A System of Heraldry - Clan Strachan Society

OF ARTIFICIAL THINGS. 419
BOURDON 01' Fcc'ulel, in Perthshire, as descended of Lament, azure, a mond or,
crossed gules, between two bourden-btaves c.
(/. battle-axes) pale-ways, proper;
and for crest, a lion rampant ardent, liolcting a battle-axe, proper.
By a letter under the subscription of Lament of that Ilk, of the date the 4th of
November 1699, given in to die Herald-Office by James Bourdon of Feddel, as
descended of ;i younger son of Lainont, in the reign of King Robert III. His arms,
as before blazoned, are matriculated.
The name of Bourdon is much older than the reign of Robert HI. for I find
ll'i/li/ifti cle Bourdon a witness in a charter of King Alexander III. to Hugh Aber-
and in several other charters as old. But whether the Bourdons I am
nethy,
speaking of be of those old Baurdons I know not.
There arc of this name also in England, who carry hautboys, or flutes, for their
armorial figures,
as in Guillim and Morgan's Heraldry.
As for
sceptres and batons, carried in a shield of arms, I shall add these examples,
viz.
The KEITHS Earls of KINTORE, carry in one quarter cf their urms, two sceptres
in saltier, as a coat of augmentation, of which before, page 73.
Sir JOHN AYTON of Kippo, Gentleman-Usher of the Black Rod in England,
added to his arms, by allowance, the badge of his office, being a black batton, en-
signed on the top with one of the Lions of England, of which before, page 123.
Sir THOMAS BRAND, Gentleman-Usher of the Green Rod, of the most ancient
Order of the Thistle, or St Andrew in Scptland, Gentleman-Usher daily Waiter to
his Majesty, by patent, carries, quarterly, first and fourth azure, two battons (or
rods) or, unsigned on the top with the Unicorn of Scotland, as the badge of his
c ;
second and third or, on a bend sable, three mascles argent, and a chief azure,
charged with as many stars of the third, for his paternal coat; and over all, by
way of an escutcheon, gironne of eighf, ermine and gules, within a bordure in-
.led of the last, for Campbell of Lundie, whose daughter he married; crest, a
\ >>1, with the batton of the office erected in pale: motto, Advance. And places
round his arms, the chain of gold, with the badge of the Order pendent, which
he commonly wears; and, behind the shield, two battons in saltier, to show he is
actually in post, us in Plate of Achievements. But to astical offices.
proceed to marks of ecclesi-
The arcbifpiscopal pall, mitres, crosiers, crosses, and keys, which are all marks of
ecclesiastical authority, are frequent in arms, and especially
in these of the episcopal
sees in England.
The ARCHIEPISCOPAL SEE of CANTERBURY, azure, a pastoral staff in pale argent,
tupped with a cross patee or, surmounted of an archiepiscopal pall of the second,
edged and fringed of the third, and charged with four crosses filched sable, as
Plate XI. fig. 25.
The SEE of CHESTER, gules, three mitres with their labels or.
The SEE of CARLISLE, argent, on a cross sable, a mitre or.
The ARCHIEPISCOPAL SEE- of YORK, gules, two keys adosse in saltier argent, andin
chief, an imperial crown.
The SEE of LANDAJFF, sable, two crosiers in saltier ardent, on a chief azure, three
mitres with labels of the second, as Plate XI. fig. 24.
The SEE of PETERBOROUGH, gules, two keys in saltieri cantoned with four croslets
bottone,Jitcbe or.
The SEE of Sr ASAPH, sable, two- keys in saltier adosse argent.
The SEE of GLOUCESTER carries the same with St Asaph, but the field is azure .
The SEE of EXETER, gules, a sword in pale argent, hiked and pommelled or, sur-
mounted of two keys in saltier adosse of the last.
The SEE of WINCHESTER, gules, a sword in bend-sinister argent,
the hilt downward
or, interposed between two keys indorsed in bend-dexter, the uppermost argent,
and the other or.
All these blazons are to be found in Mr Dale Pursuivant's Catalogue of the No-
bility of England.
The County of UNDERWALD, a Swiss canton, coupe, argent and azure , two keys
in pale adosse, and counter-changed of the same.