<Tr> <Th> Historic seat </Th> <Td> Crathes Castle </Td> </Tr> <P> The House of Burnett (Burnet, Burnette, Burnard, Bernard) is a Lowland and Border Scottish family composed of several branches . The Chief of the Name and Arms of Burnett is James Comyn Amherst Burnett of Leys, Baron of Kilduthie . They are from Deeside, near Banchory, in Northeast Scotland . From the early 14th century to the mid 16th century the family occupied a lake dwelling on the Loch of Leys, and resided there or on land near the lake for over 200 years . It is from this lake that the family eventually acquired the designation "of Leys". </P> <P> It remains uncertain if the name of Burnett is of Saxon or Norman origins . It has been suggested that the name Burnett is derived from the Old French burnete, brunette, which is a diminutive of brun meaning "brown", "dark brown". Another proposed origin of the name is from burnete, a high quality wool cloth originally dyed to a dark brown colour . There is also evidence which suggests that Burnett stems from the English surname of Burnard, a derivative of the Anglo - Saxon name "Beornheard". Spelling variations of the name in early documents show Burnet and Burnard / Bernard being used interchangeably for the same family and at times for the same person . It is likely that the family of de Bernard first came to Scotland with the return of David I of Scotland and that they settled in Roxburghshire . </P> <P> There is documented evidence of the family of Burnard in England from the Norman Conquest in 1066, but not before . These are found in the Domesday Book, the Chartulary of St Neots Priory and in charters concerning the Waltham Abbey . Roger Burnard was the Domesday tenant of Alrichesey and also held a manor in Rodedie hundred, Hampshire and the manors of Celdretone and Coteford in Wiltshire; all of which were held of William De Ow . He, his wife Margaret and his son Odo were named in several charters of St. Neot's and in one there is a mention of a daughter, Magilia Burnard . Among the English who came north in the train of David I of Scotland were Burnards who settled in the County of Roxburgh and owned the considerable barony of Farningdoun (aka . Fairnington). They were benefactors of Melrose Abbey and other religious houses . They soon move on to the Northeast of Scotland, where Alexander Burnard settled near Banchory . This Alexander Burnard is considered "The first of the Deeside Burnards, or Burnetts as they were later called". </P>

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