Douglas of Brigton: Barony Court Book

• Reference:GB 254 MS 125/1
• Former Reference:GB 254 MS 15/8
• Dates of Creation:1743-1800
• Name of Creator:
  Douglas family of Brigton
• Physical Description:
  1 Volume

• Scope and Content

  Court book of the lands and barony of Bridgetoun [Brigton] belonging to Robert Douglas 1743-1752 (1 volume).The volume has been later used as a household book and records household expenses in Dundee December 1771 and January - April 1772 [6 pages], various inventories of linen china and furniture, particularly at Brigton 1775-1800 [17 pages] and recipes for curing meat, making 'White Hermitage' and gooseberry wine [3 pages].

• Administrative / Biographical History

  Alexander Strachan of Carmylie received the lands of Brigton, in the parish of Kinnettles, Forfarshire, from Robert III. In the first quarter of the seventeenth century the Lyon family of Glamis bought Brigton from the Strachans. The barony was acquired by the Douglas family, who were related to the Earls of Angus, in the first half of the eighteenth century. William Douglas, the first of Brigton was succeeded by his son Robert who died by 1752 and was succeeded by his son William.

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• Note

  Alexander Strachan of Carmylie received the lands of Brigton, in the parish of Kinnettles, Forfarshire, from Robert III. In the first quarter of the seventeenth century the Lyon family of Glamis bought Brigton from the Strachans. The barony was acquired by the Douglas family, who were related to the Earls of Angus, in the first half of the eighteenth century. William Douglas, the first of Brigton was succeeded by his son Robert who died by 1752 and was succeeded by his son William.

• Archivist's Note

  Description compiled by Kenneth Baxter

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