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England, as Overlord of Scotland, claimed to exercise the right of patronage. ‘Peter, the dean of Stobhou’ witnessed charters of the bishops of Glasgow between 1175 and 1199. In 1369, 1482 and 1486, Stobo appears as one of the baronies of the bishopric of Glasgow, and in 1489-90 it was erected by
896:"A Map of the Barony of Stobbo in the Sherreffdom of Peebles now Belonging to Charles Murray Esqr., with the Parks and Improvements made upon it by Sir Alexander Murray at Stanhope / the whole Accurately Survey'd by And. Bearhop. [1 of 1] - Charting the Nation"
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The barony has played an important role in
Scottish history for almost five centuries. It was closely associated with the rise and fall of Stuart power in Scotland, its granting or forfeiture being used by turns to reward or punish those loyal to the
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In the 1630s, the barony passed to the
Murrays, a family of staunch Stuart supporters. In 1664, the family received a baronetcy from Charles II for their support of the Royalist cause and became known as the
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as part of the
Scottish Middle March. The barony may have been acquired by the Church or gifted to the bishopric either by the Kerr family or the Crown as part of the so-called "Davidian Revolution".
172:, a little King" and thus the actions of James IV placed the Bishops of Glasgow in a powerful position, in effect placing them beyond the reach of Crown officers (although not of the Crown itself).
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Sir John Ker(r), the so-called "Hunter of
Swynhope", has been tentatively identified as a likely early Lord of Stobo (circa 1140). The de Ker family appears to have had its origins in Criel (now
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143:, in 1170. This was confirmed several times throughout the rest of the 12th and early 13th centuries. Sometime before 1266, and most likely in the early 12th century, Stobo became a
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In 1767, Montgomery also acquired a substantial and highly lucrative interest in the colonisation of Canada's Prince Edward Island; an investment which funded his son, the
363:. The listed castle and its grounds have operated as a luxury spa hotel since the mid-1970s. The adjacent 3,884-acre Stobo Estate was broken up and sold in late 2020.
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of
England . The Crown Charter of 1577 survives but Morton's possession of the barony itself was short-lived. He was executed in 1581 for his part in the murder of
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https://www.countrylife.co.uk/property/a-scottish-estate-scattered-with-lakes-woodlands-rivers-and-moors-as-well-as-an-exotic-garden-surprise-at-its-centre-218052
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Over the following century, ownership of the barony alternated between two competing sets of Stuart supporters: Maitland's descendants, the powerful
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known as
Hillhouse or Wester Stobo. Sir James had acquired a baronetcy in 1801, thereafter styling himself Sir James Montgomery of Stanhope.
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having been a part of the historic Stobo estate since at least the mid-eighteenth century. This is a customary rather than a peerage title.
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Alexander Grant, "Franchises North of the Border: Baronies and
Regalities in Medieval Scotland", Chapter 9, Michael Prestwich. ed.,
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A separate and unrelated corporate tartan was registered for commercial use by the spa hotel at Stobo Castle in 2017.
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into a free regality of Robert, bishop of
Glasgow, and his successors. Stobo had 5 chaplaincies: Lyne, Broughton,
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120:, foundation of monasteries, Normanisation of government, and the introduction of feudalism throughout Scotland.
65:, with its holder exercising customary powers of "pit and gallows, sake and soke, toll, team and infangthief".
260:. It was also owned briefly in the early seventeenth century by a local reiver family, the Tweedies of Dreva.
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The
Reformation radically changed this position, with the Crown seizing and then re-granting the barony to
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Claims have been made for the existence of the barony as early as the twelfth century. It is probable an
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A tartan designed for use by the present baron’s heir, his family and supporters is registered in the
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was instrumental in the foundation of burghs and regional markets, implementation of the ideals of
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At some point in the C12th, the barony came under the patronage of the Bishops of
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lordship emerged during the turbulent period preceding the formation of the
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Scotland's Last Royal Wedding: The Marriage of James VI and Anne of Denmark
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In 1767, Stobo was purchased out of forfeiture for £40,000, as part of the
168:, Dawic and Drummelzier". According to Mackenzie, "a Lord of Regality is a
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817:(Scottish History Society, Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh, 1909).
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descend). There is no evidence to support the existence of a pre-Norman
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James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, short-lived 1st Baron of Stobo
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Francis Grant, "Lennox, Duke of Lennox" in Sir James Paul, ed.,
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issuing from a crenellated coronet of five towers Or, a banner
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By custom, the heir apparent to the barony assumes the role of
804:, vol. 3 (James, Wylie & Co.: Glasgow, 1925-7), p. 450.
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of ‘Stobou’ was confirmed by the pope in 1216, and in 1319
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The Myth of the Jacobite Clans: The Jacobite Army in 1745
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The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland
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Liberties and Identities in Medieval Britain and Ireland
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between 1805 and 1811 in place of an earlier fortified
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Scottish Barony Register SBR/3/104-107, 4 October 2016
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Old Broughton, Drumelzier, Manor, Stobo and Tweedsmuir
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The barony of Stobo remained in the possession of the
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as the present Baron of Stobo. He is a member of the
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family until 1905 and then, in the possession of the
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and in that capacity, is styled Master of Muirburn;
127:: "Mentioned in the Glasgow Inquisition of c. 1120,
945:"Tartan Details - the Scottish Register of Tartans"
931:"Tartan Details - the Scottish Register of Tartans"
668:Mary Queen of Scots and the Murder of Lord Darnley
275:The Murrays were ruined by their support for the
815:A Selection of Scottish Forfeited Estates Papers
489:. The barony also falls under the aegis of the
139:confirmed the church to the bishop of Glasgow,
76:) in Normandy and was closely affiliated with
778:National Records of Scotland, C2/74 161f-162f
748:A. Steuart, 'Stewart, Duke of Lennox' in Sir
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621:https://www.poms.ac.uk/record/factoid/25518/
287:. Murray died in exile at Leghorn in 1769.
131:was the most important church in the upper
633:Observations on the Acts of Parliament ...
882:Stobo Estate up for sale at £12 million:
525:The Rises and Falls of the Royal Stewarts
769:, vol. 5 (Edinburgh, 1909), pp. 363-371.
756:, Vol. 5 (Edinburgh, 1909), pp. 344-362.
644:NAS.GD150.13789; GD40.1.739; RMS.IV.2727
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861:(Stenlake Publishing: Mauchline, 2014)
680:Register of the Great Seal of Scotland
412:Convention of the Baronage of Scotland
708:, (Princeton University Press, 1959).
655:Regency in Sixteenth-Century Scotland
406:The Scottish Barony Register records
202:The barony was re-granted in 1587 to
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979:Baronies in the Baronage of Scotland
268:. In 1697, Stobo was erected into a
791:(Edinburgh University Press, 2009).
631:Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh,
432:The baron’s arms registered in the
366:The barony is situated in historic
657:(Boydell Press: Woodbridge, 2015).
135:during the early medieval period.
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576:The Parishes of Medieval Scotland
540:(Boydell Press: Woodbridge, 2008)
351:The seat of barony and its extent
252:and favoured kinsmen of James I,
177:James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton
212:1st Lord Maitland of Thirlestane
22:Stobo Castle, Seat of the Barony
969:History of the Scottish Borders
730:(John Donald: Edinburgh, 2003).
695:(John Donald: Edinburgh, 1997).
589:"St Mungo, Stobo, Peebleshire"
240:and hereditary bearers of the
29:is a title of nobility in the
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872:https://www.stobocastle.co.uk
619:Peter de Stobhou, 1174-1206:
549:Sir John Ker, Lord of Stobo,
527:(History Press: Stroud, 2009)
281:Sir David Murray, 4th Baronet
501:entitling the baron to wear
487:Scottish Register of Tartans
414:and a Vice-President of the
246:Dukes of Lennox and Richmond
726:Raymond Campbell Paterson,
305:Arms of the Barons of Stobo
208:Lord Chancellor of Scotland
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682:, vol. 5, nos. 1346, 1549.
189:Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley
129:St Mungo’s church at Stobo
33:which takes its name from
802:A History of Peeblesshire
458:on the escutcheon a rose
378:, Easttoun and Westtoun,
319:Lord Advocate of Scotland
242:National Flag of Scotland
162:King James IV of Scotland
839:NRS SIG1/123/9; CS218/48
739:RMS.VI.1457; RMS.IX.1990
670:(Vintage: London, 2008).
551:The Kerrs of Ferniehirst
578:, (Edinburgh 1967), 188
478:two roses Gules and in
416:Glenisla Highland Games
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984:Prescriptive Baronies
964:Feudalism in Scotland
800:James Walter Buchan,
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248:, chiefs of the Clan
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210:, who in 1590 became
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86:Marquesses of Lothian
84:clan (from which the
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704:Maurice Lee junior,
565:Glasg. Reg., no. 104
474:Argent and Sable in
359:”) of the barony is
197:Mary, Queen of Scots
31:Baronage of Scotland
974:Society of Scotland
290:Lord Stobo's Lament
266:Murrays of Stanhope
234:Earls of Lauderdale
750:James Balfour Paul
462:barbed and seeded
436:are described as:
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272:by Crown Charter.
250:Stewart of Darnley
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137:Pope Alexander III
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1004:Barons by country
989:Lists of nobility
830:, 7: 76-102, 1978
767:The Scots Peerage
754:The Scots Peerage
691:David Stevenson,
635:(Edinburgh, 1686)
482:two mullets Or.
341:Graham-Montgomery
204:Sir John Maitland
149:Glasgow Cathedral
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574:Ian Cowan,
376:West Dawyck
372:River Tweed
355:The seat (“
334:tower house
326:2nd baronet
313:estate, by
270:free barony
166:Kingledoors
958:Categories
828:Acadiensis
512:References
447:within an
442:escutcheon
328:to build
297:Forfeiture
258:Charles II
999:Scots law
717:RMS.XI.50
451:of eight
254:Charles I
157:Edward II
427:Muirburn
311:Stanhope
277:Jacobite
244:and the
216:James VI
183:, later
153:advowson
141:Engelram
752:, ed.,
499:Douglas
472:saltire
466:, with
453:mullets
185:James I
170:Regulus
145:prebend
110:Glasgow
96:History
90:thanage
53:Origins
37:in the
610:, 2021
495:Morton
445:Argent
82:reiver
593:CRSBI
468:Crest
460:Gules
440:, an
438:Sable
382:, to
380:Dreva
357:caput
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491:sept
480:fess
476:pale
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