Baronial Regalia
Feudal Barons and their Courts have long traditions. They wore
ceremonial
robes and carried the regalia
of their office. Occasionally Barons wore crowns
and those shown here feature five brass balls and the relevant
heraldic symbols for Prestoungrange and Dolphinstoun.
The Baron's robes were specified by Charles I for attendance at
his Coronation and have gone unchanged since. The Court Officers
are less well documented and those used today at Prestoungrange
are taken from medieval paintings.
In the conduct of the Court's affairs the Baron Sergeand's Ellwand
(a medieval measure approximating to just more than one yard)
was broken when a judgement from the Court was not accepted by
any vassal. Today's Ellwand is ceremonial
and has symbolic provision for the silver medal pendant to slide
left or right. Each end is beautifully carved, at one the Family
raven's head, and at the other
the baronial chapeau.
The Baron Bailie, the Senior Officer of the Court, wears the Barony's
Gold Medal to signify his office.
Both these Officers of the Court also carried Horns
to announce their arrival and to call meetings to order.
The Rights to Regalia are recorded in The Register of Sasine in
Scotland, and transfered with the Barony.
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1745 
