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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4 24<br />
OF ARTIFICIAL THINGS.<br />
The name <strong>of</strong> MASCROP, <strong>of</strong> which there are several in Teviotclale, or, a huntinghorn<br />
vert, stringed gules, and on a chief azure, three mullets <strong>of</strong> the first.<br />
I have seen the seal <strong>of</strong> arms <strong>of</strong> PATRICK. MASCROP <strong>of</strong> Jedburgh, appended to a<br />
deed <strong>of</strong> his, in the year 1597, on which seal was a shield charged with a huntinghorn,<br />
and on a chief, a crescent and a mullet.<br />
PENNYCOOK. <strong>of</strong> that Ilk, argent, a bend azure, between three hunting-hor,ns<br />
sable, stringed gules; (P. MS.) crest, a man winding a horn: motto, Free for a<br />
blast.<br />
ALEXANDER PENNYCOOK <strong>of</strong> Newhall, or, a fesse, between three hunting-horns<br />
sable, garnished and stringed gules', crest, a stag lodged under an oak tree, proper:<br />
motto, Ut resurgam. N. R.<br />
The surname <strong>of</strong> SEMPLE carries a cheveron cheque, accompanied with huntinghorns.<br />
The principal family was SEMPLE <strong>of</strong> Elliotston, in the shire <strong>of</strong> Renfrew, where<br />
they had great possessions and <strong>of</strong>fices, as seneschals and bailiffs, under the illustrious<br />
family <strong>of</strong> the Stewart, proprietors <strong>of</strong> that country, before they came to the<br />
crown : Upon which account, they carry the cheveron cheque, as many other families<br />
have done, as I observed before, in imitation <strong>of</strong> the cheque figure <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Stewarts, their patrons and over-lords.<br />
ROBERT SEMPLE was steward <strong>of</strong> the barony <strong>of</strong> Renfrew, and is a witness in a<br />
charter <strong>of</strong> James High Steward <strong>of</strong> Scotland, grandfather <strong>of</strong> King Robert II. the<br />
first <strong>of</strong> the Stewarts, in whose reign the barons <strong>of</strong> Elliotston were eminent, and<br />
sheriffs <strong>of</strong> Renfrew. Of them was lineally descended Sir Thomas Semple, father <strong>of</strong><br />
Sir John Semple <strong>of</strong> Elliotston, who, by King James IV. in the first year <strong>of</strong> his<br />
reign, was created a baron <strong>of</strong> Parliament, by the title <strong>of</strong> Lord Semple: Of whom<br />
was lineally descended Francis Lord Semple, who dying without issue, his eldest<br />
sister, Anne, succeeded into the dignity, and was married to Francis Abercromby<br />
<strong>of</strong> Fitternier, who was dignified with the title <strong>of</strong> Lord Glassford, by King James VII.<br />
She bore Francis, now Lord Semple, who succeeded his mother, and carries, as<br />
his predecessors the Lords Semple, argent, a cheveron cheque gules, and <strong>of</strong> the first,<br />
accompanied with three bugles sable, garnished <strong>of</strong> the second, supported by two<br />
ratch-hounds sable, collared gules; crest, a stag's head, proper, attired argt<br />
motto, Keep triste.<br />
FRANCIS SEMPLE <strong>of</strong> Belltrees, descended <strong>of</strong> the family <strong>of</strong> Semple, carries as<br />
Semple, with a gelliflower for his difference. N. R.<br />
JAMES SEMPLE, Merchant in Stockholm in Sweden, son to John Semple <strong>of</strong> Cathi:art,<br />
descended <strong>of</strong> the Lord Semple, carries as the Lord Semple, within a borduic<br />
gules, charged with eight crescents or ; crest, a stag's head argent, attired azure,<br />
charged with a crescent gules : motto, Diligentia & vigilantia. Ibid.<br />
There are other goodly families <strong>of</strong> this name descended <strong>of</strong> the House <strong>of</strong> Semple,.<br />
whose descents I cannot here mention, since their additional figures, marks <strong>of</strong> ca-<br />
dency, added to the principal bearing, are not to be found as they have used them<br />
in our records <strong>of</strong> blazon.<br />
I shall here add the achievement <strong>of</strong> the ingenious Mr GEORGE CRAWFURD, author<br />
<strong>of</strong> the Peerage <strong>of</strong> Scotland, a younger son <strong>of</strong> Thomas Crawfurd <strong>of</strong> Cartsburn, or<br />
Crawsburn, who quarters the arms <strong>of</strong> Semple with those <strong>of</strong> his family, upon the<br />
account his mother, Jean Semple, being the heir <strong>of</strong> that branch <strong>of</strong> the Semples <strong>of</strong><br />
Milbank and Burntshiels, descended <strong>of</strong> Andrew, master <strong>of</strong> Semple, in King James<br />
VI.'s time, carries by the approbation <strong>of</strong> the Lyon King at arms, viz. quarterly,<br />
first gules, a fesse ermine, (for Crawfurd <strong>of</strong> Kilbirny, <strong>of</strong> which his great-grandfather<br />
was a younger brother) and in base two swords saltier-ways, proper, hiked and<br />
pommelled or; which were given to his predecessor Captain Thomas Crawfurd <strong>of</strong><br />
Jordanhill, by reason <strong>of</strong> his great valour and virtue, highly celebrated for his mar-<br />
tial achievements, especially in that attempt in assaulting and winning with a few<br />
men the impregnable castle <strong>of</strong> Dumbarton, in the minority <strong>of</strong> King James VI. ;<br />
second quarter, azure, a cheveron betwixt three cross patees or, for Barclay oi"<br />
Kilbirny ; the heirs <strong>of</strong> which estate the Crawfurd married with in the reign <strong>of</strong><br />
King James III.; the third quarter, argent, a cheveron cheque gules, and <strong>of</strong> the first,<br />
accompanied with three bugles sable, garnished <strong>of</strong> the second, for Semple, as