It is to these the interested reader is directed in the first instance:
- Alexander Grant, ‘Franchises North of the Border: Baronies and regalities in medieval Scotland’ in Liberties and Identities in the Medieval British Isles, (ed.) Michael Prestwich. (Woodbridge: Boydell and Brewer, 2008).
- Bruce Durie, Scottish Genealogy (Brimscombe Port: The History Press, 2015).
- Thomas Innes of Learney and Kinnairdy, F.S.A.Scot., Lord Lyon King of Arms, ‘The robes of the feudal baronage of Scotland’ in Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Vol. 79 (1945).
- Thomas Innes of Learney, Tartans of the Clans and Families of Scotland (Edinburgh: W. & A. K. Johnston, 1938).
For those seeking to read about the historic laws of Scotland and legal nature of baronies there are several historic foundational texts including:
- Thomas Craig, Jus Feudale (1601).
- James Dalrymple, Viscount of Stair, The Institutions of the Law of Scotland (1681).
- Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh, Institutions of the Law of Scotland (1684).
Some original records of the barony courts survive, of which several have been published, such as:
- Records of the Baron Court of Stichill 1655-1807.
- The Court Book of the Barony of Urie in Kincardineshire, 1604-1747.
- The Court Book of the Barony of Carnwath, 1523-42.
On Scottish heraldry there are a wealth of instructive resources:
- www.heraldry-scotland.co.uk/
- www.courtofthelordlyon.scot/
- Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh, The Science of Herauldry (1680).
- Charles J. Burnett and Mark D. Dennis, Scotland’s Heraldic Heritage: The Lion Rejoicing (Edinburgh: The Stationary Office, 1997).
- Sir Thomas Innes of Learney, Lord Lyon King of Arms K.C.V.O., Advocate, F.S.A.Scot., Scots Heraldry: A Practical Handbook on the Historical Principles and Modern Application of the Art and Science (1956).
