A System of Heraldry - Clan Strachan Society

OF FLOWERS AND LEAVES. 305
Of which family was Lieutenant-Colonel GERARD IRVINE of Castle-Fortagh, who
carried argent, a fesse gules, between three holly leaves vert; crest, a hand in a
gauntlet, issuing out of a cloud, holding a thistle, proper: motto, Dum mcmor ipsc
met. New Register.
JAMES IRVINE of Artamford, whose father was a third son of Drum, argent, three
holly branches, each consisting of as many leaves, proper, banded gules, within a
bordure indented vert; crest, two holly leaves crossing other in saltier vert: motto,
Sub sole viresco. L. R.
CHRISTOPHER IRVINE, Doctor of Physic, argent, three holly leaves and a chief
vert; crest, a hand holding a bay rod, adorned with nine leaves, proper, with the
chymical letters of Terra, Aqua, Ignis, Sal, Spiritus, Sulphur, Sol, Venus, Mcrcuiius,
or: motto, Auspice summo iiumlne. Ibid.
JAMES IRVINE of Inchray, argent, a cheveron between three holly leaves vert;
crest, two holly branches saltier-ways, proper : motto, Seqttitur vestigia patrum.
Ibid.
ROBERT IRVINE of Fedderet, whose father was a second son of Drum, argent,
three holly branches, each consisting of as many leaves, proper, banded gules, all
within a bordure ingrailed vert; crest, a branch of holly banded as the former:
motto, Ope soils IS umbra. Ibid.
JOHN IRVINE of Kingoussie, descended of Drum, quarterly,
first and fourth
argent, the arms of Drum, within a bordure cheque, vert and argent; second and
third argent, an eagle displayed sable, armed gules, within a bordure of the second,
for Ramsay; crest, a decussis like the letter X, within a circle sable: motto, Deo,
Regi, y Patrice. Ibid.
Mr ROBERT IRVINE of Bieldside, second lawful son of John Irvine of Murtle,
descended of a third son of Drum, argent, a sheaf of arrows gules, betwixt three
holly branches, each consisting of as many leaves vert, banded together of the second,
all within a bordure as the third ; crest, three holly leaves conjoined in one
stalk, proper: motto, Moderata durant. Ibid.
ALEXANDER IKVINE of Lairnie, descended of Drum, bears as Drum, all within
a bordure vert, charged with six leaves and a lily, both slipped, crossing
slipped argent; crest, a branch of holly
other in saltier, proper: motto, Candide fcf con-
stanter. Ibid.
Mr RICHARD IRVINE of Cairnfield, descended of Drum, quarterly, first and fourth
the arms of Drum, within a bordure ingrailed vert; second and third gules, three
crescents argent, for Oliphant; crest, a cross croslet fitched gules, and a branch of
holly slipped vert, disposed saltier-ways: motto, Ferendo feres. Ibid.
IRVINE of Lenturk, the eldest cadet of Drum, bears as Drum, within a bordure
vert; crest, a sheaf of holly consisting of seven leaves, and banded as the former:
motto, Fideque perennant. Ibid.
JOHN IRVINE of Murthill, argent, a sheaf of arrows gules, between three holly
branches, each consisting of three leaves, proper, banded together of the second ;
motto, Sub sole, sub umbra crescens. Ibid.
Leaves, of what kind I know not, frequently called Burnet-leaves, are carried by
the name of BURNET, as relative to the name, which is ancient with us; for in the
charter of foundation of the abbacy of Selkirk, by Earl David, younger son of
Malcolm Canmore, Robertus de Burnetvilla is a witness; and the same man, or his
son, is witness again in Earl David's charters when King of Scotland.
There are two principal families of the name, in the South and North of Scot-
land, who have contended for chiefship; that in the South, in the shire of Peebles,
is BURNET of Burnetland,. or of that Ilk, so designed of old, and of late, of Barns.
The other in the North, in the county of Merns, is BURNET of Leys; the first
pretends to be descended of the above Robertus de Burnetvilla,
I have seen a mortification of a chaplainry of the Holyrood altar, in the kirk of St
Gregan of Menner, and diocese of Glasgow, by John Burnet of that Ilk, the apth of
December 1400; which chaplainry he with the rents of some tenements of
enrjches
lands and houses which belonged to him in the town of Peebles. The same John
I find designed of Burnetland, as by a charter of John Towers, and his wife Sibilla
i. e. Burnetland.
Veitch, to John Burnet of Burnetland, the I5th of March 1405. And in the year
1500, Margaret Inglis, sister of Inglis of Murdiston, and widow of John Burnet of