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A System of Heraldry - Clan Strachan Society

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OF THE BEND.<br />

ti^ed then the seal <strong>of</strong> Sir John Halyburton Lord Dirleton, which F see appending<br />

to the said charter entire, whereon were the same quartered arms which our<br />

books <strong>of</strong> blazons now give to Halyburton Lord Dirleton, thus, quarterly, first or,<br />

mi a bend azure, three mascles <strong>of</strong> the first tor Hulyburton. Second, or, three<br />

bun gluts. Third, argent, a bend gules f for Vaus Lord Dirleton; and the fourth<br />

as the first. 1 have likewise seen a tack <strong>of</strong> the lands <strong>of</strong> Larruk-n given by John<br />

Lord Halyburton to Thomas and Alexander Heatlies tenants, <strong>of</strong> the date 1447,<br />

which tack begins thus :<br />

" We John Lord Halyburton," &c. (penes Edgar <strong>of</strong><br />

Wadderly) to which his seal <strong>of</strong> arms is appended, and the transumpt <strong>of</strong> it afterwards<br />

judicially taken, to which Richard Lamb was notar ; who, being ignorant<br />

<strong>of</strong> armoury, confusedly describes the seal in the transumpt, which yet may be<br />

known to be the same with the above blazon, which I here<br />

"<br />

add. Literam<br />

"<br />

sedationis stipatam sigillo<br />

nobilis Domini Johannis de Halyburton, in quo sigil-<br />

"<br />

lo sculptum fuit unutn scutum, in dicto scuto bend lossyne (a bend charged<br />

"<br />

with lozenges or mascles) & trias faces (in the second quarter three bars) &. in<br />

" inferiore parte dicti sigil'i unum simplex bend ; (in the third quarter a bend)<br />

" &- unurn bend lossyne ;" (that is the fourth quarter as the first.) Anciently our<br />

notars were obliged, in transumpts <strong>of</strong> rights, to describe or blazon the seal, because<br />

it was the seal only that verified the deeds, or evidents, which then wenyiot sub-<br />

scribed by the granters. I have met with several such descriptions <strong>of</strong> blazons by<br />

our, notaries in transumpts, some <strong>of</strong> them awkwardly and some handsomely<br />

done.<br />

The family <strong>of</strong> HALYBURTON Lord DIRLETON ended in three daughters co-<br />

heiresses, in the reign <strong>of</strong> King James V. The eldest, Janet, was married to Wil- .<br />

liam Lord Ruthven. The second, Marion, was married to George Lord Home ; she<br />

bore to him Alexander Lord Home, who quartered the paternal coat <strong>of</strong> Halyburton,<br />

viz. or, on a bend azure* three mascles <strong>of</strong> the first, as on the seals <strong>of</strong> that<br />

family, <strong>of</strong> which afterwards : As also did the issue <strong>of</strong> William Lord Ruthven,<br />

grandfather <strong>of</strong> the first Earl <strong>of</strong> Gowry, who married Janet Halyburton, the other<br />

co-heiress <strong>of</strong> the Lord Dirleton ; <strong>of</strong> which before : And the third daughter, Margaret,<br />

was married to George Ker <strong>of</strong> Faudenside, in the shire <strong>of</strong> Roxburgh, who<br />

did the same. The exterior ornaments <strong>of</strong> the arms <strong>of</strong> HALYBURTON Lord DIRLE-<br />

for crest, a Moor's head band-<br />

TQN, as in our illuminated books <strong>of</strong> arms, are these ;<br />

ed argent ; supporters, two naked Moors banded about the head and middle argent ;<br />

and for motto, Watch well,<br />

The heir-male <strong>of</strong> Halyburton Lord Dirleton, is HALYBURTON <strong>of</strong> Pitcur, now re-<br />

presentative <strong>of</strong> the principal family, who carries or, on a bend azure, between three<br />

boars' heads erased sable, as many mascles <strong>of</strong> the first ; I know some make them<br />

lozenges, which I do not think so right. The boars' heads were assumed by this<br />

family, for marrying Chisholm heiress <strong>of</strong> Pitcur ; crest,, a negro's head and neck<br />

couped at the shoulders, armed with an helmet, proper ; supporters, two cats :<br />

motto, Watch well. N. R.<br />

HALYBURTON <strong>of</strong> Egliscairnie, or, on- a bend waved azure, three lozenges <strong>of</strong> the<br />

first, by some old books <strong>of</strong> blazon. But in the Lyon Register<br />

the bend is not<br />

waved, but plain, as descended also <strong>of</strong> the Lord Dirleton ; crest, a boar's head<br />

couped and erect, proper : motto, Watch well.<br />

WILLIAM HALYBURTON, son <strong>of</strong> a second brother <strong>of</strong> Egliscairnie, descended <strong>of</strong> the<br />

Lord Halyburton, or, on a bend, the upper side waved, and the under side ingrailed<br />

azure, three lozenges <strong>of</strong> the first ; crest, a boar's head erected and couped, pro-<br />

per : motto, Ma/ores sequor. N. R..<br />

JOHN HALYBURTON <strong>of</strong> Newmains, descended, and representative <strong>of</strong> Morton, or,<br />

on a bend azure, three mascles, and in the sinister canton a buckle <strong>of</strong> the first ;<br />

crest, a stag at gaze, proper: motto, Watch well. N. R.<br />

DANZELSTON or DENNISTON <strong>of</strong> that Ilk, argent, a bend sable.<br />

DENNISTON- Lord DENNISTON'S arms as illuminated in our old books <strong>of</strong> blazon, are<br />

argent, a bend sable between an , unicorn's head erased gules, horned or, and a cross<br />

croslet fitche <strong>of</strong> the third, supported on the dexter by a lion gules, and on the<br />

sinister by an antelope argent, unguled and horned or ; and for crest, a right hand<br />

holding al<strong>of</strong>t an antique shield sable, charged<br />

Workman's Book <strong>of</strong> Blazons.<br />

C c<br />

with a star or. So illuminated iu

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