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A System of Heraldry - Clan Strachan Society

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OF THE CHIEF OR CHEF.<br />

tilitia k'one rulco constat, qui scutum argeiiteum iinplet cephalo nigro, cui tres conelar<br />

argento tincta iiiscripta: sunt, aistincium. This noble family derives its descent from<br />

an ancient family in Dorsetshire ; John Russel <strong>of</strong> Berwick, was advanced to the<br />

<strong>of</strong> Edward VI.<br />

title <strong>of</strong> peerage by Henry VIII. and, in the third year <strong>of</strong> the reign<br />

was created Earl <strong>of</strong> Bedford and in ; April 1694,<br />

his successor William Russel Earl<br />

<strong>of</strong> Bedford, was created Marquis <strong>of</strong> Tavistock, and Duke <strong>of</strong> Bedford.<br />

HENRY CLINTON Earl <strong>of</strong> LINCOLN, Baron Clinton and Say, dignified with the<br />

title <strong>of</strong> Baron Clinton by writ <strong>of</strong> summons to Parliament the 6th <strong>of</strong> February<br />

1298, the 27th <strong>of</strong> Edward 1. and with the title <strong>of</strong> earl the 4th <strong>of</strong> May 1572, I4th<br />

<strong>of</strong> Elizabeth, as Dale, pursuivant, gives for his paternal bearing, argent, six cross<br />

cmsletsfitcbe, 3, 2, and i sable, on a chief azure, two mulcts or, pierced g uies :<br />

But <strong>of</strong> late the crosses have been disused : Imh<strong>of</strong>f says, Digma Clintinorum gentiiitium<br />

sex cruciculas cruelat as ^ in imo spiculatas nigras nfert, impress as scuto /

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