A System of Heraldry - Clan Strachan Society

OF ARTIFICIAL THINGS.
Having omitted some, ami others of late, who have t>, applied have their a,
and memorials of their families inserted, after I have treated of such tigurvthey
carry in their arms; so that I could not place them according to the method
of this treatise, these not having occurred to me when I printed exam ,di
figures, 1 was obliged here to add them before I put an end to this volume.
Mr JOHN MITCHLL of Addiston, in Mid-Lothian, carries sable, a cheveron, ac-
companied with three m ; crest, a stalk of wheat bladed and erected in
pale, proper: motto, Crew, as in Workman's Manuscripts, and
ments.
Plate of Ac hi-
The family of CRAiour.Ao, who have been in use to write their name Mitchel,
and are of a good old standing, and of whom there are severals of the
name descended of them in the West of Scotland. Alexander Mitchel of Craighead
mia-rivd a daughter of Glass of Goldhenhoof, which family is now designed of
Sauchie. Their son, Mr Thomas Mitchel, married Anna Graham, sister to Sir
William Graham of Gartmore, baronet. Their son and successor is Mr John
Mitchel of Acliston, who carries the above blazon, (Lyon Register) as lineal representer
of the family of Craighead ; he married Isabel, sister to William Borthwick
of Johnstonbarn, formerly designed of Falahall, and has with her two sons, Walter
and William Mitchels.
CHANCELLOR, of Shieldhill, carries or, a linn rampant sable, armed and langued
. a
i-li'.of azure, three mullets of the first; crest, an eagle dispi >le: '
motto, QJC fe surni'iKt,: L. R.
As for the documents of this family, the oldest one in the custody of the present
Chancellor of Shieldhill, which is a charter of confirmation granted by Thomas
S-u'nervel Domains BaronuK de Carnivath, to George Chancellor of Quodquan, of half
ol the lands of Quodquan; upon the said George his resignation of these lands, to
be holden of the said Lord Somerville, as freely and honourably as his predecessors
held the same of his lordship's predecessors, dated the 6th of March 1434. George
Chancellor was succeeded by his son Alexander, and he got a new charter of the"
above lands from John Lord Somerville, in anno 1460; his son and heir, George
Chancellor, gets a charter from his superior the Lord Somerville of those lands,
1472, wherein he is designed, Nobilis Vir Georgius Chanceler Dominus de Quodquan.
He married a daughter of Ramsay of Dalhousie, and had with her a son, William,
who was infeft and seised in the above lands, 1477: He had to wife Janet, daughter
of Geddes of Rachan and Kirkurd, an old family in Tweeddale. He was succeeded
by his son John, who was infeft the nth of April 1493, and his son and
heir, Robert, nas infeft in the above lands 1529; he married Elizabeth, daughter
of Brown of Coalston; and their son, William, was infeft the 26th of March 1533;
he was designed of Quodquan. He had by his wife Margaret, a daughter of Hamilton
of Dalserf, William Chancellor; he obtained decreet before the Lords of
Council and Session, 1566, against Denholm of Westshields, and Inglis of Eastshield,
for non-entry duties, they being both vassals, and still continue. He married
Agnes, a daughter of Sir James Hamilton of Crawfurdjohn, Baron of Evandale,
and with her had Robert Chancellor; he took the title only of Shieldhill, and by
Agnes Symington was father of John, who was infeft in the above lands 1605; he
married Catharine, daughter of Gavin Hamilton of Raploch, and of Jean lu's wife,
daughter and one of the co-heirs of Sir Thomas Dishington of Ardross, and with
her had Robert his son, heir and successor, who signalized himself in loyalty for
King Charles 1. and II. and had the happiness to see the happy Restoration, before
he died, in the year 1660, leaving issue by Jean his wife, daughter of Sir James
Lockhart of Lee, and Jean Auchinleck, daughter of Sir George Auchinleck of
Balmanno, an ancient family in Perthshire, James Chancellor of Shieldhill. who
succeeded his father, and was infeft in the year 1664; he died in 1704. and all his
children, and was succeeded by his brother John, the present laird of Shieldhill,
who has issue by his wife Jean, daughter of Sir James Agnew of Lochnaw, and
carries the above arms, as in Plate of Achievements.
MAITLAND of Pittrichie, is an ancient cadet of the Maitlands of Thirlestane,
(now Lauderdale) whose second son, upwards of 300 years ago, married the heiress
of Schives, alias Gight, in Vlcecom. de Aberdeen', which fortune they possessed for
a long time, and some of them were knighted, particularly
Sir Patrick Maitland of