A System of Heraldry - Clan Strachan Society

OF THE CHIEF OR CHEF. 73
'lor.ERT BURNT.T, Comn;i',sary of Peebles, a younger son of B une ;
and for his difference, die undermost line of the chief is embattled ; but more of
this name afterwards.
The surname of BIGIIOLME, argent, an oak tree eradicate vert, a clr e, or
and azure.
His Grace the Duke of ORMOND, Earl of OSSORY, &c. or, a chief indent
This noble family is said to be descended from the old counts o;
mandy, and were hereditary chief butlers of Ireland; who, by reason of the office,
introduced the surname of BUTLER into the family; as also took arms relative to
the name and office, azure, three cups or; which they quarter with their paternal
coat. James Butler was created Earl of Ormond by King Edward III. of England.
Of him was descended James Duke of Ormond, who was made a peer of
England. by the sams title, by King Charles II. the 341(1 of his reign, 1682.
The Right Honourable CHARLES BUTLER Earl of ARRAN in Ireland, and Lord
Butler of Weston in England, gives the same quartered arms, with a crescent for
difference.
Sir ROBERT PASTON of Paston, descended of a family in the county of Norfolk ;
for his loyalty to King Charles I. and assisting in the restoration of King Charles II.
was created by that king a baron, by the title of Lord PASTON Viscount of YAR-
MOUTH, in 1673, and thereafter Earl of YARMOUTH, 1679. He carries azure, six
flower-de-luces, 3, 2, and i, and a chief indented or.
MANNERS Earl of RUTLAND, and Baron Roos of Hamlock so ; dignified by King
Henry VIII, and Baron Manners of Haddon by King Charles II. 1679, or, two bars
azure, a chief quarterly of the second and gules, the first charged with two flowerde-luces
or, and the last with the lion of England ; which figures were given to
this family, as an augmentation of honour by Henry VIII. as being descended
of the royal blood of England, the chief formerly being altogether gules. And,
as it is observed before, the chief is the ordinary place for receiving additional
marks of honour.
The surname of PECK HAM in England, ermine, a chief quarterly, or mdgu/es.
The Right Honourable JOHN KEITH Earl of KINTORE, Lord Keith of Inverury
and Keith-hall, and Knight Marischal of Scotland, second son to William Earl Ma-
rischal, and Lady Mary Erskine, daughter to John Earl of Marr, by his lady
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Stewart, sifter to Ludovick Duke of Lennox and Richmond. He, for his loyalty
and faithful services to King Charles II. and for being instrumental in preserving
the regalia of the kingdom from falling into the hands of the English, in the usurpation
of Oliver Cromwell, had these regalia added to his own arms by way of
augmentation ; and was honoured by the said King with the titles of dignity abovementioned.
His achievement is quarterly, first and fourth gules, a sceptre and
sword in saltier, with an imperial crown in chief, within an orle of eight thistles
or, as a coat of augmentation ; second and third argent, on a chief gules, three
pallets or. Sometimes the chief, as I observed before, is represented paly of six,
or and gules ; and sometimes the chief, for the name of Keith, is argent, three pal
lets gules, which is not good armory to lay a chief argent on a field or ; so that the
first is better than the last. This noble family has -been in use to carry for crest ,
a demi-woman, richly attired, holding in her right hand a garland of laurel, proper ;
and, for supporters, two men in complete armour, each holding a pick in a sentinel's
posture, proper : and for motto, Styx amissa salva, relative to the regalia :
For it was given out that he had carried them over to King Charles II. who v
then in France, and, by this means, they were preserved at home. He married
Lady Margaret Hamilton, sister to the Earl of Haddington, by whom he had several
children. He was succeeded by his eldest son William Earl of Kintore, who
married a sister of the Viscount of Stormont, and left issue.
Sir ALEXANDER KEITH of Ludquhairn, Baronet, argent, a cross croslet fitcbt, and
an escalop in fesse azure, on a chief gules, three pallets or; crest, a dexter hand
casting an anchor in the water: motto, Remember tbv end. N. R.
KEITH of Ravenscraig, argent, on a chief gules, three pallets or, quartered with
or, three cushions gules, within a double tressure counter-flowered of the last, for
RANDOLPH. Font's MS.
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