A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Montros, Montroyse. [The name of the town.] The title of a Scottish pursuivant. —1488 Treas. Acc. I. 92.
To Montroyse harrolde, to pas with summondis of treson on the larde of Cokpule [etc.] Ib. 108.
To Rothssay and Montros harroldis to pas [etc.] 1488 Acts II. 202/1. 1488–9 Ib. XII. 34/1.