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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OL FOUR-FOOTED BEASTS<br />
three boars' heads erased gules. Font's MS. The chief <strong>of</strong> this name (says Sir<br />
Geocge Mackenzie, in his Genealogical Manuscript <strong>of</strong> the Nobility and Gentry)<br />
was Urquhart <strong>of</strong> Cromarty. The first <strong>of</strong> the family was a brother <strong>of</strong> Ochonacher,<br />
who slew the bear, predecessor ot the Lord Forbes, and, having in keeping the<br />
castle <strong>of</strong> Urquhart, took his surname from that place.<br />
URQUHART <strong>of</strong> Craigston, descended <strong>of</strong> Cromarty, carries the same with Cromarty,<br />
with the addition <strong>of</strong> a crescent, for a brotherly difference. Font's Manu-<br />
script.<br />
ALEXANDER URQUHART <strong>of</strong> Newhall, Esq. whpse grandfather was a second son <strong>of</strong><br />
Cromarty v carries or, three boars' heads erased gules, within a bordure quartered<br />
sable, and <strong>of</strong> the second ; crest, a boar's head couped as the former : motto, Per<br />
actum intentio, N. R. Plate <strong>of</strong> Achievements.<br />
ADAM URQUHART <strong>of</strong> Meldrum carries quarterly, first and fourth Meldrum, second<br />
and third Seaton, as before carried by Seatons <strong>of</strong> Meldrum, and still by their<br />
male representatives ; and has nothing <strong>of</strong> Urquhart but a boar's head erased or,<br />
for crest ; with the motto <strong>of</strong> Meldrum, Per mare & terras. L. R.<br />
These <strong>of</strong> the name <strong>of</strong> CRUIKSHANKS, as George Cruikshanks <strong>of</strong> Berryhill, carry<br />
or, three boars' heads couped, sable, langued and armed azure. New Register.<br />
The name <strong>of</strong> WHITEHEAD carries or, on a fesse between three boars' heads erased<br />
azure ; as many cinquefoils argent* Font's MS.<br />
WHITLAW <strong>of</strong> that Ilk carries sable, a cheveron or, between three boars' heads<br />
couped argent. (Font's MS.) Some <strong>of</strong> this name are to be met with in Mr<br />
Frynne's Collections, swearing fealty to King Edward the I. <strong>of</strong> England. In the<br />
reign <strong>of</strong> King James the III. there was one Archibald Whitlaw, an eminent<br />
churchman, being a son <strong>of</strong> Whitlaw <strong>of</strong> that Ilk, who was Secretary <strong>of</strong> State to<br />
that King. In the reign <strong>of</strong> King James IV. Whitlaw <strong>of</strong> that Ilk married<br />
Elizabeth Fenton, daughter and heiress <strong>of</strong> John Fenton <strong>of</strong> that Ilk, (<strong>of</strong> the arms<br />
<strong>of</strong> Fenton before) by whom he had a son, Patrick Whitlaw <strong>of</strong> that Ilk, from<br />
whom was descended Richard Whitlaw <strong>of</strong> that Ilk, who married Jean Blackburn,<br />
daughter <strong>of</strong> Blackburn, Merchant in Edinburgh, and his wife<br />
Nisbet, sister <strong>of</strong> Sir John Nisbet <strong>of</strong> Dirleton ; and with her he had only a daughter,<br />
Jean Whitlaw, his heiress, who married Walter Burnside, who, in right <strong>of</strong> his<br />
wife, possesses the lands <strong>of</strong> Whitlaw, and makes use <strong>of</strong> the arms, as in Plate <strong>of</strong><br />
Achievements.<br />
The ancient family <strong>of</strong> Mow * in Teviotdale carried a boar's head. It was some-1<br />
time a numerous family ; for, by old records which I have seen, there have been<br />
hostages given out <strong>of</strong> this family, all <strong>of</strong> the name <strong>of</strong> Mow, to the English, for<br />
keeping the peace between the Borders <strong>of</strong> Scotland and England. There is a contract<br />
betwixt the abbot <strong>of</strong> Kelso and the laird <strong>of</strong> Mow, in the Register <strong>of</strong> Kelso,<br />
an abstract <strong>of</strong> which is in the hands <strong>of</strong> Riddel <strong>of</strong> that Ilk, where his predecessor<br />
Sir Robert Riddel <strong>of</strong> that Ilk is cautioner for Mow <strong>of</strong> that Ilk, anno 1270. This<br />
family continued in the possession <strong>of</strong> the barony <strong>of</strong> Mow till the time <strong>of</strong> King<br />
Charles the I. that one <strong>of</strong> the name <strong>of</strong> Bell purchased it, and called it Belford.<br />
The last laird <strong>of</strong> Mow <strong>of</strong> that Ilk, a great sufferer for King Charles the I. mar-<br />
ried a sister <strong>of</strong> Sir Akxander Nisbet <strong>of</strong> that Ilk ;<br />
their son was Alexander, design-<br />
ed <strong>of</strong> Mains in the shire <strong>of</strong> Berwick, and is recorded in the Lyon Register, representer<br />
<strong>of</strong> Mow <strong>of</strong> that Ilk. He bears azure, a boar's head erased argent, armed<br />
gules, betwixt three mullets <strong>of</strong> the second ; crest, a phoenix rising out <strong>of</strong> the<br />
flames : motto, Post funerafoenus. His grandson John Mow is the present laird<br />
<strong>of</strong> Mains.<br />
BROWN <strong>of</strong> Blackburn in the shire <strong>of</strong> Berwick, an old family there, carried sable;<br />
a dagger in bend, proper; and in chief, a boar's head erased, argent; crest, a<br />
vine : tree, proper motto, Premium virtutis bonos. L. R.<br />
The name <strong>of</strong> DOWNIE carries azure, a fesse ingrailed between three boars' heads<br />
erased or. Workman's MS.<br />
PITBLADO <strong>of</strong> that Ilk carries vert ; a boar's head erased, argent.<br />
Ibid.<br />
* It appears from an Act <strong>of</strong> Sederunt <strong>of</strong> the Court <strong>of</strong> Session <strong>of</strong> nth August 1 789, that Mr William<br />
Mow, W. S. and his brother Mr John Mow <strong>of</strong> Mains, obtained authority, upon application to their<br />
Lordships, to alter the spelling <strong>of</strong> their surname from Mow to Mollg ; which last it appeared, from antiera.<br />
family documents, had been the original mode <strong>of</strong> it.<br />
spelling E.