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Locharmoss Surname Definition:

LOCHARMOSS: The great waste of Locharmoss in Dumfriesshire gave name to a family. Robertus Loghirmoss, mercator de Scotia, had a safe conduct to travel in England in 1373 (Rot. Scot., I, p. 960), and in 1426 King James I confirmed a charter granted by Archibald, earl of Douglas in 1419 to Michael Ramsay of Ramarskalis and Grenelandis and to Christian his spouse of the lands of "Harthuat in foresta de Daltoun et dominio Vallis Anandie, que fuerunt Rogeri de Lochirmos" (RMS.

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LOCHARMOSS: The great waste of Locharmoss in Dumfriesshire gave name to a family. Robertus Loghirmoss, mercator de Scotia, had a safe conduct to travel in England in 1373 (Rot. Scot., I, p. 960), and in 1426 King James I confirmed a charter granted by Archibald, earl of Douglas in 1419 to Michael Ramsay of Ramarskalis and Grenelandis and to Christian his spouse of the lands of "Harthuat in foresta de Daltoun et dominio Vallis Anandie, que fuerunt Rogeri de Lochirmos" (RMS., II, 71).

— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)
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