Robert Reid (bishop)
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Robert Reid was Abbot of Kinloss, Commendator-prior of Beauly, and Bishop of Orkney. He was born at Aikenhead in Clackmannan parish, the son of John Reid and Elizabeth Schanwell. His formal education
Coat of Arms of Robert Reid
St Salvator's Tower, University of St Andrews
Abbot Reid's house, Kinloss Abbey
Broughty Craig Castle
Baron of Muirton
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Baron of Muirton is a title of nobility in the Baronage of Scotland.
Robert Reid (bishop)
…first acts as abbot was to prosecute the nearby burgh of Forres to retrieve lands at Burgie and convert all of the abbey estates into a barony. The Barony of Muirton was created out of much of the abbey lands just north of the buildings. In 1531, Ferrerio was allowed to leave James's court to teach some of the Kinloss…
Ruins of Kinloss Abbey
Edward Bruce, Lord Kinloss
Crown Charter of 1712 signed at the top by Queen Anne