Brief Life History of William
Sir William Baillie was born in 1297 as the son of William Baillie of Hoprig, 3rd Laird of Hoprig. He died in 1357, in Lamington, Lanarkshire, Scotland, at the age of 60.
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Scottish:
from Older Scots baillie, baili. In Scotland, a baillie was a status name for any of various officials, including the chief magistrate in a barony and (later) the chief magistrate or administrative officer of a barony or district. Etymologically, this is the same word as English Bailey , but the functions as well as the spelling of the two officials were different in England and Scotland.
topographic name from Older Scots bailli ‘outer court of a castle’; see Bailey 3 and Bale 1.
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