Bannock

The ancestors of the Brannock name date back to the kingdom of Dalriada in ancient Scotland. Brannock was a name for someone who lived in Brennath in Moray, where the name became Birnie. Birnie is a parish in the county of Elgin. "This place is said by some to have been the site of the first cathedral of the diocese of Moray; and it is probable that Simeon de Tonei, one of the bishops, was buried here, in 1184".