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A System of Heraldry - Clan Strachan Society

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3 oo OF FOUR-FOOTED BEASTS.<br />

with three<br />

for Ross ; third, three garbs, for Buchan ; fourth, a bend, charged<br />

for Leslie : round all the quarters was the double tressure, flowered<br />

buckles, And<br />

and counter-flowered ; supporters, two lions ; and on the helmet, for crest, an<br />

eagle displayed. This Earl Alexander was succeeded by his son John, and was<br />

forfeited for treason and rebellion 1476, and the earldom <strong>of</strong> Ross returned to the<br />

crown, in the reign <strong>of</strong> King James II. and was by that King and his successors<br />

conferred upon their younger sons, with the titles <strong>of</strong> Earl <strong>of</strong> Ross, who were in use<br />

to quarter the arms <strong>of</strong> Ross, as feudal ones, with their paternal bearings : Of which<br />

feudal arms I have described<br />

Modern Use <strong>of</strong> Armories.<br />

and treated <strong>of</strong> in my Essay <strong>of</strong> the Ancient and<br />

Ross <strong>of</strong> Balnagowan, as now the principal family <strong>of</strong> the name <strong>of</strong> Ross, carries<br />

gules, three lions rampant argent, without the addition <strong>of</strong> the bordure argent,<br />

(used <strong>of</strong> old) as male representer <strong>of</strong> the old Earls <strong>of</strong> Ross ; being lineally descended<br />

<strong>of</strong> Hugh Ross <strong>of</strong> Ranches, son <strong>of</strong> Hugh Earl <strong>of</strong> Ross, who was killed in the<br />

battle <strong>of</strong> Hallidonhill : He got from his father the lands <strong>of</strong> Rariches, as also the<br />

lands <strong>of</strong> Easterallan, from his brother William Earl <strong>of</strong> Ross, 1357 ; and these lands<br />

were confirmed by a charter <strong>of</strong> King David II.<br />

Mr GEORGE Ross <strong>of</strong> Morinchie, descended <strong>of</strong> Balnagowan, gules, three lions ram-<br />

pant, accompanied with as many stars argent ; crest, a fox-head couped, proper :<br />

motto, Spes aspera levat. New Register.<br />

WILLIAM Ross <strong>of</strong> Knockbreck, sometime Bailie <strong>of</strong> Tain, descended <strong>of</strong> Balna-<br />

gowan, gules, a bear's head couped argent, muzzled <strong>of</strong> the first, between three lions<br />

rampant <strong>of</strong> the second: motto, Time Deum. Lyon Register.<br />

Mr ANDREW Ross <strong>of</strong> Pilkerie, the arms <strong>of</strong> Balnagowan, within a bordure coun-<br />

ter-componed, or and gules : motto, Non opes sed ingenium. Lyon Register.<br />

MALCOM Ross <strong>of</strong> Kindace, descended <strong>of</strong> Balnagowan, his arms, within a bordure<br />

counter-componed, argent and gules ; crest, a fox passant, proper : motto, Caute non<br />

astute. Ibid.<br />

And there Mr CHARLES Ross, lawful son to William Ross <strong>of</strong> Kindace, gules,<br />

three roses slipped in fesse, betwixt as many lions rampant, 2 and i argent; crest,<br />

a fox issuing out <strong>of</strong> the wreath, with a rose in his mouth argent : motto, Rosam ne<br />

rode.<br />

FIENNES Viscount SAY and SEALE, azure, three lions rampant or, an ancient baron<br />

in : England He was advanced to the title <strong>of</strong> Viscount by King I. James <strong>of</strong> Great<br />

Britain, 1624.<br />

The paternal bearing <strong>of</strong> the name <strong>of</strong> HERBERT, parted per pale, azure and gules,<br />

.three lions rampant argent, carried by Herbert Earl <strong>of</strong> Pembroke in England.<br />

The name <strong>of</strong> HOSKINS there, parted per pale, azure and gules, a cheveron or,<br />

betwixt three lions rampant argent.<br />

The English heralds, as Gerard Leigh and Guillim, tell us, when there be more<br />

lions in the field than one, they should be called lionceaux, or lioncels, i. e. lions'<br />

whelps; because the nature <strong>of</strong> the lion is such, that it will not suffer another lion in<br />

the field with itself ; but this rule, say they, admits <strong>of</strong> two exceptions : First, if<br />

any <strong>of</strong> the ordinaries interpose between them, then they are still called lions; for,<br />

by such an interposition <strong>of</strong> an ordinary, says Leigh, every one <strong>of</strong> these creatures is<br />

reckoned to be <strong>of</strong> as great dignity as if they were borne separately in different<br />

escutcheons; for which cause the ordinaries have the title <strong>of</strong> worthy partitions ; for<br />

example, the arms <strong>of</strong> the Episcopal See <strong>of</strong> Durham, blazoned azure, a cross or, between<br />

four lions rampant argent. The second exception is, that, in all sovereign<br />

ensigns, they are blazoned still lions, though three in number, propter dignitatem<br />

regies majestatis, says Guillim ; and so those in the arms <strong>of</strong> England are neither<br />

leopards<br />

nor lioncels,<br />

The French and Latin heralds do not call lions lionceaux, or leunculi, till they<br />

exceed the number three; for three lions, or as many <strong>of</strong> other creatures, situate in<br />

one field, 2 and I, are looked upon but as one thrice repeated, to beautify the<br />

shield <strong>of</strong> arms. Notwithstanding <strong>of</strong> this rule,<br />

The arms <strong>of</strong> the name <strong>of</strong> MORTON, in England, are blazoned or, six lions rampant<br />

azure, 3, 2 and i, by the abovementioned heralds: And Robert Dale, Pursuivant,<br />

in his Catalogue <strong>of</strong> the Nobility <strong>of</strong> England, and the author <strong>of</strong> the Peerage<br />

<strong>of</strong> that Kingdom, blazon the arms <strong>of</strong> SAVAGE Earl RIVERS, argent, six lions

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