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Tronars(c)hip, n. Also: tronarschipe, tronarsechip, tronerschip. [Tronar n.] The office of keeper of the tron. = Tronship n. 1515 Reg. Privy S. I 402/2 (see Tronar n. 1).
Tronarsechip 1532 Reg. Privy S. II 165/2.
Full power and speciall command to minister in the saidis offices of tronarschip of the said burgh and serchear of the sammyn 1538 Reg. Privy S. II 411/2.
Tronarschip 1542–3 Reg. Privy S. III 7/1.
Ane lettir maid to David Chepman, burges of Edinburgh,—of the gift of the office of tronarschip of the said burgh for all the dayis of his life with power to him to use and exerce the said office siclike as he did in tymes bigane, and to chois, imput and output the pynaris and all utheris servandis of the said trone 1557–8 Reg. Privy S. V i 77/2 (see Tronar n. 1).
Tronerschip 1617 Aberd. Chart. 363.
Compeirit … Alexander Rutherfurd sone and air to … Alexander Rutherfurd lait prouest … quha haweand the present possessioune as air to his said vmquhill father of the office of tronarschip of the said burghe … with the troneweychtis fees and casualities belanging thairto [etc.] 1617 Aberd. Chart. 364.
Tronarship 1617 Aberd. Council Lett. I 150.
With the gift off tronarschipe bludevictis Wolmanhill and locht and utheris particularis