A System of Heraldry - Clan Strachan Society

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thune, and quartered the arms of Balfour with their own, viz. quarterly,
fourth azure, a fesse between three mascles or, (as I observed before, they are
first and
called lozenges, especially in the New Register) second and third argent, on a
cheveron sable, an otter's head erased of the first, for Balfour ; supporters, two
otters, proper ; and an otter's head for crest, with the word Debonnaire : Of this
family there were several eminent learned men, as James Bethune, Archbishop of
St Andrew's, Chancellor of Scotland 1518 ; David Bethune, his nephew, was
Archbishop of St Andrew's upon his death, and created Cardinal by Pope Paul III.
and Bishop of Mirepoix by the French King; and Chancellor of Scotland 1522, till
1549. James Bethune, his nephew, was elected Archbishop of Glasgow, and
carried the foresaid quartered arms, as did David the cardinal ; supported by two
men in priestly habits ; yet to be seen on his lodging in the foot of Blackfriar's
Wynd.
BETHUNE of Creigh, another goodly family in Fife of that name, was a younger
son of Bethune of Balfour, in the reign of King James IV. and carried the foresaid
quartered arms, with a cinquefoil, for difference.
JANET BETHUNE, a daughter of Sir DAVID BETHUNE of Creigh, then his Majesty's
High Comptroller, was married to James Earl of Arran, Lord Hamilton. She
bore to him James Earl of Arran, his successor, and a daughter, Helen, who was
married to Archibald Earl of Argyle, and Jane, to the Earl of Glencairn : This
family continued till of late, and the estate is now united to that of Bethune of
Balfour.
DAVID BETHUNE of Bandon, descended of a second son of BETHUNE of Balfour,
carries the quartered arms of that family, within a bordure or ; crest, an otter's
head, couped argent. Lyon Register.
JOHN BETHUNE of Blebo, whose father was a fourth brother of the House of Balfour,
carries the quartered arms of that family, but takes the fesse cheque,
in the
first and fourth quarters, for his maternal descent of the house of Lindsay ; with
the crest and motto of the family. Lyon Register.
ALEXANDER BETHUNE of Longhermiston, whose father was a -second brother of
Bethune of Balfour, quarterly, first and fourth azure, a fesse cheque, argent and
gules, between three mascles or ; second and third argent, on a cheveron sable, a
selch's head erased of the first, all within a bordure indented or : His daughter and
heiress, Grissel Bethune, was married to William M'Dowal of Garthland,
so men-
tioned and matriculated in the New Register.
JAMES BETHUNE of Nether-Tarvit, descended of Cardinal Bethune, and Mary
Ogilvie, daughter to the Lord Ogilvie. Their son was Alexander Bethune, Archdean
of Lothian, and Laird of Carsgouny, who turned Protestant, and married :
Of whom is descended Mr THOMAS BETHUNE of Nether-Tarvit, quarterly, first
and fourth azure, on a fesse, between three lozenges or, a betune leaf slipped vert,
as relative to the name of Bethune ; second and third Balfour, as before ; crest, a
physician's quadrangular cap, proper : motto, Resolutio canta. N. R.
I observed before, that some of the name of BETHUNE have lozenges instead of
and that some have been in
lative to the name.
use to add a betune leaf on the fesse, as re-
WARDLAW of that. Ilk, azure, three mascles or, fig. 18. This surname Hector Boece
places amongst the first of surnames in Scotland, in the reign of Malcolm III.
WARDLAW of Tony carried as the former : 1 have seen the seal of Henry Wardlaw
of Tony appended to his charter, granted by him to ALEXANDER Lord HOME
Oreat Chamberlain of Scotland, in the year '> 1455 which seal of arms had only
rhree mascles, 2 and i ; but afterwards that family was in use to quarter them with
the arms of VALANCE, viz. azure, three water-budgets or, upon
the account that
the family matched with one of the co-heirs of Sir James Valange, and got with
her Wester-Lochore in Fife : Of this family were two bishops of the name of
WARDLAW with us.
Sir HENRY WARDLAW of Pitrevie, Baronet, as descended, it seems, of this family,
carried the quartered coa't thereof ; and for crest, a star ; with the motto, Faniilias
fit-mat pittas. Lyon Register.
WAXDLAW of Riccarton, azure, on a fesse argent, between three mascles or, as
many crescents of the first, (some say gules} Font's Manuscript. In a charter of