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The Ramsay family settled in Scotland in the twelfth century,

having come originally, according to tradition, from Huntingdonshire. In 1232 King Alexander U. conferred upon Neis Ramsay, his physician, the barony of Bamff, with which place the Ramsays have been connected ever since. Sir James Ramsay has now published a volume of Bamff Charters, A.D. 1232-1703 (Oxford University Press, 15s. net), with an introduction and notes, which throws considerable light upon domestic life in mediaeval Scotland.