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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1436-1699
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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 Exchequer Rolls 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 Acts Lords of Council 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 1500–1 Ib. 499.
Wilyeam Cumyn alias Merchemond 1558–9 Aberd. Sheriff Ct. I. 155.
Johnne Meldrum als Marchmond harrot(b) 1501 Acts Lords of Council III. 25.
Merchemont herrald 1542 Treasurer's Accounts 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 Acts Lords of Council II. 30.
The Merchymond herrald 1496–7 Ib. 67.
Marchymond herrald 1510 Exchequer Rolls XIII. 285.
Marchimond herald(d) 1460 Exchequer Rolls VI. 581.
Herraldo Marchimount(e) 16.. R. Gordon in Macfarlane's Geog. Coll. II. 400.
Ros herald Merchman herald
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