3. Before the barony of Traquair became the property of the Stewarts, it belonged to a family of Murrays, afterwards Murrays of Black-barony, and ancestors of Lord Elibank.
"Minstrelsy of the Scottish border (3rd ed) (1 of 3)"
Walter Scott
He saved more men from shipwreck himself than everybody in the barony put together; but his heart is all but broke about a granddaughter that ran away.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
I have told her that, except Miss Mary herself, nobody would venture into the barony."
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever