A System of Heraldry - Clan Strachan Society

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FOUR-FOOTED BEASTS.
Macdonald, who got the lands of Struan in Perthshire for killing of wolves. Robert,,
one of the heads of the family, apprehended one of the murderers of King James
I. upon which account the family of Struan has since borne a wild man chained,
lying under the escutcheon of their arms.
ALEXANDER ROBERTSON of Faskally, descended of Struan, carries as Struan,
within a bordure ingrailed argent; crest, a phcenix issuing out of a flame of tire,
virtus. Ibid.
proper : motto, Postfunera
GILBERT ROBERTSON of Muirton, descended of the family of Struan, bears gules,.
three crescents interlaced or, between three wolves' heads, as before, all within a
bordure argent, charged with eight mullets of the first ; crest, a dexter hand
issuing out of a cloud, holding a garb, proper : motto, Perseveranti dabitur. Ibid.
Mr JAMES ROBERTSON of Newbigging, descended of Struan, carries as Struan,
within a bordure ingvailed argent; crest, a hand, proper, charged with a crescent
urgent, and holding up an imperial crown or: motto, Virtutis gloria merces. Ibid.
JOHN ROBERTSON, Writer in Edinburgh, and portioner of Tranent, parted per
cheveron, gules and argent, three wolves' heads erased, two in chief, and one in
base, counter-charged of the same, armed and langued azure; crest, a dexter hand
micat. Ibid.
holding a crescent, proper : motto, ^ueeque flavilla
SKENE of that Ilk, in Aberdeenshire, carries gules, three dirks, or skeins, paleways
in fesse argent, hiked and pommelled or, supported of as many wolves' heads,
of the third ; crest, a dexter arm from the shoulder, issuing out of a cloud, hold-
ing forth in the hand a triumphant crown or garland, proper : motto, Virtutis regia
merces; supported on the dexter by a Highlandman in his proper garb, holding a
skein in his right hand, in a guarding posture, and supported on the sinister by
another in a servile habit, his target on the left arm, and the darlach by the right
side, all proper. New Register.
The first of this family is said to have been of the family of Macdonald, who
killed, with a skein, a wolf in presence of one of our kings, from whence he took
his surname Skene, and called his lands in Aberdeenshire after his name.. John U
Skeen was one of the Arbitrators at Berwick, between the Bruce and the Baliol, as in.
Prynne's History.
I have seen a principal charter granted by King Robert the Bruce, the i2th year
of his reign, Roberto de Skeen dilecto y fideli nostro, pro homagio i servitio suo, of
the lands of Skene, with the loch and fishing thereof, and erected them into a free
barony.
JOHN SKENE of Halyards, descended of Skene of that Ilk, carvi.es as Skene of that
Ilk, with a crescent for difference ; crest, a dexter hand, proper, holding a daggeras
the former : motto, Virtutis regia merces. N. R.
GEORGE SKENE of Easter-Fintray bears the same with Skene of that Ilk, with
the addition of a cheveron argent; crest, a dexter hand holding a garland, proper:
motto, Gratis a Deo data. L. R.
Mr ALEXANDER SKENE of Newtile, parted per cheveron, argent and gules, three
skeins surmounted as before, with as many wolves' heads, and counter-changed:
crest, a hand holding a laurel crown : motto, Sors mihi grata cadet. Ibid.
ROBERT SKENE of Ramore, descended of a second brother of the House of Skene,
bears Skene, within a bordure invected argent ; crest, a birch tree, environed with
stalks of oats, all growing out of a mount, proper: motto, Sub montibus altis.
ALEXANDER SKENE of Dyce, descended of Skene of that Ilk, carries Skene, within
a bordure ingrailed argent; crest, a garb, proper: motto, Assiduitate. Lyon Re-
gister.
DONALD BAINE of Tulloch carries azure, a wolf's head erased or, armed and langued
gules ; crest, a dexter hand grasping a dirk or: motto, Et Marte 13 arte. New
Register.
Mr JOHN BAINE of Pitcairlie, descended of Tulloch, bears as Tulloch, within
a bordure counter-componed, azure and or; with crest and motto the same..
Ibid.
M'QuEEN bears argent, three wolves' heads couped sable. Og. MS.
The name of MIDDLETON, in England, bears argent, on a bend vert, three wolves*
heads erased of the field. Art. Her.