A System of Heraldry - Clan Strachan Society

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OF THE SUB-ORDINARIES.
a heron, holding in its beak an eel ; with the motto, on an escrol, the Grit povl,
being the slughorn of the family, as on the Plate of Achievements.
One of their predecessors, John Mercer, in Perth, purchased the lands of Meikleour
from Mauritius de Cramond, in the reign of King David II. which were con-
firmed by that King, in the 33d year of his reign, and afterwards took the designation
from the lands of Aldie, of whom is descended the present Sir LAURENCE
MERCER of Aldie, Bart..
FAWSIDE of that Ilk, in East Lothian, an ancient family, though now extinct.
There are severals of that name with us, who carry gules, a fesse between three
besants or. Pont's Manuscript. Fig. 27.
ALLAN de FAWSIDE gives an obligation to the monks of Dunfermline, of the date
1253, to pay yearly quinque solidos argenti out of his lands.
ROGER de FAWSIDE gets
a charter of the lands of Fawside from Robert the Bruce,
and, in the year 1350, Thomas de Fawside, Miles,
Earl of Fife, to the abbacy of Lindores.
is witness in a charter of Duncan
Mr JAMES FAWSIDE, designed eldest lawful son to the deceased John Fawside of
that Dk, is witness in a charter of George Earl of Winton, to David Allan in
Tranent, in the year 1666. The lands of Fawside belong now to Dundas of
Arniston.
The surname of HOPE carries besants.
Sir THOMAS HOPE of Craighall, azure, a cheveron between three besants, or ;
crest, a broken globe surmounted of a rainbow, proper : motto, At spes infracta.
He was Advocate to King Charles I. 1628, whose father or grandfather came from
Holland, and was the first of the name of Hope in Scotland. Sir Thomas had, by
his wife Elizabeth Bennet, daughter of John Bennet in Tranent, and his wife
Grissel Seaton, of the family of Seaton, first, Sir John Hope of Craighall, who
was President of the Session ; second son, Sir THOMAS HOPE of Kerse, Bart, one of
the Senators of the College of Justice, who carries azure, on a cheveron betwixt
three besants or, a roebuck current of the first ; crest, a broken globe surmounted
of a rainbow, proper : motto, Spes tamen infracta. Lyon Register.
Third son, Sir ALEXANDER HOPE of Granton, Cup-bearer to King Charles I.
carried the arms of Hope, and, for his difference, charged the cheveron with a rose
gules, but kept the crest of the family ; with the motto, Spero suspiro donee.
Lyon Register.
Fourth son, Sir JAMES HOPE of Hopetoun, was one of the Senators of the College
of Justice 1649, till that judicatory was dissolved by Oliver Cromwell, anno 1651.
He married Anna, daughter of John Foulis of Leadhills, in the shire of Lanark,
by whom he had John his successor, and a daughter Rachel, married to David
Bethune of Balfour, in Fife. He married, for his second wife, Mary, eldest daughter
of William Earl Marischal, by whom he had one son, Sir WILLIAM HOPE of
Balcomy, Bart, formerly designed of Granton, and late Depute-governor of Edinburgh
Castle ; who carries azure on a cheveron argent, betwixt three besants or,
as many pallets gules, being his maternal figures of the name of Keith ; crest, a
broken globe, with the rainbow as before : motto, At spes solamen. Lyon
Register.
Which JOHN HOPE of Hopetoun married Margaret, daughter of John Earl of
Haddington, by whom he had Charles, his only son and heir, and a daughter,
Eleanor, married to Thomas Earl of Haddington. Charles was raised to the
honour and dignity of Earl of HOPETOUN, by letters patent, bearing date the i5th
of April 1703, He married Henrietta, daughter of William, first Marquis of An-
nandale, and with her has issue his eldest son John Lord Hope. The Earl's arms,
as in the Plate of Achievements of the nobility, azure, on a cheveron betwixt
three besants or, a bay leaf, proper, adorned with crown, helmet, tuid mantlings,
befitting his quality, and on a wreath of his tinctures ; for crest, a broken globe
surmounted of a rainbow, all proper : with the motto, on an escrol, At spes in-
fracta ; supporters, two women, their hair hanging down, with loose garments,
holding anchors in their hands. L. R.
HOPE of Rankeillor, descended of Craighall, the same as Craighall, within a
bordure, or, for his filial difference. Lyon Register.
The. name of TORTHORALD, says Sir James Balfour, in his Manuscript, carried, in