The following information is taken from the Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue, available online at http://www.dsl.ac.uk/index.html. This is a work in progress.
| Spelling | Number | Dates & headers |
|---|---|---|
| Paslay | 5 | 1490 (barounry, commonté, creat); 1534-5 (comptar); 1546 (condit) |
| Pasley | 2 | 1542 (avalour); 1647-8 (burd) |
| Paislay | 1 | 1617-8 (bedding) |