A System of Heraldry - Clan Strachan Society
A System of Heraldry - Clan Strachan Society
A System of Heraldry - Clan Strachan Society
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OF ARTIFICIAL FIGURES IN ARMORIES. 415<br />
try Caithness; but, by mediation <strong>of</strong> their friends, got liberty to settle themselves<br />
in Loch. y continued a long time, being called the <strong>Clan</strong>chattan<br />
by a iiiun:.-.- upt <strong>of</strong> nu- t.ii'.nly, from the tradition <strong>of</strong> the Highland siMiacliie', and<br />
ba-'ds: VVii.ch likewise tell us, that in the reign <strong>of</strong> Malcom IV. one Muriach, who<br />
was par-;on '-.irk <strong>of</strong> Kinguissie in Badciioch, after tlie death <strong>of</strong> his elder<br />
brother, head <strong>of</strong> the clan, dying without issue -male, was called by the whole clan<br />
and t,i:nily to be their head: He married a daughter <strong>of</strong> the Thane <strong>of</strong> Calder, and<br />
>ns, Gillicattan, his eldest, ami Kuen Bane, the second:<br />
(iil ucceedcd his father, and had a .son called Dougal Dawel, who had but<br />
r, married to M'lnto.sii, head <strong>of</strong> his clan, who got with b4)~ several<br />
lands in Locnaber, a.r.l a c 1 <strong>of</strong> part <strong>of</strong> the people, for whk'h he was called<br />
Captain <strong>of</strong> the danchattan: But Ewen Bane, second son <strong>of</strong> Muriach, after the<br />
death <strong>of</strong> h'j elder brother and his son, was owned as chief <strong>of</strong> the family by the<br />
LC had three sons; Kenneth. John, and Gillies.<br />
From Kenneth, the eldest, is come the family <strong>of</strong> Clunie, whicli was then and<br />
since known by the name <strong>of</strong> M'Ewen. Of John is come the family <strong>of</strong> Pitmean;<br />
and <strong>of</strong> Tillies, the third son, is come the family <strong>of</strong> Invereshie.<br />
After M'latosh had married the heiress, as above, and gotten possession <strong>of</strong> the<br />
estate, <strong>Clan</strong>ie's predecessors, and others <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Clan</strong>chatran, left Lochaber, and got<br />
lands in Badciioch, lor their special services to King Robert the Bruce; and, for<br />
killing Cumin Lord <strong>of</strong> Badenoch, they had these lands confirmed to them by King<br />
David II. They were then called <strong>Clan</strong>-Muriach, from their chief Muriach, and<br />
sometimes <strong>Clan</strong>-Pherson, from his ecclesiastical <strong>of</strong>fice, as parson <strong>of</strong> Kinguisse, from<br />
which the surname <strong>of</strong> M'Pherson. For more <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Clan</strong>chattan, see the great<br />
Historical, Geographical, and Genealogical Dictionary, second edition, second volume,<br />
by Jeremy Collier.<br />
M'PHERSON <strong>of</strong> Clunie, chief <strong>of</strong> the name, carries parted per fesse, or and<br />
azure, a lymphad, or galley, with her sails trussed up, her oars in action <strong>of</strong> the<br />
first, in the dexter chief point a hand couped grasping a dagger, point upwards,<br />
gules, (for killing the Cumin) and in the sinister chief point a cross croslet fitched<br />
<strong>of</strong> the last; crest, a cat seiant, proper: motto, Touch not the cat, but the glove.<br />
I,. R.<br />
The family has been in use to have their arms supported with two Highlandmen,<br />
with steel helmets on their heads, and cut out short<br />
bare,<br />
doublets azure, thighs<br />
their shirt tied between them, and round targets on their arms, being the<br />
dress wherein those <strong>of</strong> this clan were wont to fight in many battles for the crown,<br />
v<br />
being always loyal.<br />
M-PHER.SON <strong>of</strong> Pitmean, (as in the Lyon Register) descended <strong>of</strong> a second son <strong>of</strong><br />
Clunie, carries parted per fesse invected, or and azure\ a lymphad, or galley, with<br />
her sails furled up, oars in action; in the dexter chief point a hand couped fesse-<br />
s, holding a dagger pale-ways, and in the sinister chief point<br />
a cross croslet<br />
fitched, all gules; crest, a cat seiant, proper: motto, Touch not the cat, but a glove.<br />
And in the same Register,<br />
M'PHERSON <strong>of</strong> Invereshie, descended <strong>of</strong> a third son <strong>of</strong> Clunie, carries as Clunie,<br />
v.'ithin a bordure g tiles ; crest and motto the same: Of late represented by Sir<br />
; eas M'Pherson, advocate, a man <strong>of</strong> bright parts, and a favourite <strong>of</strong> K<br />
James VII. He has issue a son named James, and a daughter, married to Sir John<br />
M'Lean <strong>of</strong> that Ilk, baronet, father and mother <strong>of</strong> the present<br />
Sir HECTOR M'LEAN, chief <strong>of</strong> the M'Leans, an ancient, loyal, potent clan, in<br />
the Highlands <strong>of</strong> Scotland, <strong>of</strong> which there have been very brave men. The<br />
acliievement <strong>of</strong> the family <strong>of</strong> M'Lean, as illuminated in the Book <strong>of</strong> James Esplin,<br />
:chmont Herald, 1630, has four coats, quarterly, first argent, a rock gules; second<br />
argent, a dexter hand fesse-wavs couped gules, holding a cross croslet fitched<br />
in pale azure; third or, a lymphad snble; fourth argent, a salmon naiant, proper,<br />
and in chief, two eagles' heads erased nffronte gules; crest, a tower embattled<br />
argent: motto, Virtue mine honour. Which achievement is represented standing<br />
on a compartment, representing green land and sea. Out <strong>of</strong> the last issueth two<br />
selchs, proper, for supporters.<br />
In the same book are illuminated the arms <strong>of</strong> M'NniL, designed <strong>of</strong> that Ilk, or<br />
Bara, another ancient Highland family ; being also quarterly, and almost the same