+~+~+~ BAILLIE TARTAN ~+~+~+   Baillies are first recorded in 1311. The family&#x27;s fortunes began to decline after their lands were forfeited for their part in the Battle of Langside on the side of Mary, Queen of Scots.  Robert Baillie of Jerviswood (1623-84), was the civil and religious reformer executed for his views. His family were forced to flee to Holland.  The Baillies started the building of Mellerstain House and are the ancestors of the present Earls of Haddington.