This name, like so many others, has a legend to explain its origins. The
sixteenth-century historian, Boece, records that a Borders man by the name
of Rule, saved Robert the Bruce by ‘turning an angry bull which was set to
gore the king’. The king promptly named him Turnbull and rewarded him with
lands which were named ‘bedrule’ after their fortunate new owner. Sadly,
like so many such stories, the more likely derivation is from the old
English ‘trumbald’, meaning ‘strong’or ‘bold’.

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