This surname BAYLOR was an official name 'the bailiff'. It was an occupational name for a steward or official, the title of a munciple magistrate, which in England denotes an officer who serves writs and summonses and ensures that court orders are carried out. The name also was a topographic name for someone who lived in a district by the outermost wall of a castle, and this situation is complimented by the fact that this name, originally denoting a particular part of a castle, sometimes becomes a placename in its own right; some bearers of the name undoubtedly derived it from the Old Bailey in London, which formed part of the early medieval outer wall of the city. The name was derived from the Old French 'bailli' and was brought into England and Scotland from Normandy, during the wake of the Norman Conquest of 1066. Early records of the name mention Alvered Ballivus of the County of Lincolnshire in 1273. Henry le Baillie of Monmouthshire, Wales in 1307. William de Bailor appears as a juror on an inquest concerning forfeited lands in Lothian in 1315. Adam Baylor of Yorkshire was listed in the Yorkshire Poll Tax of 1379. William de Bailli of Scotland in 1411, appears as a juror on an inquest concerning forfeited lands in Lothian. Over the centuries, most people in Europe have accepted their surname as a fact of life, as irrevocable as an act of God. However much the individual may have liked or disliked the surname, they were stuck with it, and people rarely changed them by personal choice. A more common form of variation was in fact involuntary, when an official change was made, in other words, a clerical error. Among the humbler classes of European society, and especially among illiterate people, individuals were willing to accept the mistakes of officials, clerks and priests as officially bestowing a new version of their surname, just as they had meekly accepted the surname they had been born with. In North America, the linguistic problems confronting immigration officials at Ellis Island in the 19th century were legendary as a prolific source of Anglicization. A notable member of the name is Elgin Gay BAYLOR, born in 1934 the American professional basketball player, born in Washington. He spent his playing career with the Minneapolis Lakers. He went on to coach with the New Orleans Jazz before returning as an executive with the Clippers. |
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