The Surnames of Scotland (eBook)

List of the Principal Works Referred to

AAB. See: ILLUS.

ABERDEEN. See: ABERDEEN CR.

ABERDEEN CR. The commissariot record of Aberdeen. Register of testaments, 1715–1800. Edinburgh, 1899.

ABOYNE. The records of Aboyne. MCCXXX–MDCLXXXI. Aberdeen, 1894.

ADAM. The clans, septs, and regiments of the Scottish Highlands. By Frank Adam. Edinburgh, 1908.

ADAMNAN. Vita Sancti Columbae. Auctore Adamnano. Edited by Rev. William Reeves. Dublin, 1857.

ADC. Acta Dominorum Concilia, 1478–1495. London, 1839.

AEI. Aberdeen epitaphs and inscriptions; with historical, biographical, genealogical, and antiquarian notes. By J. A. Henderson. Aberdeen, 1907.

AFM. Annals of the kingdom of Ireland by the Four Masters. Edited by John O’Donovan. Dublin, 1848–51. 7 v.

AGNEW. The hereditary sheriffs of Galloway . . . With notes on the early history of the province. By Sir Andrew Agnew. Edinburgh, 1893. 2 v.

ALA. The acts of the lords auditors of causes and complaints, A. D. 1466–1494. London, 1839.

ALC. The acts of the lords of council in civil causes. A. D. 1478–1495. London, 1839.

ALFORD. Records of the meeting of the exercise of Alford MDCLXII–MDCLXXXVIII. Edited by Rev. Thomas Bell. Aberdeen, 1897.

ALHT. Accounts of the lord high treasurer: Compota thesaurariorum regum Scotorum. 1473–1566. Edinburgh, 1877–1916. 11 v.

ANDERSON. Protocol book (1541–1550) of Herbert Anderson, notary in Dumfries. (In: Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society. Transactions. 3. ser. ii. p. 176–224. Dumfries, 1914.)

ANGUS. Memorials of Angus and Mearns. By Andrew Jervise. Rewritten and corrected by Rev. James Gammack. Edinburgh, 1885. 2. ed. 2 v.

ANNALS. Annals of the reigns of Malcolm and William, kings of Scotland. By Sir A. C. Lawrie. Glasgow, 1910.

ANNANDALE. The Annandale family book of the Johnstones. By Sir William Fraser. Edinburgh, 1894. 2 v.

APPIN. The Stewarts of Appin. By J. H. J. Stewart and Duncan Stewart. Edinburgh, 1880.

APS. The acts of the parliaments of Scotland, 1124–1707. London, 1814–75. 12 v. in 13. (v. 12 is index. v. 6 is in two parts.)

ARGYLL. The commissariot record of Argyll. Register of testaments, 1674–1800. Edinburgh, 1902.

ARGYLL INV. The commissariot of Argyll. Register of inventories, 1693–1702. Edinburgh, 1909.

ARGYLL MSS. The manuscripts of the Duke of Argyll. By Sir William Fraser. (Great Britain. Historical Manuscripts Commission. 4th report, p. 470–492; 6th report, p. 606–634. London, 1874–77.)

AS. CHRON. The Anglo-Saxon chronicle. Edited by B. Thorpe. London, 1861. 2 v.

ATHOLE. Report on the charters of the Duke of Athole. (Great Britain. Historical Manuscripts Commission. 7th report, Appendix, p. 703–716. London, 1879.)

ATLAS. The survey atlas of Scotland. By J. G. Bartholomew. Edinburgh, 1912.

AU. Annals of Ulster. Originally compiled down to 1498 and continued to 1604. Dublin, 1887– 1901. 4 v.

AYR. Charters of the royal burgh of Ayr. Edinburgh, 1883.

AYR FAM. A genealogical account of the principal families in Ayrshire, more particularly in Cunninghame. By George Robertson. Irvine, 1823–25. 3 v. (v. 2 and 3 include Kyle.)

BAIN. Calendar of documents relating to Scotland preserved in Public Record Office. Edited by Joseph Bain. Edinburgh, 1881–84. 4 v. (Cited by number of document unless page is specially referred to.)

BAMFF. Bamff charters, A. D. 1232–1703, with introduction, biographical summary and notes. Edited by Sir James H. Ramsay. Oxford, 1915.

BANFF REC. Records of the county of Banff, 1660–1760. Aberdeen, 1922.

BARBER. British family names: their origin and meaning. By Rev. Henry Barber. London, 1903. 2. ed. (Of no value for Scottish names.)

BARDSLEY. A dictionary of English and Welsh surnames. By the late C. W. Bardsley. London, 1901.

BARING-GOULD. Family names and their story. By S. Baring-Gould. New edition. London, 1913.

BB. Am briathrachan beag. By Malcolm Macfarlane. Stirling, n. d.

BBT. The Black book of Taymouth; with other papers from the Breadalbane charter room. Edinburgh, 1855.

BEATON. Some Caithness surnames. By Philologist [Rev. David Beaton]. (In: Wick newspaper, Feb. 2 – April 27, 1911.)

BEATS. The municipal history of the royal burgh of Dundee. [By John Beats.] Dundee, 1873.

BEAULY. The charters of the Priory of Beauly. By Edmund Chisholm Batten. London, 1877.

BIGGAR. Biggar and the house of Fleming. By William Hunter. Edinburgh, 1867.

BINNS. The Binns papers, 1320–1864. Edinburgh, 1936. (Cited by number of document.)

BJÖRKMAN I. Nordische Personennamen in England in alt- und frühmittelenglischen Zeit. Von Erik Björkman. Halle a. S., 1910.

BJÖRKMAN II. Zur englischen Namenkunde. Von Erik Björkman. Halle a. S., 1912.

BM. Bannatyne Club. The Bannatyne miscellany . . . Edinburgh, 1827–55. 3 v.

BNCH. History of the Berwickshire Naturalists’ Club. Alnwick, 1834–1940.

BOEC. Book of the Old Edinburgh Club. Edinburgh, 1908–38. v. 1–22.

BK. ISLAY. The book of Islay: documents illustrating the history of the island. Edinburgh, 1895.

BORDERS. Calendar of letters and papers relating to the affairs of the Borders. 1560–1603. Edinburgh, 1894–96. 2 v.

BRECHIN. The commissariot record of Brechin. Register of testaments. 1576–1800. Edinburgh, 1902.

BUCC. MSS. The manuscripts of the Duke ot Buccleuch and Queensberry, preserved at Drumlanrig Castle. London, 1897–1903. 2 v.

BUCHAN. A history of Peebleshire. By James W. Buchan. Glasgow, 1925–27. 3 v.

BUCHANAN. A historical and genealogical essay upon the family and surname of Buchanan. To which is added a brief enquiry into the genealogy and present state of ancient Scottish surnames, and more particularly of the Highland clans. By William Buchanan of Auchmar. Glasgow, 1723. (The Enquiry has separate title page and pagination and is quoted here as Enquiry.)

BURGESSES. Burgesses and guild brethren of Glasgow, 1573–1750. Edinburgh, 1925.

CAB. Collections for a history of the shires of Aberdeen and Banff. Aberdeen, 1843.

CAC. Crossraguel Abbey charters. [Edited by F. C. Hunter-Blair.] Edinburgh, 1886. 2 v.

CAERLAVEROCK. The siege of Carlaverock in the 27th Edward I. A. D. 1300. London, 1828.

CAITHNESS. The commissariot record of Caithness. Register of testaments, 1661–1664. Edinburgh, 1902.

CALDER. A Gaelic grammar . . . With a chapter on proper and place names. By George Calder. Glasgow, 1923.

CALDWELL. Selections from the family papers preserved at Caldwell. Glasgow, 1854. 3 v. (v. 1 only referred to.)

CALEDONIA. Caledonia; or, An account, historical and topographical, of North Britain. By George Chalmers. London, 1810–24. 3 v.

CAMBUS. Registrum monasterii de Cambuskenneth. A. D. 1147–1535. Edinburgh, 1872.

CAMPBELL. The clan Campbell. Abstracts of entries relating to Campbells in the sheriff court book of Argyll at Inveraray. Edinburgh, 1913. 2 v.

CAMPSIE. The commissariot record of Hamilton and Campsie. Register of testaments, 1564–1800. Edinburgh, 1898.

CANISBAY. Parish registers of Canisbay (Caithness). 1652–1666. Edinburgh, 1914.

CARNWATH. The court book of the barony of Carnwath, 1523–1542. Edinburgh, 1937.

CARRICK. Some account of the ancient earldom of Carric. By Andrew Carrick. Edinburgh, 1857.

CAVERS. Report on the manuscripts of James Douglas of Cavers, by William Fraser. (In: Great Britain. Historical Manuscripts Commission. 7th report, Appendix, p. 726–732. London, 1879.)

CAWDOR. The book of the thanes of Cawdor. A series of papers selected from the charter room at Cawdor, 1236–1742. Edinburgh, 1859.

CBBC. Court book of barony of Carnwath, 1523– 1542. Edited by W. C. Dickinson. Edinburgh, 1937.

CCPC. Chartulary of the Cistercian Priory of Coldstream. Edited by Rev. Charles Rogers. London, 1879.

CD. The county directory of Scotland. Edinburgh, 1912.

CDE. Charters and other documents relating to the city of Edinburgh, A. D. 1143–1540. Edinburgh, 1871.

CELT. MON. The Celtic monthly. Glasgow, 1893–1917. 25 v.

CELT. REV. The Celtic review. Edinburgh, 1904–16. 10 v.

CG. Carmina Gadelica . . . By Alexander Carmichael. Edinburgh, 1928. 2 v.

CHALMERS. See: CALEDONIA.

CHANNELKIRK. History of Channelkirk. By Rev. Archibald Allan. Edinburgh, 1890.

CHR. FORT. The chronicle of Fortirgall. (In: The Black book of Taymouth. Edinburgh, 1855.)

CHRISTIE. The lairds and lands of Loch Tayside. By John Christie. Aberfeldy, 1892.

CHRON. Short chronicle being chiefly an obituary relating to the Highlands, and compiled early in the sixteenth century. By James Macgregor, Dean of Lismore. (In: Archaeologia Scotica. iii, p. 317–328. Edinburgh, 1831.)

CHRON. MAIL. Chronica de Mailros e codice unico in Bibliothesa Cottoniana servato nunc iterum in lucem edita. Edinburgh, 1835.

CHRON. SCOT. Chronicum Scotorum. Edited by William M. Hennessy. London, 1866.

CLAN DONALD. The Clan Donald. By Angus Macdonald and A. Macdonald. Inverness, 1896– 1904. 3 v.

CLAN TRADITIONS. Clan traditions and popular tales of the Western Highlands and Islands. By J. G. Campbell. London, 1895.

CLOUSTON. The peoples and surnames of Orkney. By J. S. Clouston. (Orkney Antiquarian Society. Proceedings. v. 2, p. 31–38. Kirkwall, 1924.)

CMN. Carta Monialium de Northberwic . . . Edinburgh, 1847.

Appendix II contains ‘Transactions in the burgh, being extracts from the Protocol book of Robert Lauder, notary...