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    bishop's staff of Saint Moluag in the year 562. Unlike all other barons in Scotland, the lawful possessor of the stick is the Baron of the Bachuil, regardless...
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  • among barons is: Barons of England Lords of Parliament of Scotland Barons of Great Britain Barons of Ireland Barons of the United Kingdom However barons of...
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  • Scottish Barons rank below Lords of Parliament, and although considered noble, their titles are incorporeal hereditaments. At one time feudal barons did...
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    count. Often, barons hold their fief – their lands and income – directly from the monarch. Barons are less often the vassals of other nobles. In many kingdoms...
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  • demise of the Scottish parliament in 1707, the right of feudal barons to sit in parliament ceased altogether, unless, that is, a feudal baron was also a...
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  • ranked below a baron but above a regular knight. There was overlap between this group and the "lesser barons". The baronage (including barons, earls, and...
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    McLean (category Surnames of Scottish origin)
    MacLean, also spelt Maclean and McLean, is a Scottish Gaelic surname (Mac Gille Eathain, or, Mac Giolla Eóin in Irish Gaelic), Eóin being a Gaelic form of...
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    their barons to Royal Councils, the greater barons were summoned individually by the sovereign, lesser barons through sheriffs. In England in 1254, the...
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    Baron Percy of Alnwick (25 March 1273 – October 1314) was a medieval English magnate. He fought under King Edward I of England in Wales and Scotland and...
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    First Barons' War (1215–1217) was a civil war in the Kingdom of England in which a group of rebellious major landowners (commonly referred to as barons) led...
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    Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's...
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    In the same year, Alexander joined the English barons in their struggle against King John of England, and led an army into the Kingdom of England in support...
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    nobility, without any attachment to a fief. However, in Scotland, the feudal dignity of baron remains in existence, and may be bought and sold independently...
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    The Magna Carta Barons and Their American Descendants. London: Genealogical Publishing Company. Marshall, Rosalind (2003). Scottish Queens, 1034–1714...
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  • Welles (c. 1450–1499) Thomas Knox, 1st Baron Welles (1729–1818) (created Viscount Northland 1791) For further Barons Welles, see Earl of Ranfurly. Leigh...
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  • Peerage of Great Britain (category Articles lacking in-text citations from August 2019)
    in the peerages of Britain and Ireland 111 viscounts: see List of viscounts in the peerages of Britain and Ireland 1,187 barons: see List of barons in...
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    style drew upon the buildings of the Scottish Renaissance. The style of elite residences built by barons in Scotland developed under the influence of French...
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  • 1904 in Scotland. Secretary for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Andrew Murray Lord Advocate – Charles Dickson Solicitor General for Scotland – David...
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  • a Peer of Scotland or Ireland to have an automatic seat in the House of Lords.   Subsidiary title. Marquesses, earls, viscounts and barons are all addressed...
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    Edward II of England (category English people of the Wars of Scottish Independence)
    discontent both among the barons and the French royal family, and Edward was forced to exile him. On Gaveston's return, the barons pressured the King into...
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    Barons' Letter, 1301, exemplar A Barons' Letter, 1301, exemplar B The Barons' Letter of 1301 was written by seven English earls and 96 English barons...
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  • abeyant, or forfeit, in the Peerage of Scotland. For feudal barons (mainly Scottish), see List of feudal baronies. List of baronies in the Peerage of England...
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  • Noblesse (redirect from Scottish nobility)
    nobility clause from newly issued Letters Patent. Peerage of Scotland Barons in Scotland Laird Edmondson, Complete Body of Heraldry, p. 154 Innes of Learney...
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    John de Menteith (category Scottish people of the Wars of Scottish Independence)
    and was at the Arbroath parliament in April 1320, and signed the Declaration of Arbroath sent by the barons of Scotland to Pope John XXII. John was one of...
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  • Kingdom of England in support of the English barons in their struggle against King John of England, sacking Berwick-upon-Tweed. The Scottish forces then reached...
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    other Scottish titles of Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick, Lord of the Isles and Baron of Renfrew. The Principality of Scotland originated in a time...
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  • earls in the peerages of Britain and Ireland Viscounts: see List of viscounts in the peerages of Britain and Ireland Barons: see List of barons in the peerages...
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  • History of the British peerage (category Peerages in the United Kingdom)
    knight-service. There were around 170 barons. The baronage was largely untitled, but a small number of barons (never more than 25 at one time) enjoyed...
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  • title & not really English; that they came from Vice-Comites; that Dukes & Barons were the only real English titles; — that Marquises were likewise not English...
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    The Second Barons' War (1264–1267) was a civil war in England between the forces of a number of barons led by Simon de Montfort against the royalist forces...
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