Friend or a Patron.
- 4
Take the test
Online: thirteen questions, one from each paper. Ten right answers pass, and you may take it again whenever you like.
Who may take it
Members of the Association, Friends and Patrons. You need not be a baron: heirs (“Younger of”), Friends and Patrons may all take it.
What it is
A record that you have read the papers of Scottish Baronial Studies and passed its test. It is not a professional qualification, and it does not confer or confirm any title.
The test will open to members, Friends and Patrons. Join now, and you can take it as soon as it opens.
Or write to secretary@baronage.com.