A System of Heraldry - Clan Strachan Society

OF FOUR-FOOTED BEASTS. 291
three bears' heads erased, two in chief, and one in base argent, muzzled gules, a
cinquefoil of the first. New Register.
ARTHUR BUCHANAN of Sound, the arms of Buchanan, with a crescent for difference
; crest, a lion's paw erect, and erased, proper : motto, Nobi/is est ira leonis.
Ibid.
WILLIAM BUCHANAN of Drummakill, whose predecessor was a second son of
Buchanan of that Ilk, or, a lion rampant sable, holding in his dexter paw a man's
heart, proper ; all within a double treasure counter-flowered of the second ; crest,
a dexter hand holding a sword : motto, God with my right. Ibid.
ARCHIBALD BUCHANAN of Drumhead, descended of Drummakill, or, a lion ram-
pant sable, holding in his dexter paw an arrow, and in his sinister a bow, all pro-
per, within a double tressure counter-flowered of the second ; crest, a sinister hand
holding a bent bow or : Par sitfortuna labori. Ibid.
Mr PATRICK. BUCHANAN, a son of Milton, descended of Buchanan of that Ilk,
the arms of Buchanan, within a bordure gules, charged with eight crescents ar-
gent ; crest, a rose slipped gules : motto, Ducitur hinc bonos. Ibid. And there,
JOHN BUCHANAN, Chirurgeon and Bailie of Stirling, descended of Buchanan of
that Ilk, parted per bend, or and sable, a lion rampant within a double tressure,
all counter-changed of the same ; crest, a hand pointing a lance in bend, proper :
motto, Secundo euro.
Sir RICHARD NEWTON of that Ilk, vert, a lion rampant or, on a chief of the last,
three roses gules; crest, a demi-lion or, holding in his dexter paw a scimitar,
proper; with the motto, Pro'patria. Lyon Register, and in Plate of Achieve-
ments.
The lion rampant is sometimes accompanied with figures, and surmounted of
them, such as the fesse, bend, and other ordinaries ; as also the lion is frequently
curried issuing out of, or surmounting them, of* which I have given several ex-
amples : But, before I proceed to other postures of the lion in armories, I shall
again instance the arms- of ROBERT Duke of ALBANY, Governor of Scotland in the
minority of King James I. who was third lawful son of King Robert II. While
he was Earl of Fife and Monteith, he carried only or, a fesse
cheque, azure and
argent, surmounted of a lion rampant gules, armed and langued azure, being the
Lion of Scotland, as by our old illuminated books of arms, and by his seals appended
to his charters, as that one granted by him, Johanni de Weemys, de Terris de
Curbrock, infra Comitatum de Fife : And afterwards, when he came *to be dignified
with the title of Duke of Albany and Regent of Scotland, he altered his
bearing,
and carried, quarterly, first and fourth or, a lion rampant gules, armed and langued
azure, and in chief a label of three points of the last, for the title of Albany ;
second and third or, a fesse cheque, azure and argent, with a label of three points
in chief of the second, for Stewart.
It is probable, that the Duke, upon that change, did assign that coat of arms,
which he formerly carried while he was only Earl of Fife and Monteith, to Sir
JOHN STEWART of Arclgowan and Achingowan, his nephew, or that Sir John or his
successors assumed the same, which have been for a long time carried by the fa-
mily, and still by the present Sir ARCHIBALD STEWART of Blackball, Baronet,
lineally descended of the above Sir John of Ardgowan, the first of the family, who
was a natural son of King Robert III. which appears from three distinct charters
Robert III. The first is of the lands of
in Sir Archibald's hands, granted by King
Achingowan, in Renfrew, the first year of his reign : The second is of the lands
of Blackball, the 6th year of his reign : And the third charter, of the lands of
Ardgowan, in the i4th year of his reign : In all which the king designs him
Johanni Sensscallo filio nostro naturali. Though there be a charter, as I am informed,
in the hands of the said Sir Archibald, granted by King James I. anno
1429, clarissimo fratri suo Johanni Senescallo Domino de Aclingowan, without any
appellation that would infer illegitimation. All these three baronies, which were
given from the crown to Sir John, are still in the possession of the present Sir
Archibald Stewart of Blackball, Baronet, his lineal successor, who carries as above,
viz. or, a fesse
cheque, azure and argent, surmounted of a. "lion rampant gules, armed
and langued of the second ; crest, a lion's head erased gules ; with the motto,