A System of Heraldry - Clan Strachan Society
A System of Heraldry - Clan Strachan Society
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OF ARTIFICIAL FIGURES IN ARMORIES. 4u<br />
title <strong>of</strong> honour: And which amis were adorned with a crest, being a demi-angcl,<br />
proper, with wings displayed or, holding in his dexter hand a grillin's head erased,<br />
proper, beaked 01 ; supporters, two griffins argent, winged or, and membred gules:<br />
motto, Stat promissa fides.<br />
Lord Patrick was succeeded in his estate and honours by his son John Lord Lin-<br />
dores, father <strong>of</strong> David Lord Lindores, who died without issue.<br />
Sir David Leslie, a younger son <strong>of</strong> Patrick Leslie, the first Lord Lindores, by the<br />
Lady Jean Stewart his wife, daughter <strong>of</strong> Robert Earl <strong>of</strong> Orkney, one <strong>of</strong> the<br />
natural sons <strong>of</strong> King James V. being .militarily inclined, went early abroad,<br />
and served in Gustavus King <strong>of</strong> Sweden his army, where, by his valour and con-<br />
duct, he was raised to the high post <strong>of</strong> a major-general, where he continued in<br />
great renown until the breaking out <strong>of</strong> the Civil Wars in Britain, in the reign <strong>of</strong><br />
King Charles I. that the Parliament <strong>of</strong> Scotland having raised an army in defence<br />
<strong>of</strong> their liberties, and the king's person, as they pretended, made him lieutenant-<br />
general <strong>of</strong> their army. King Charles II. had so great an esteem <strong>of</strong> the general's<br />
sulh'ciency and abilities in military affairs, that he made choice <strong>of</strong> him to command<br />
immediately under himself, at the fatal battle <strong>of</strong> Worcester, where his Majesty<br />
made a narrow escape, and the lieutenant-general was taken prisoner, and sent to<br />
the Tower <strong>of</strong> London, where he underwent the same hardships and severities which<br />
the most loyal <strong>of</strong> his countrymen suffered till the King's Restoration : Upon<br />
which, his Majesty, being fully satisfied with the merit and loyalty <strong>of</strong> the general,<br />
created him a peer <strong>of</strong> Scotland, by the title <strong>of</strong> Lord Newark, 3ist <strong>of</strong> August 1660,<br />
by patent to him and the heirs-male <strong>of</strong> his body ; and his Majesty settled upon<br />
him, during his life, a pension <strong>of</strong> 500!. Sterling. He carried the above quartered<br />
arms <strong>of</strong> his brother Lindores, with a crescent for difference.<br />
He married Jean, daughter <strong>of</strong> Sir John York, knight, by whom he had a son,<br />
David, his successor, also three daughters. Upon account that the honours <strong>of</strong> Lord<br />
Newark were limited to the heirs-male <strong>of</strong> his body, he again made an entail and re-<br />
signation <strong>of</strong> his estate in his Majesty's hands in favours <strong>of</strong> his son David the master,<br />
and the heirs-male <strong>of</strong> his body; which failing, to the master's eldest daughter, Mrs<br />
Jean Leslie, and the heirs whatsomever <strong>of</strong> her body, which his Majesty was pleased<br />
to accept <strong>of</strong> and grant.<br />
David, second Lord Newark, succeeded his father: He married Elizabeth, daughter<br />
<strong>of</strong> Sir Thomas Stewart <strong>of</strong> Grandtully, by whom he had five daughters; Mrs Jean,<br />
the eldest, his successor. He died on the igth <strong>of</strong> May 1694, without male-issue,<br />
whereby the estate and title <strong>of</strong> honours came to his eldest daughter, according to<br />
the conception <strong>of</strong> her grandfather's entail, and the king's charter, upon the resignation<br />
abovementioned.<br />
Which Jean, Baroness <strong>of</strong> Newark, is also heir to her cousin, the late David Lord<br />
Lindores, who died without any issue, and from him has a disposition <strong>of</strong> his estate<br />
and honours ; but the last being limited to his heirs-male, may come to fall. She<br />
married Sir Alexander Anstruther, a son <strong>of</strong> Sir Philip Anstruther <strong>of</strong> that Ilk, an an-<br />
cient and knightly family in the county <strong>of</strong> Fife, who brought with him a considerable<br />
advantage to the family <strong>of</strong> Newark, and has issue with her: Their eldest son<br />
is William, master <strong>of</strong> Newark, who is obliged to take upon him the name and<br />
arms <strong>of</strong> the family <strong>of</strong> Newark, and to marshal them with the paternal coat <strong>of</strong> An-<br />
struther. .<br />
M'CAIUN <strong>of</strong> Knockdollian, azure, on a rock, proper, a castle argent. Mackenzie's<br />
<strong>Heraldry</strong>.<br />
M'C.M.Lot v <strong>of</strong> Rossie, azure, a castle argent. Font's Manuscript.<br />
KINC.VID <strong>of</strong> that Ilk, gaits, a fesse ermine, between two mullets in chief or, and a<br />
castie in base. Ibid.<br />
long<br />
It seems the castle represents that <strong>of</strong> Edinburgh, for these <strong>of</strong> the family were a<br />
time constables there<strong>of</strong>.<br />
I find in an old birth-brieve, signed by several honourable persons, in favours <strong>of</strong><br />
Mr Andrew Montcith; ir is wrote thus, That he was the son <strong>of</strong> Alexander Monteith<br />
<strong>of</strong> Collochburn, and his wife Janet Kincaid, lawful daughter to David Kin-<br />
caid, lineally and lawfully<br />
descended <strong>of</strong> the House <strong>of</strong> the Laird <strong>of</strong> Kincaid in<br />
Stirlingshire, chief <strong>of</strong> the name, whose predecessor, for his valiant service, in recovering<br />
<strong>of</strong> the custle <strong>of</strong> Edinburgh from the English, in the time <strong>of</strong> King Ed-