A System of Heraldry - Clan Strachan Society

OF THE SALTIER OR SAUTOIR. i 4 r
in base, a Peruvian sheep, in the dexter flank, a camel loaded, and, in the sinister,
an elephant bearing a turret, all of the second ; crest, a rising sun, proper, supported
on the dexter by an Indian, and on the sinister by a negro, in their proper dress,
each bearing on his shoulder a cornucopia, proper, standing on a table of com-
partment, whereon are these words, Vis unita Junior, and above all, on an escrol,
for motto, ^ua pttnditur orbis. Lyon Register.
Which arms are to be seen on the one side of the medal that was struck by
order of the Company for Colonel Alexander Campbell, of Finnab, of whom
afterwards. See Plate of Achievements.
PITTENDREICH of that Ilk, an ancient family, now extinct, argent, a saltier azure
between four roses gules.
BEATSON of Contle, or, a saltier vair; Sir George Mackenzie's Heraldry ; crest,
a bridge of three arches, proper : motto, Pro patria.
The surname of WEDDEL, azure, a saltier
cheque,
Lyon Register.
or and gules, between four
buckles argent. Font's Manuscript.
LITTLE of Meikledale, sable, a saltier ingrailed argent. The same is carried by
LITTLE of Libberton, as in Sir George Mackenzie's Science of Heraldry, with a
crescent for difference ; crest, a leopard's head or : motto, Magnum in parvo.
Lyon Register.
POWR.IE of Woodcocksholm, in the shire of Linlithgow, argent, a saltier ingfailed
gules, surmounted of another or, cantoned with four bugles sable ; crest, a hunt-
ing-horn azure, garnished gules : motto, Vespere U" mane. Lyon Register.
Sir MARK. CARSE of Fordelcarse, argent, on a saltier vert, betwixt four cross
croslets fitched gules, five crescents of the field. But Pont gives to the name of
Curse, azure, a fesse ingrailed between two mullets in chief, and a crescent in base
within a bordure ingrailed or.
The surname of CURRIE, gules, a saltier with a rose in chief argent. The same
and CURRIE of Kelwood carried the same with a
was borne by CURRIE of Newby ;
chief sable, as in Font's Manuscript.
CLARKSON, argent, a saltier vert, between two crescents gules in chief and base,
and as many cross croslets fitched sable in the flanks.
The surname of CHRISTIE, or, a saltier cantoned with four mullets sable . The
same is carried by CHRISTIE of Craigton ; but the saltier is invected ; crest, a holly
branch withered, with leaves sprouting out anew : motto, Sic viresco. Lyon
Register.
PATRICK CHRISTIE, Merchant in Aberdeen, or, a saltier indented betwixt four
mullets sable.
JAMES CHRISTIE of Balluchie, or, a saltier ingrailed between four mullets sable .
Lyon Register.
The name of WALSH, argent, on a saltier sable, five annulets or. Font's
Manuscript. These of that name in England carry azure, six mullets, three, two,
and one, or*
RIGG of Carberry, argent, on a saltier azure, between four mullets, a crescent
or. Font's Manuscript.
I have seen the armorial seal of Mr Hugh Rigg of Carberry appended to a writ
of his, as tutor to Margaret, daughter to George Lord Home, in the year 1546;
upon which was a saltier between three mullets, one in chief, two in the flanks,
and a crescent in base.
Mr THOMAS RIGG of Riggsland, descended of Carberry, vert, a St Andrew's
Cross ingrailed argent, between a mullet in chief, two garbs in fesse, and three
roses in base or, within a bordure of the third, charged with eight crescents of the
field ; crest, a cock sable, beaked and armed gules : motto^ Virtute *i3 labore.
*
Lyon Register.
GARTHSHORE of that Ilk, argent, a saltier between four holly leaves vert; crest, an
eagle displayed, proper : motto, / renew my age. Lyon Register.
Having given before, in this chapter, the armorial bearings of the principal
family of Bruce, I shall now add the bearings of some of the families of that
name.
BRUCE of Clackmanan, in our latter times, has worn out all brisures and marks
of cadency, and carries now the principal bearing, or, a saltier and chiet gules. But
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