A System of Heraldry - Clan Strachan Society
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