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 |
|---|---|---|
| Heriot | 4 | 1529 (decist); 1530 (commoun); 1584 (cutler); 1587 (castor) |
| Heryot | 2 | 1539 (blude-roll); 1542-3 (charge) |