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A System of Heraldry - Clan Strachan Society

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OF ARTIFICIAL FIGURES IN ARMORIES.<br />

Archibald Douglas <strong>of</strong> T<strong>of</strong>ts, as appears by the contract <strong>of</strong> alienation in the public<br />

registers.<br />

The next branch <strong>of</strong> the family <strong>of</strong> Lumisden <strong>of</strong> that Ilk, was Lumisden <strong>of</strong> Airdrie<br />

in Fife, <strong>of</strong> a considerable standing, descended <strong>of</strong> a second son <strong>of</strong> Blenearn, and<br />

Lumisden <strong>of</strong> that Ilk.<br />

Sir James Lumisden <strong>of</strong> Airdrie purchased the lands <strong>of</strong> Innergelly, in Fife, about<br />

the year 1940, from which the family has been designed ; and a little time there-<br />

after recovered the lands <strong>of</strong> Blenearn in the Merse. He had two sons, Sir James,<br />

the eldest, and Robert Lumisden <strong>of</strong> Strathvithie the second.<br />

Sir JAMES LUMISDEN <strong>of</strong> Innergelly was Major-General to Gustavus Adolphus<br />

King <strong>of</strong> Sweden, in whose wars he was famous for the taking <strong>of</strong> Franckfort on the<br />

Oder. The family is now represented by Robert Lumisden <strong>of</strong> Innergelly, who<br />

carries azure, a cheveron or, betwixt a wolf's head couped, and a buckle in chief,<br />

and an escalop in base argent; crest, an earn devouring a salmon, proper: motto,<br />

Beware in time.<br />

The same is also carried by Colonel WILLIAM LUMISDEN, third brother to Sir<br />

James Lumisden <strong>of</strong> Innergelly, all within a bordure ingrailed or. New Register.<br />

ROBERT LUMISDEN <strong>of</strong> Stravithie, a second son <strong>of</strong> Innergelly, carries the same<br />

with Innergelly, with a crescent for difference. Ibid.<br />

JOHN LUMISDEN, now <strong>of</strong> Blenearn, Writer to the Signet, purchased the lands <strong>of</strong><br />

Blenearn from Innergelly, and he being a second son <strong>of</strong> Strathvithie, carries as<br />

Strathvithie, with a filial difference.<br />

ALEXANDER LUMISDEN <strong>of</strong> Cushnie, azure, a buckle or, between two wolves' heads<br />

in chief, and an escalop in base argent ; crest, a naked arm grasping a sword, proper<br />

: motto, Dei dono sum quod sum. Ibid.<br />

MONTEITH <strong>of</strong> Kerse carried, quarterly, first and fourth or, a bend cheque, sable<br />

and argent; second and third azure, three buckles or.<br />

The first <strong>of</strong> this family was Sir JOHN MONTEITH, third son to Sir Andrew Monteith<br />

<strong>of</strong> Ruskie, in the stewartry <strong>of</strong> Monteith, descended <strong>of</strong> the ancient Earls <strong>of</strong><br />

Monteith, <strong>of</strong> the same surname, who carried only the bend cheque. Sir John<br />

married Marion Stirling, daughter and co-heir to Sir John Stirling <strong>of</strong> Calder, in<br />

Clydesdale, and with her he got the lands <strong>of</strong> Kerse and Alva, for which the family<br />

carried the buckles for the name <strong>of</strong> Stirling, and flourished for many years.<br />

GEORGE MONTEITH, Merchant in Edinburgh, by the Lyon Register, is said to be<br />

the representer <strong>of</strong> the family, who carried the above arms ; he left behind him a<br />

son, George.<br />

The next to him that represents the family <strong>of</strong> Kerse, is MONTEITH <strong>of</strong> Millhall,<br />

who carries, quarterly, first and fourth or, a bend cheque, sable and argent, for<br />

Monteith ; second and third azure, three buckles or, tor Stirling <strong>of</strong> Calder, as<br />

above ; and, for his difference, a crescent in the centre <strong>of</strong> the quartered arms ;<br />

crest, an eagle looking up to the sun in its glory : motto, Sub sole nihil. As in<br />

Plate <strong>of</strong> Achievements.<br />

MONTEITH <strong>of</strong> Auldcathie, descended <strong>of</strong> a second son <strong>of</strong> the family <strong>of</strong> Kerse, car-<br />

ries only or, a bend cheque, sable and argent, on a canton <strong>of</strong> the second a lion's<br />

head erased <strong>of</strong> the first ; crest, an eagle rising, proper, looking up to the sun in his<br />

glary : motto, Sub sole nihil. L. R.<br />

The name <strong>of</strong> BOWIE, argent, on a bend sable, three buckles or. Ogilvie's Manu-<br />

script.<br />

But to proceed; military instruments, ancient and modern, such as bows, arrows,<br />

or as<br />

darts, &c. have been, and are frequent in arms, to show some singular event,<br />

relative to the name <strong>of</strong> the bearer.<br />

BOWER <strong>of</strong> Kinnet^es, vert, two bows in full bend pale-ways, proper, stringed<br />

argent, between three sheaves <strong>of</strong> arrows, two in chief, and one in base <strong>of</strong> the second<br />

: motto, Ad metam. N. R.<br />

The name <strong>of</strong> BOWES, in England, ermine, three long-bows pale-ways in fesse gules.<br />

Art. Her. f<br />

HUTCHESON, argent, three arrows pale-ways in fesse azure, surmounted <strong>of</strong> a fesse<br />

or. Font's Manuscript.<br />

Others <strong>of</strong> that name carry argent, a fesse azure, surmounted <strong>of</strong> three arrows, the<br />

middlemost pale-ways, the other two bend dexter and sinister-ways, meeting with

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