Lord of Arbroath
{{Short description|Scottish noble title}}
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Baron of Arbroath or Lord Arbroath{{Cite book |title=Burke's Landed Gentry Scotland |publisher=Hugh Preskett |year=2001 |edition=19th }}{{Cite web |title=Records of the Parliaments of Scotland |url=https://www.rps.ac.uk/search.php?action=fetch_index_frame&fn=jamesvi_trans&id=12127&query=Arbroath&type=trans&variants=&google= |access-date=2024-09-08 |website=www.rps.ac.uk}} is a hereditary title of nobility, originally in the Scottish peerage, that was raised to a free lordship, barony, regality and lord of parliament by royal charter back in the 17th century,{{Cite web|title=Title: Arbroath (created 17c, infeft 1998 Prof Alan Frank Bartlett) – Baronage – Registry of Scots Nobility|url=https://www.registryofscotsnobility.com/baronage/|access-date=2024-09-05|language=en-AU|website=Registry of Scots Nobility}} historically associated with the town of Arbroath in Angus, Scotland.{{Cite book|last=Glenbervie)|first=Sir Robert Douglas (of|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wapeAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA343|title=The Baronage of Scotland, Containing an Historical and Genealogical Account of the Gentry of that Kingdom. Colected from the Public Records and Chartularies of this Country, the Records and Private Writings of Families and the Works of Our Best Historians|date=1798|publisher=Bell & Bradfute, W. Creech, J. Dickson, E. Balfour, P. Hill, W. Laing, A. Guthrie, J. Watson, Manners & Miller, And A. Constable: And By Cadell & Davies, London|language=en|page=343|access-date=2024-09-08}}{{Cite journal|date=25 June 2024|title=Baron of Arbroath confirmed in the Scottish Barony Register|url=https://scottishbaronyregister.org/|journal=Scottish Barony Register|access-date=2024-09-08}}
Lordship of Arbroath
The original Crown Charter{{Cite web |title=Records of the Parliaments of Scotland |url=https://www.rps.ac.uk/search.php?action=fetch_index_frame&fn=jamesvi_trans&id=12127&query=Arbroath&type=trans&variants=&google= |access-date=2024-09-08 |website=www.rps.ac.uk}} for the Lordship of Arbroath (or Aberbrothwick) was granted to James, 2nd Marquis of Hamilton, during the reign of James VI of Scotland and marked a significant moment in Scottish history, as lands formerly under the control of the Arbroath Abbey, one of Scotland's wealthiest ecclesiastical estates, were transferred to a powerful noble family. Following the Scottish Reformation, the dissolution of monasteries and abbeys led to the redistribution of church lands to loyal nobles. In 1651 the lord of parliament peerage title became extinct.
Declaration of Arbroath
File:Declaration of arbroath.jpg' copy of the Declaration from 1320, in the National Archives of Scotland]]
The town of Arbroath is of significant historical importance, particularly because of its connection to the Declaration of Arbroath. Drafted in 1320, the Declaration was a letter addressed to Pope John XXII by Scottish nobles and barons, asserting Scotland's independence from England and affirming Robert the Bruce's right to rule.{{Cite web |last=Team |first=National Records of Scotland Web |date=2013-05-31 |title=National Records of Scotland |url=https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/Declaration#:~:text=The%20Declaration%20is%20a%20letter,as%20the%20country's%20lawful%20king.&text=The%20Declaration%20was%20written%20in,earls%20and%20about%20forty%20barons. |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=National Records of Scotland |language=en}}
Present Baron
The title is held by Alan Frank Bartlett, Lord Arbroath as a Lordship in the Baronage of Scotland.{{Cite web |title=Barony title Arbroath {{!}}{{!}} Alan Frank Bartlett {{!}}{{!}} listed in Debretts |url=https://debretts.com/directories/other-titles-2/the-feudal-baronies-of-scotland/ |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=debretts.com |language=en-US}} Although there is no longer a direct link between the title and the ownership of land, the title remains a recognised part of the Scottish nobility.{{Cite book |title=Burke's Peerage 107th Edition |publisher=Hugh Preskett |year=2003 |edition=107th |pages=Feudal Baronies pp. liii}}
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External links
- [https://blog.historicenvironment.scot/2020/04/people-declaration-arbroath/#:~:text=The%20people%20of%20the%20declaration%3A%20the%20earls&text=These%20included%20the%20three%20traditionally,%2Dhand%20man%2C%20Thomas%20Randolph.&text=Also%20mentioned%20were%20the%20earls,%2C%20Ross%2C%20Caithness%20and%20Sutherland. The People of the Declaration of Arbroath - Historic Environment Scotland]
- [https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/arbroath-abbey/ Arbroath Abbey - Historic Environment Scotland]