HARTSIDE: From the old barony of the name in the parish of Wandel, Lanarkshire. William de Hertyshed (Hertisheued, Hertishede, or Hertished) witnessed grants of land to Soltre between 1198 and 1250 (Soltre, p. 11, 12, 15, 20, 23, 26, 31), and also witnessed David de Lindeshey's charter of Brothiralewinn to the monks of Neubotle, c. 1230 (Neubotle, p. 106). William de Hertesheuede, sheriff of Lanark, doubtless the same individual, witnessed charters by Alexander II dated at Cadihou in 1225 (REG., p. 111,113; Levenax, p. 92). Alan de Hertesheued witnessed charters by Cecilia de Molle, c. 1200 (Kelso, p. 116,120, 127), a charter by David, bishop of St Andrews, relating to the church of Linton in 1240 (ibid., p. 322) and a charter by John, son of Hugh de Reveaen, c. 1250 (ibid., p. 401). Sometime in the latter half of the thirteenth century Richard de Hertishevit witnessed two charters in favor of the house of Soltre (Soltre, p. 28, 29). Aleyn de Herteshede of the county of Berewyke who rendered homage for his lands in the Merse in 1296 (Bain, II, p. 207) is doubtless the Allan de Hcrtesheued who, c. 1327, granted to Sir Alexander Seton a toft and croft and two oxgates of land in the territory of Ulkiston. The family appears to have died out in the direct line in the first half of the fourteenth century as the barony of Hertysheuid was in the ward of the Crown in 1359 (ER., I, p. 582). There are several entries in 1506—7 of payments to John Hertseud "pailzeoun man" (ALHT., III-IV). Thome Hartsheid held a land in Aberdeen, c. 1550 (REA., II, p. 226) and Henry Hartsyde was tenant in Hilton of Rosyth in 1577 (Stephens, Inverkeithing, p. 198). The name of Thomas Herdsed who appears in St. Andrews, 1528 (Laing, 370) is probably another spelling. Other old forms of the surname are: Harthsyid 1568, Hartsid, Hartsyd, Hertis, Hertsede, Hertside, Hertseid, Hertsyd, and Hertisseid.