Aberdeenshire · Scotland · since 1314
The House of Slains
Keeper of a lordship born upon the cliffs of the North Sea, where memory is passed on as an inheritance.
Preamble
From the yoke of a plough to a feudal dignity, the line of Slains spans a thousand years of Scottish history — battle after battle, charter after charter.
Seven centuries
A chronicle forged in stone
In 1314, in the aftermath of Bannockburn, Robert the Bruce granted Sir Gilbert Hay the Barony of Slains and the hereditary office of Lord High Constable of Scotland. The lordship became the coastal heart of a house that would serve the Crown for centuries.
From Flodden to Glenlivet, from royal charters to wind-beaten ruins, the story of Slains reads as a living archive — which this house devotes itself today to preserving and transmitting.
Serva Jugum — Keep the yoke.
Continuity
The Lord of Regality of Slains
Twenty-seventh holder of a Scottish feudal dignity, the Lord of Regality of Slains perpetuates the heritage of the lordship. The title is recorded in the Scottish Barony Register and the arms granted by the Court of the Lord Lyon, King of Arms.
Enter the archive
The House of Slains opens its pages to scholars, historians and all those moved by its heritage.