As described in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

ALLARDYCE.* " This family," says Nisbet, " got a charter from King William, of the lands of Albretlds in the sheriffdom of Kincardine, .... now Allardice, M'hich has ever since been the surname of the family."

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


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