[2] Another variant of the name is found in the Ragman Rolls of 1296 where Jorden del Orchard appears rendering homage for his lands in Linlithgow to Edward I of England.

[2] The chiefly line of the Clan Jardine appears to have been established by the fourteenth century at Applegirth on the River Annan in Dumfriesshire.

Sir Alexander Jardine of Applegarth was actively involved in defending the Scottish Borders against English incursions.

[2] However Alexander's son, John Jardine, faced English retribution in 1547 when Lord Wharton, with a force of over five thousand, overran Annandale.

[2] However, when the queen married the Earl of Bothwell the Jardines declared allegiance to the infant James VI of Scotland.

[2] Another John Jardine, fourth in descent from Sir Alexander, married Margaret Douglas who was the sister of the first Duke of Queensberry.