Genealogical memoir of the most noble and ancient house of Drummond

PREFACE. XV
To the English subscribers, it is necessary to observe,
that in this memoir several expressions will be found pe-
culiar to Scotland. Laird, for instance, frequently oc-
curs, and is equivalent to Esquire, or the proprietor of
an estate. Muster is an appellation given to the eldest
son or heir apparent of the Scottish barons and viscounts.
The proprietor of an estate is frequently distinguished
by the name of the estate itself. And in many passages
the language may be antiquated and uncouth from a
close adherence to the old documents, from which the
particular passage is taken.
As some papers illustrative of the genealogy could not
properly be inserted in the body of the work, they have
been printed in the appendix. Some branches of the
house, which were omitted, as extinct in the male line,
have also been inserted in the appendix, for the satisfac-
tion of the descendants by the female line : — and some
families, which were passed over in their proper place,
are there inserted, particularly Drummond of Milnab
and Callendar who now represents the ancient family of
the barons of Concraig.
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