A System of Heraldry - Clan Strachan Society

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OF THE BEND.
Abercairnie, of the date 1410, whereon was a bend ingrailed between three cross,
croslets, one in chief, and two in base.
The surname of ARCHIBALD, argent, on a bend azure, between two mullets of
the second, a crescent of the first; as Mr Pont. But in Sis James Balfour's
Blazons, argent, on a bend between three stars azure, as many crescents of the
first ; which was carried by ALEXANDER. ARCHIBALD of Blackball in Fife : Which
family ended in an heiress, who was married to Alexander Seaton, a younger son
of Carriston, whose issue now enjoys that fortune.
Mr WILLIAM ARCHIBALD, Governor to Mr William Talmash, son to the Dutchess
of Lauderdale, descended of Archibald of Blackball, has the last blazon of Black-
hall within a bordure ingrailed sable ; crest, a branch of palm tree slipped, proper :
motto, Ditat servata fides. Lyon Register. And there also,
ALEXANDER GAR!OCH of Kinstair, azure, a bend betwixt a stag's head couped
in chief argent, attired or, and three cross croslets filched, in base, of the second ;
crest, a palm tree growing out of a mount with a trefoil, proper ; motto, Concussus
surgo.
The surname of GLASSFORD, argent, a bend ingrailed accompanied with two
spur-rowels gules. Font's Manuscript, and in the New Register.
a bend in-
JOHN GLASSFORD, Collector of the Customs at Borrowstownness, argent,
grailed, accompanied with two spur-rowels in chief, and a hunting-horn in base
gules, garnished sable : motto, Mente y manu.
Major JOHN BIGGAR of Woolmet, argent, a bend azure, accompanied
with three
mullets gules ; crest, a pelican's head couped, proper; with the motto, Giving and
forgiving. Lyon Register.
WILLIAM BIGGAR, Merchant in Edinburgh, argent, a bend counter-embattled
azure, between two mullets gules ; crest and motto as the former. There was a
family of old of this name designed of that Ilk. Robert is Bigris a witness in the
charter of King David I. to the abbacy of Dunfermline and there are severals of
;
the name of Biggar, witnesses in the chartulary of Kelso. Sir James Dalrymple,
in his Collections, says, he has seen a charter, Roberti Jilii Walderi de Biggar,
granted to Ricardo Baird de magna IS parva Kyp, in the reign of Alexander 111.
LIVINGTON or LETHINGTON of Saltcoats, an ancient family in East-Lothian,
argent a bend between two otters' heads couped gules ; Font's Manuscript ; some
call them boars' heads : I have seen the armorial seal of this family, which had a
bend with an otter's (or boar's) head couped in chief, and the circumscription
round it was, Sig. Patricii Livingtoun de Saltcoat, 1593.
The honourable families of Howard in England, give,
for their paternal arms,
gules, a bend between six cross croslets fitche argent*
THOMAS HOWARD Duke of NORFOLK, Hereditary Earl Marshal of England,
premier duke and chief of the illustrious family of the Howards, descended from
William Howard, a learned judge and counsellor to King Edward I. got an addition
to these arms from Henry VIII. in memory of the victory he obtained over
King James IV. and his army in Flodden-field, the pth of September 1513, being
an,, escutcheon or, chargedwith a demi-lion rampant, (pierced through the mouth
with an arrow) within a double tressure counter-flowered ^fz/for; which escutcheon
is placed by those of that family on the bend. The first duke of this name was
Thomas, created by King Richard III., being descended by Lady Margaret
Dutchess of Norfolk, daughter of Thomas de Brotherton, descended of a younger
son of Edward I. for which the family quarters the arms of England, with a label
of three points ; and in. the third place, the arms of Clifford, cheque, or and azure ;
and in the fourth, gules, a lion rampant or, for Mowbray Duke of Norfolk.
The many, noble branches of this family in England carry the paternal coat of
Howard, with the minute differences,
&c. as in the English, books of blazon.
such as crescents, mullets, flower-de-luces,
STOURTON Lord, STOURTON, sable, a bend or, betwixt six fountains, proper. This
ancient family was dignified with the title of Lord Baron Stourton in the 28th
year of the reign of Henry VI.
PETRE Lord PETRE, gules, a bend or, between two escalops argent ; as in Mr
Dale's. Catalogue of the Nobility of England. This family was dignified by the