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A System of Heraldry - Clan Strachan Society

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33 6 REPTILIA, OR CREEPING THINGS.<br />

count that a branch <strong>of</strong> the family <strong>of</strong> Anglere were Princes <strong>of</strong> Milan <strong>of</strong> old, which<br />

have been, and still continue the arms <strong>of</strong> Milan. Monsieur Louis <strong>of</strong> France, Duke<br />

<strong>of</strong> Orleans, who married the daughter and sole heir <strong>of</strong> Galeazo Duke <strong>of</strong> Milan, carried,<br />

quarterly, first and fourth Orleans, azure, seme <strong>of</strong> flower-de-luces or, in chief a label <strong>of</strong><br />

three points argent ; second and third the arms <strong>of</strong> Milan as above blazoned ; which<br />

were also used by other princes, who had, or pretended right to the Dutchy <strong>of</strong><br />

Milan.<br />

PHILIP <strong>of</strong> Spain, who married Queen Mary <strong>of</strong> England, marshalled the arms <strong>of</strong><br />

Milan, as before blazoned, with his own, as on his seal <strong>of</strong> arms given us by<br />

Uredus.<br />

The dragon has been used as an ensign both by the Roman and German Emperors.<br />

Sir Richard Baker, in his History <strong>of</strong> England, says, Uter Pendragon, King<br />

<strong>of</strong> the Britons, had pourtrayed on his ensign a dragon with a golden head.<br />

The Kings <strong>of</strong> Denmark have been use to marshal in their achievement the arms<br />

<strong>of</strong> the Dutchy <strong>of</strong> SLESWICK, gules, a dragon crowned or, ever since Christian, the<br />

first <strong>of</strong> that name, King <strong>of</strong> Denmark, united the Dutchy <strong>of</strong> Sleswick to Denmark,<br />

about the year 1448.<br />

The name <strong>of</strong> KILGOUR, argent, a dragon with wings displayed, within a bordure<br />

inwardly circular sable, charged with three crescents <strong>of</strong> the first. Mackenzie's<br />

<strong>Heraldry</strong>.<br />

The name <strong>of</strong> DRAKE, in England, argent, a serpent with wings, (called by the<br />

English a iviveren} displayed and tail-nuved gules ; as in Carter's Analysis <strong>of</strong><br />

Honour. And HUMPHREY BRENT, Esq. there, one <strong>of</strong> the Commissioners <strong>of</strong> the<br />

Customs in Scotland, carries the same creature ; and for crest, a demi-wiveren<br />

issuing out <strong>of</strong> the wreath. As in Plate <strong>of</strong> Achievements.<br />

To put an end to this chapter, I shall only here mention the hedgehog, or<br />

urchin, said to be the emblem <strong>of</strong> frugality.<br />

The name <strong>of</strong> HERRIES carries argent, three urchins sable, carried by the Lord<br />

HERRIES, chief <strong>of</strong> the name; suppported by two savages, proper, holding clubs in<br />

their hands; crest, a buck's head or, attired with ten tynes argent; and for motto,<br />

Dominus dedit.<br />

The first <strong>of</strong> this family is said to be descended <strong>of</strong> a younger son <strong>of</strong> the House <strong>of</strong><br />

Vendome in France, who carried in their arms porcupines; and the urchins be-<br />

ing the diminutives <strong>of</strong> the porcupine, have been carried by the family <strong>of</strong> Herries,<br />

which has been <strong>of</strong> a good old standing in Scotland for in the ; Register <strong>of</strong> Kelso,<br />

Nigellus de Herexe is witness in a charter <strong>of</strong> King William and ; long after, Jobu<br />

de Heiries, miles, is a witness in a charter <strong>of</strong> King David II. And in a charter <strong>of</strong><br />

King Robert III. in the first year <strong>of</strong> his reign, to John Tailfer <strong>of</strong> Haircleugh,<br />

in that<br />

John Herries, miles, is witness : This Sir John got the lands <strong>of</strong> Terreagles<br />

king's reign, and the family was dignified with the title <strong>of</strong> Lord Herries by King<br />

James IV. in the person <strong>of</strong> Sir Herbert Herries. His son was Andrew Lord Her-<br />

his son William Lord<br />

ries, who was killed at Flodden and he was succeeded ; by<br />

Herries, who left three daughters, his co-heirs, in the : year 1543 The eldest <strong>of</strong><br />

them was married to Sir John Maxwell, a younger son <strong>of</strong> the Lord Maxwell, who,<br />

in her right, became Lord Herries ; he quartered the arms <strong>of</strong> Herries, as before.<br />

blazoned with his paternal arms, argent, a saltier sable, and in chief a label <strong>of</strong><br />

three points gules ; with the supporters, crest and motto <strong>of</strong> Herries Lord Herries,<br />

as before : At last their successor, Maxwell Lord Herries, as heir-male, succeeded<br />

to the family <strong>of</strong> the Lord Maxwell Earl <strong>of</strong> Nithsdale ; and so the dignities <strong>of</strong> the<br />

Lord Herries being lesser, were swallowed up by the greater. The Earl <strong>of</strong> Niths-<br />

dale carries the urchin in his army, <strong>of</strong> which before.<br />

HERRIES <strong>of</strong> Mabie, in Galloway, carries argent, three urchins sable, 2 and I, and<br />

have been in use to adorn their arms with the crest and motto <strong>of</strong> their chief the<br />

Lord Herries.<br />

Those <strong>of</strong> this family are descended in a direct line from Robert Herries, youngest<br />

son to Sir Herbert Herries <strong>of</strong> Terreagles, (who died the 4th <strong>of</strong> June 1440)<br />

and Margaret Douglas, daughter to the Earl <strong>of</strong> Douglas, called the Black Douglas.<br />

The present John Herries <strong>of</strong> Mabie, as the lineal male representer <strong>of</strong> the family,<br />

carries the above arms. As in Plate <strong>of</strong> Achievement?.

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