A System of Heraldry - Clan Strachan Society

A System of Heraldry - Clan Strachan Society A System of Heraldry - Clan Strachan Society

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220 OF THE SUB-ORDINARIES. de Molina, a Spanish herald, speaking in his First Book of the Nobles of Andalusia, who carry in their arms torteauxes, upon the account, says he, that one of the Kings of Spain, being to give battle to the Moors, convened his principal captains and commanders to eat ; telling them, that so many cakes as they did eat, each of them would kill as many Moors : And, after a memorable victory, considering how many cakes each had ate, some five, eight, or twelve, took as many torteauxes in their arms, or added them to their ancient bearings ; and this is the reason why so many torteauxes are carried in the arms of the nobles of Andalusia. So that they are taken by the French, Italians, Spaniards, English, and us, for cakes of bread. Fig. 29. There are two ancient families in Scotland who contend for chiefship, but a che- carry different arms ; BLAIR of Balthyock, in the shire of Perth, argent, veron sable, between three torteauxes gules ; crest, a dove, with her wings expand- ed, proper : motto, Virtute tutus. Lyon Register. BLAIR of that Ilk, in the shire of Ayr, the other tamily, of whom before the ; of these two families is said to have been ad- controversy about the precedency justed by King James VI. ordering that the eldest man representer of these two families should precede- the younger : These two families are to be found in records in the reign of Alexander III. and have several families descended of them, whose blazons I have before mentioned, and shall here add as in our records. Those descended of Balthyock are GEORGE BLAIR of Lethendy, descended of Balthyock, the same with Balthyock, with a martlet for difference ; crest, a garb, proper : motto, Nee temere, nee timide. Lyon Register. JOHN BLAIR of Balmill, a younger son of Balthyock, the same as his father, within a bordure sable ; crest, a Roman head ; with the motto, Fades quails mens talis. ALEXANDER BLAIR, residenter in France, descended of a second son of Bal- thyock, for his difference, makes the cheveron waved. Ibid. LAURENCE BLAIR of Overdurdy, descended of Balthayock, for his difference, invects the cheveron. Captain ANDREW BLAIR of Inchyra, descended of BALTHYOCK, embattles the cheveron for his difference. Ibid. The name of COURTNEY in England, or, three torteauxes : The first of this name came to England with Henry II. and afterwards his descendant, HUGH COURTNEY, was made Earl of DEVON by Edward III. in right of his mother, who was a daughter of William Rivers Earl of Devon. Morgan's Heraldry. The arms of the EPISCOPAL SEE of WORCESTER, argent, ten torteauxes, 4, 3, 2 and i, as in Dale Pursuivant's Catalogue of Nobility. The name of BABINGTON in England carries the same arms, with a label of three points azure ; and it is pretty remarkable, says Kent, in his Dictionary of Arms, that Dr GERVASE BABINGTON, being made Bishop of Worcester, by Queen Elizabeth, his paternal coat was the same with the See, excepting only the label : Here the English, when they say torteaux, do not add gules, it supposing always to be red. The German Jacob Imhoff will have the torteaux to represent the yolk of an egg in arms, for he latins them vitellos, in his Blazons of the Nobility of Great Britain, as in these of EDMOND LANGLEY Duke of YORK, fifth son 01 Edward III. from whom issued the English kings, of the House of YORK, who carried France and England, quarterly, as his father ; and for a filial difference, added a label of three points argent, each charged with three torteauxes, which Imhoff calls vitellos, yolks of eggs. And the same in the arms of GREY Earl of KENT, and others, thus " ; Insignia familias Graia?, e qua Comites Canciie & Stanfordiae prodiere, " scuto senis transversis fasciolis ex argento & cyano exarato, tribus vitellis in " cephalo distincto constant," i. e. barry of six, argent and azure, in chief three torteauxes, and so of the rest of the nobility of England who carry torteauxes. When torteauxes are of the colour azure, we name them, as the French, torteaux azure, as in the arms of ARMSTRONG of Mangerton, argent, three torteauxes azure ; Balfour's Manuscript : But the English, upon some singularity of their own, call them hurts, without naming the colour, that is, marks of some

OF THE SUB-ORDINARIES. violent strokes, as Gerard Leigh; though Guillim will have them to represent hurtle-berries. When they are green, they call them pomies, i. e. apples, which Morgan thu^ blazons in the arms of the name of SMITH in Essex, erminf, three pomies, i. e. with us, three torteauxes vert. When black, they call them pellets, or ogresses, which they take to rcj>n bullets or balls ; as in the blazon of the arms of Sir ROHMRT Ci..v. nctinu- Lord Mayor of London, in the book entitled the Art of Heraldry, vi/., /agent, a cross sable between four pellets. We with others call them twtctni\ suhle. The surname of MYRTON of Cambo in Fife, now extinct, argent, a clieveron hi- MI\ > li

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violent strokes, as Gerard Leigh; though Guillim will have them to represent<br />

hurtle-berries.<br />

When they are green, they call them pomies, i. e. apples, which Morgan thu^<br />

blazons in the arms <strong>of</strong> the name <strong>of</strong> SMITH in Essex, erminf, three pomies, i. e. with<br />

us, three torteauxes vert.<br />

When black, they call them pellets, or ogresses, which they take to rcj>n<br />

bullets or balls ; as in the blazon <strong>of</strong> the arms <strong>of</strong> Sir ROHMRT Ci..v. nctinu-<br />

Lord Mayor <strong>of</strong> London, in the book entitled the Art <strong>of</strong> <strong>Heraldry</strong>, vi/., /agent, a<br />

cross sable between four pellets. We with others call them twtctni\ suhle.<br />

The surname <strong>of</strong> MYRTON <strong>of</strong> Cambo in Fife, now extinct, argent, a clieveron hi-<br />

MI\ ><br />

li

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