Polwarth

The lands of Polwarth lie in Berwickshire. There are records of this name in early charters: Adam de Paulwrth witnessed a deed of Patrick, first Earl of Dunbar, sometime prior to 1139; and Ada de Polwarth was witness to a charter of Walter Oliford around 1210. William of Polwarth had letters of protection to travel abroad in 1371. Black asserts that, according to French authorities, Hennes Polvoir, a Scot living at Tours who painted the standard of Joan of Arc, was a Polwarth. Sir Patrick Polwarth of that Ilk resigned his lands into the hands of his feudal overlord, George, Earl of March, who in turn in 1377 granted them to John Sinclair of Herdmanstown. The lands passed again into the powerful border family of Home and Sir Patrick Hume, second Baronet of Polwarth, was raised to the peerage with the title, ‘Lord Polwarth’, on 26 December 1690. The title of ‘Baron Polwarth’ is now borne by the family of Hepburne-Scott.