General Notes

REFN: 1259AN
Alias:<ALIA> Sir Willie of the White /Doublet/
REFN: P1259
"a gallant border chieftain, who, from his successful forays across the
border, always fighting in a white jacket, acquired from the English, the
nickname of Willie with th e white doublet."
Source:  The Scottish Nation, William Anderson, pg 480
The Scottish Nation, by William Anderson on page 480.
"a gallant border chieftain, who, from his successful forays across the
border, always fighting in a whit e jacket, acquired from the English, the
nickname of 'Willie with the white d oublet.'"
Dominus De eodem, made several incursions into England, always fight ing
in a white jacket or doublet, and was a great terror to the English, who
applied to him some epithet indicative of his dress, though it does not
see m quite clear what that nickname was; neither does it appear what sort
of thi ng it was which is called a "white jacket or doublet". "The
Highlanders" used a garment called Leinn-croich, or saffron-coloured
shirt, the robe which dis tinguished a gentleman." (Logan's Clans.
Introduction). It is not impossible that this anecdote has been moved too
high up in the family history, and is, after all, only that which is
related of David, Descent XVII.
[From History of Dunbar Hume and Dundas from Drummond's Noble British
Families, William Pic kering, London 1846]