The following information is taken from the Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue, available online at http://www.dsl.ac.uk/index.html. This is a work in progress.
| Spelling | Number | Dates & headers |
|---|---|---|
| Forman | 2 | 1502 (assignatioun); 1508 (bailȝe) |
| Foreman | 1 | 1522 (chalmerlane) |
| Formane | 1 | 1522 (commendatour) |