The lands had been held by the crown for the previous fifty years.

[3] David Seton of Parbroath was comptroller of the Scottish exchequer for James VI and Chamberlain of Dunfermline for Anne of Denmark in 1590.

[5] The first part is *part-, the Pictish equivalent of Welsh parth meaning "side, area, region" (< Latin pars).

[5] The second is *Brothoc, a former name for the nearby Fernie Burn, derived from a cognate of Welsh brwd, with the diminutive suffix -awc.

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