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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Marchmont, -mond. Also: Marche-, Merch(e)mont, -mond, Marche-, Merchmount, Marchimond, -mount, Marchy-, Merchymond, Merchman. [Appar. f. Marchemond, used by Fordun as an alternative name for Roxburgh or its castle.] The title of one of the Scottish heralds.(a) 1436–8 Exch. R. V. 33.
Marchemonde herraldo
1445–6 Ib. 217.
Per solucionem factam uxori quondam Marchmond, pro uno … scuchioun … v li.
1494 Loutfut MS. 78 a.
Ane wirschepfull man Wilȝem Cumyn … als Marchemond herald
1496–7 Acta Conc. II. 68.
Wilȝeame Cummyn, Ma[r]chemond, askit ane act
1498–9 Ib. 313.
Merchmond herrald as forspekare for the Erle of Erole
1500–1 Ib. 484.
Maister Marchemond herrald
Ib. 499.
Wilyeam Cumyn alias Merchemond
1558–9 Aberd. Sheriff Ct. I. 155.
Johnne Meldrum als Marchmond harrot
(b) 1501 Acta Conc. III. 25.
Merchemont herrald
1542 Treas. Acc. VIII. 144.
Deliverit to be dule habittis to Snawdoun, Ros, Albany and Marchemont heraldis, xl elnis Frenche blak
1561 Reg. Privy S. MS. XXX. 51.
Be the promotioun of Adame McCullocht last Bute pursevant to Marchmont herald
1603 Aberd. B. Rec. II. 242.
Gilbert Guthrie, Merchmont hereald, … clothit with his cott of armes [etc.]
1607 Ib. 291.
Marchemount herald
1617–18 Misc. Spald. C. V. 140.
Merchmount herald
(c) 1496 Acta Conc. II. 30.
The Merchymond herrald
1496–7 Ib. 67.
Marchymond herrald
1510 Exch. R. XIII. 285.
Marchimond herald
(d) 1460 Exch. R. VI. 581.
Herraldo Marchimount
(e) 16.. R. Gordon in Macfarlane's Geog. Coll. II. 400.
Ros herald Merchman herald

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"Marchmont n. attrib.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 29 Mar 2024 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/marchmont>

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