09.01.2013 Views

A System of Heraldry - Clan Strachan Society

A System of Heraldry - Clan Strachan Society

A System of Heraldry - Clan Strachan Society

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

Create successful ePaper yourself

Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.

OF FOUR-FOOTED BEASTS. 285<br />

The eldest document I have met with <strong>of</strong> this family, is a ratification <strong>of</strong> the lands<br />

<strong>of</strong> K rough, Stephenkirk*, with tlie udvocation and patronage there<strong>of</strong>, 22d <strong>of</strong> January<br />

1473, to Gilbert M'Dowall <strong>of</strong> Freugh. tlr. MM was<br />

Fergus M'Dowall, who married Janet Kennedy <strong>of</strong> the family <strong>of</strong> the Lord<br />

Kennedy, and was, served heir to his father Gilbert, in the year 1518, u^ by the<br />

original inquest yet extant, signed by many <strong>of</strong> the best gentlemen <strong>of</strong> that country,<br />

does appear.<br />

James, his son, married Florence, daughter to Uthred M'Dowall <strong>of</strong> Garthland,<br />

and he obtained a new charter <strong>of</strong> the said lands, with the udvocution and patronage<br />

<strong>of</strong> Stephenkirk*.<br />

Fergus, his son and heir, married Mary, daughter <strong>of</strong> John M'Culloch <strong>of</strong> Myrton;<br />

and \vas succeeded by his son<br />

John, who married Margaret, daughter to Sir Patrick Vans <strong>of</strong> Barnbarroch, and<br />

obtained also a new charter <strong>of</strong> the above lands.<br />

Uthred, his son and successor, married Agnes, daughter to Sir Patrick Agnew <strong>of</strong><br />

Lochnaw, and was Commissioner for the shire <strong>of</strong> Wigton to the Parliament, in the<br />

year 1661. His son<br />

Patrick married Barbara, daughter to Fullerton <strong>of</strong> that Ilk : Their son and<br />

successor is Patrick M'Dowall, now <strong>of</strong> Freugh, who married Margaret, daughter ta<br />

John Haltridge <strong>of</strong> Dromore in Ireland. He obtained a new charter for uniting<br />

the lands <strong>of</strong> Urle, Lochronald, and Balgregan, into one barony with Freugh.<br />

The family has been in use to carry the following arms, as cut on a large win-<br />

dow-board, and on other utensils, in the old House <strong>of</strong> Freugh, which was attested<br />

by a certificate under the hands <strong>of</strong> several persons <strong>of</strong> credit in that country, being<br />

u-zure, a lion rampant argent, crowned with an imperial crown, and gorged with an<br />

antique one or ; crest, a lion's paw erased, and erect : motto, Sincere vd mori ;<br />

and on a compartment below the arms, these words, Pro Deo, rege, "^ patria,<br />

supported with two wild men, wreathed about the head and middle with laurel,<br />

holding flaming daggers in- their hands, pointing upwards, all : proper As in Plate<br />

<strong>of</strong> Achievements. The date <strong>of</strong> the carving is in the year 1474, with the letters<br />

G. M'D, for Gilbert M'Dowall, and the same arms are cut out upon a bed 1543,<br />

with the letters J. M'D, being for James M'Dowall, then laird <strong>of</strong> Freugh: As the<br />

certificate bears, recorded in the Register <strong>of</strong> Probative Writs.<br />

There are two <strong>of</strong> the name <strong>of</strong> M'Dowall mentioned in Prynne'3 Collections,<br />

page 654, among the barons who submitted to Edward I. <strong>of</strong> England, viz. Fergus<br />

M'Dowall, and Dougall M'Dowall, in Comhatu de Wigtoun : They not being de-<br />

signed, I shall not determine to what families they have been predecessors.<br />

M'DOWALL or M'DOUGALL <strong>of</strong> Makerston, is an old family in the shire <strong>of</strong> Tevict-<br />

dalc.<br />

Fergus M'Dowall <strong>of</strong> Makerston, gets<br />

a charter <strong>of</strong> confirmation <strong>of</strong> those lands<br />

from King Robert II. the i8th year <strong>of</strong> his reign; as in the Lord Haddington's<br />

Collections : And in Rotula Roberti II. Dougall M'-Dowall <strong>of</strong> Makerston married<br />

Euphame, one <strong>of</strong> the co-heirs <strong>of</strong> Gifford <strong>of</strong> Yester. I have seen a note <strong>of</strong> a charter,<br />

from Robert Duke <strong>of</strong> Albany to Dougall M'Dougall his son, <strong>of</strong> several lands belonging<br />

to the family <strong>of</strong> Yester, in right <strong>of</strong> his mother.<br />

Mr William M'Dougall, descended <strong>of</strong> Makerston, a great man for his learning,<br />

was made a pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> divinity and philosophy in Holland. Some <strong>of</strong> his works<br />

are extant, which show his learning. Another <strong>of</strong> this is family<br />

Colonel M'DOUGALL, who has a regiment in Sweden : His predecessor gets a<br />

birth-brief from the Magistrates <strong>of</strong> Edinburgh, in Cromwell's time, upon the<br />

evidence <strong>of</strong> the most considerable barons and gentlemen <strong>of</strong> Teviotdale and the<br />

Merse, by which he pretends to be lineal heir <strong>of</strong> the family, how just I shall not<br />

determine; which birth-brief I have seen.<br />

The arms <strong>of</strong> the family <strong>of</strong> M'DOUGALL <strong>of</strong> Makerston, as in Pont's Manuscript,<br />

are azure, a lion rampant argent, crowned or, with a star <strong>of</strong> the first on the lion's<br />

shoulder; their crest and motto I do not know, having never seen their arms at large.<br />

M'DOWALL <strong>of</strong> Stodrig, in Teviotdale, a%ure, a lion rampant argent, gorged<br />

with an open crown or, and between his fore paws a man's heart, proper ; crest, ;v<br />

* Now called Stonnykirk. .<br />

4 c

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!