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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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