A System of Heraldry - Clan Strachan Society

OF THE SUB-ORDINARIES.
ALEXANDER FORRESTER, of Corstorphine to his son Archibald, of the lands of CK
uifiton, nth October 1464, amongst the witncs-rs i> John \Varulu\v of K
In the year 1509, Walter Wardlaw of Ricc;irton resigns the lands of Piicstlk-1.:.
proprietor thereof, in favours of Walter Chapman bur^c,- in Edinburgh :
family
is now extinct.
WARDLAW of Warriston, azure, on a fesse, between three- muscles r ,i , u
gules.
BLAIR of that Ilk, an ancient family in the shire of Ayr, argent, on a s;i
sable, nine mascles of the first.
WILLIAM i'.c BLAIR, in anno 1205, is mentioned in a contract of agreement betwixt
RALPH de EGLINTON and the village of Irvine, which is in the Charter-Che if
of the borough of Irvine. And in a charter of King Alexander 111. to the abL
of Dunfermline, William de Blair is a witness.
JOHN BLAIR of that Ilk gets a charter from King David Bruce of the lands of
Airdblair, (as in Haddington's Collections.) From this family of Blair the land*
of Bogton came to Sir ADAM BLAIR of Bogton, nephew of BRYCE BLAIR of that
Ilk, (History of Renfrew.) The family of Blair have had inter-marriages with
many honourable families, as Hamilton, Glencairn, Semple, &-c. And there are
few families of any note in the western shires that are not related to them.
The present WILLIAM BLAIR of that Ilk disponed his estate of Blair in favours
of his only son John, reserving to himself a liferent. His son, John Blair, died
without issue, and his sister Magdalen succeeded him. She married Mr WILLIAM
SCOTT, Advocate, second son of JOHN SCOTT of Malleny, and to him she bore a
son. He takes upon him the name and arms of Elair, which he quarters with
Scott, viz. first and fourth argent; on a saltier sable, nine mascles of the first, for
Blair ; second and third or, on a bend azure, a star between two crescents of the
field, and in base, an arrow bend-ways, proper, feathered, headed, and barbed
argent-, crest, a stag lodged, .proper : motto, Amo prsbas ; which are the arms of
Scott of Malleny, of which before, as in the Plate of Achievements.
The cadets of this family, with arms, that I have met with in our old and modern
books of bla/ons, are these,
BLAIR of Adington or Adamton, argent, on a saltier ingrailed sable, five mas-
cles of the first. Font's Manuscript. And sometimes a saltier and a chief- sable,
the last charged with three mascles. W. M.
BLAIR of the Carse, as descended of BLAIR of that Ilk, argent, on a bend sable,
three mascles of the first. Ibid.
JAMLS BLAIR of Milgerholme, sometime Provost of Irvine, argent, on a saltier,
betwixt two crescents in the flanks, and garb in base sable, five mascles of the
first : motto, Cod be our guide. Lyon Register.
GILBERT BLAIR, sometime Dean of Guild of Aberdeen, argent, a saltier sable,
betwixt a mullet in chief, and a crescent in base of the last : motto, NOH crux, sed
lux. Lyon Register.
The surname of PITCAIRN, argent, three mascles gules; as in Pont's Manuscript:
But in our New Register they are called lozenges.
PITCAIRN of that Ilk, quarterly, first and fourth argent, three lozenges gules.
called) second and third argent, an eagle with wings displayed sable, for RAMSAY :
the heiress : From which lands the
They got the lands of Forthar by marrying
family is now designed. And the lands of Pitcairn went on" uith> a younger son,
of whom was lineally descended ALEXANDER PITCAIKX of Pitcairn, who curried the
same quartered arms of PITCAIRN of that Ilk and Forthar, within a bordure in-
grailed gules; crest, a moon in her complement, proper: motto, Plena refulgct.
Lyon Register. Whicli family was represented by that learned and eminent physician
ARCHIBALD Pn CAIRN of that Ilk, who carries the arms of PITCAIRN only,
within a bordure ermine.
WILLIAM PITCAIRN of Pitlour, quarterly, first and fourth ardent, three lozenges,
2 and i gules, for PITCAIRN second and third ; azure, a chevcron between threecrescents
argent ; crest, an anchor in pale azure : motto, Sperabo. Lyon Re-
gister.
PITCAIRN of Dreghorn, argent, three lozenges, within a bordure gules ; as in the
Plate of Achievements.
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