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A System of Heraldry - Clan Strachan Society

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OF ARTIFICIAL THINGS. 433<br />

the church <strong>of</strong> North-Berwick, the above arms are supported with two angels,<br />

proper, as in Plate <strong>of</strong> Achievements.<br />

And also, in the aisle <strong>of</strong> the lairds <strong>of</strong> Bass, in the old church <strong>of</strong> North-Berwick,<br />

where they were interred, there is a tomb-stone, whereupon are cut, in Saxon<br />

letters, these words, Hie jacet Bus. (i. e. bonus) Robertus Lander THUS. (i. e.<br />

Dus. (Dominus~) de Congleton et le Bass, qui obiit mense Maii; some read,<br />

;ind others read, MCCCCXI.<br />

This family continued in a lineal descent till the reign <strong>of</strong> King Charles I. 1<br />

aid before, page 344, that the family was extinct i but, upon better information, 1<br />

find the nearest branch is Lauder <strong>of</strong> Beilmouth, now reprelfenter <strong>of</strong> the family <strong>of</strong><br />

Bass, as appears by several certificates under the hands <strong>of</strong> several gentlemen <strong>of</strong><br />

probity, that Robert Lauder, a younger son <strong>of</strong> Sir Robert Lauder <strong>of</strong> Bass, got from<br />

his father part <strong>of</strong> the lands <strong>of</strong> Beilhaven and West-Barns; and Robert was succeeded<br />

by his son Maurice in these lands, which Maurice was the father <strong>of</strong> Alexander<br />

Lander.<br />

I have seen a charter <strong>of</strong> these lands granted by King James VI. <strong>of</strong> the date 1594.<br />

*o the said Alexander Lauder, and his eldest son George: Which George Lauder<br />

grants a disposition and charter in the year 1666, <strong>of</strong> the lands <strong>of</strong> Beilhaven and<br />

West-Barns, to his eldest son Robert, procreate betwixt him and his wife Elizabeth<br />

Lauder: Which Robert grants a charter to his eldest son, Mr Robert Lauder,<br />

procreate betwixt him and his wife Mary, daughter <strong>of</strong> Patrick Douglas <strong>of</strong> Standingstone,<br />

in the year 1672. Mr Robert, afterwards Sir Robert Lauder, designed<br />

<strong>of</strong> Beilmouth, father <strong>of</strong> Archibald, father <strong>of</strong> the present Robert Lauder <strong>of</strong> Beilmouth,<br />

the eighth person <strong>of</strong> the family in a lineal descent.<br />

I did see the above evidents in Robert's custody, whose great-grandfather recorded<br />

his armorial bearing in the Lyon Register thus:<br />

" ROBERT LAUDER, Portioner <strong>of</strong> Beilhaven and West-Barns, descended <strong>of</strong> the<br />

" family <strong>of</strong> the Bass, bears gules, a griffin salient, within a double tressure flowered<br />

" and counter-flowered argent, the same with Bass ; and charges the breast <strong>of</strong> the<br />

"<br />

griffin with a heart ensigned with an imperial crown, all proper, for his differ-<br />

"<br />

ence, upon account his wife was a Douglas; crest, the trunk <strong>of</strong> an old tree bud-<br />

"<br />

ding, proper: motto, Repullulat."<br />

Captain DAVID SCOTT, Baron <strong>of</strong> Hundleshope, in the shire <strong>of</strong> Tweeddale, carries<br />

as below, being lineally descended <strong>of</strong> John Scott, a younger son <strong>of</strong> Scott <strong>of</strong> Thirlestane,<br />

who purchased the lands <strong>of</strong> Hundleshope, and was infeft therein in the year<br />

1590.<br />

I have seen an act <strong>of</strong> curatory, in the year 1625, for John Scott, son and heir <strong>of</strong><br />

the deceased John Scott <strong>of</strong> Hundleshope, where Sir Robert Scott <strong>of</strong> Thirlestane,<br />

knight, as nearest <strong>of</strong> kin on the father's side, and William Burnet <strong>of</strong> Barns on<br />

the mother's side, are called with several other friends, and Sir John Stewart <strong>of</strong><br />

Traquair, predecessor <strong>of</strong> the present Earl <strong>of</strong> is Trarjuair, chosen one <strong>of</strong> the curators.<br />

From the above John Scott <strong>of</strong> Hundleshope is lineally descended the present<br />

Captain David Scott <strong>of</strong> Hundleshope, who carries the paternal coat <strong>of</strong> Scott <strong>of</strong><br />

Thirlestane, viz. or, on a bend azure, a mullet pierced betwixt two crescents <strong>of</strong> the<br />

first, all within a bordure <strong>of</strong> the second, for his difference; and, for crest, a right<br />

hand issuing out <strong>of</strong> the wreath, holding a lance, all proper: motto, I am ready; as<br />

in Plate <strong>of</strong> Achievements.<br />

These <strong>of</strong> the surname <strong>of</strong> DUFF are thought to have derived their descent and<br />

name from the M'Duffs, Thanes <strong>of</strong> Fife, though they differ in armorial bearings,<br />

as many have done, though <strong>of</strong> the same stock, not only here, but in other nations,<br />

who have both changed name and arms, as I have formerly shown in the Essay <strong>of</strong><br />

the Ancient and Modern Use <strong>of</strong> Arms.<br />

The principal family <strong>of</strong> the name was DUFF <strong>of</strong> Craighead in Hcecomitatu de<br />

Banff.<br />

In our ancient books <strong>of</strong> blazon their arms are illuminated by Mr Workman, an old<br />

herald, thus, parted per fesse, vert and gules, a fesse dancette argent, betwixt a<br />

hart's head cabossed, with a pheon betwixt his attire, and two escalops <strong>of</strong> the last<br />

in chief, and in base another pheon <strong>of</strong> the same.<br />

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