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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sclater | 2 | 1460 (amerciat, arrestment) |
| Sclaitter | 1 | 1605-19 (corshous) |
| Sklater | 1 | 1541-2 (cheriot) |