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A System of Heraldry - Clan Strachan Society

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436<br />

OF ARTIFICIAL THINGS.<br />

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guider, and governor to John MacDoual appearand <strong>of</strong> Logan, <strong>of</strong> the lands, tene<br />

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ments, and haill goods and gear <strong>of</strong> Kilstay," &c.<br />

And likewise I have seen an old tack <strong>of</strong> the lands <strong>of</strong> Auchzeilland, lying in the<br />

lordship <strong>of</strong> Logan, (so worded) by Uthred M'Dowall <strong>of</strong> Logan, to Thomas M'Kelly,<br />

for nineteen years, upon the yearly payment <strong>of</strong> two merks and a half; which<br />

lands are now worth an hundred, and are known by the name ot Boal-Kelly,<br />

which signifies in Irish, Kelly's Town, having taken their name from the abovementioned<br />

Kelly. This tack is upon vellum, and <strong>of</strong> a very old date.<br />

After perusal <strong>of</strong> the documents produced by both families, and weighing the<br />

arguments <strong>of</strong> each, it is difficult to judge, nor can it be determined, which <strong>of</strong> the two<br />

is to be reputed the principal family; which is likewise asserted by Mr Richard<br />

Hay, a known antiquary here, as appears by his certificate the 22d <strong>of</strong> March last,<br />

who had the perusal, it seems, <strong>of</strong> the documents <strong>of</strong> both families.<br />

If in this treatise I have done any gentleman injustice, which is far from my<br />

purpose, I am ever willing, upon conviction, to repair him in the next volume :<br />

But I hasten to a conclusion <strong>of</strong> this.<br />

MAXWELL <strong>of</strong> Kirkconnel, quarterly, first and fourth argent, an eagle displayed<br />

sable, beaked and membred gules; and, on its breast, an escutcheon <strong>of</strong> the first,<br />

charged with a saltier <strong>of</strong> the second, for Maxwell ; second and third azure, two<br />

crosiers in saltier adosse, and in chief, a mitre or, for Kirkconnel <strong>of</strong> that Ilk; crest,<br />

an eagle issuing out <strong>of</strong> a wreath <strong>of</strong> his tinctures, with the motto, Spero melivra\ as<br />

in the Lyon Register and Plate <strong>of</strong> Achievements.<br />

Kirkconnel <strong>of</strong> that Ilk is mentioned in Prynne's History, page 654, amongst<br />

those who submitted to Edward King <strong>of</strong> England, there designed Thomas de Kirkconnel.<br />

This family, about the year <strong>of</strong> God 1421, ended in an heiress, Janet Kirkconnel,<br />

who was married to Homer Maxwell, a second son <strong>of</strong> Herbert Lord Maxwell, and<br />

had issue ; and ended again in another heiress, who was married to Thomas, second<br />

son to Robert Lord Maxwell, <strong>of</strong> whom is lineally descended the present William<br />

Maxwell <strong>of</strong> Kirkconnel, who carries the above arms.<br />

BONTEIN, or BUNTING, <strong>of</strong> Milldovan, in Dumbartonshire, descended <strong>of</strong> Bunting<br />

<strong>of</strong> Ardoch, in the same shire, carries as Ardoch ; and, for his difference, ingrails the<br />

bend, viz, argent, a bend ingrailed, gules, betwixt three bunting-birds, proper ; and,<br />

for his crest, an armillary sphere; with the motto, Soli Deo Gloria. See Plate <strong>of</strong><br />

Achievements.<br />

BONTEIN <strong>of</strong> Boglass in Stirlingshire, descended <strong>of</strong> Bontein <strong>of</strong> Milldovan,<br />

carried as Milldovan, with a difference : But Milldovan having married with the<br />

heiress <strong>of</strong> Balglass, they are now become one family, and so carry the same arms.<br />

BONTEIN <strong>of</strong> Geilston, in Dumbartonshire, also descended <strong>of</strong> Bontein <strong>of</strong> Mill-<br />

dovan, carries as Milldovan, with a difference.<br />

BUCHANAN <strong>of</strong> Carbeth, in Stirlingshire, descended <strong>of</strong> Buchanan <strong>of</strong> that Ilk, car-<br />

ries or, a lion rampant sable, armed and langued gxles, holding in his dexter paw<br />

a ducal cap, tufted on the top, with a rose <strong>of</strong> the last, all within a double tressure<br />

flowered and counter-flowered <strong>of</strong> the second ; crest, a dexter hand holding a<br />

shabble bend-ways, proper: motto, Audacia y Industria. See Plate <strong>of</strong> Achievements.<br />

I have given before, page in, the blazon <strong>of</strong> GLENDONWYN <strong>of</strong> that Ilk, as in Sir<br />

George Mackenzie's Science <strong>of</strong> <strong>Heraldry</strong>, and in Mr Font's Manuscript <strong>of</strong> arms ;<br />

but, having since seen some evidents <strong>of</strong> the family, I shall here mention them.<br />

Adam Glendonwyn <strong>of</strong> that Ilk, in Eskdale, obtains <strong>of</strong> old a charter from John<br />

Megill, (or M'Gill) de eodem <strong>of</strong> the lands <strong>of</strong> Clifton in the shire <strong>of</strong> Roxburgh; the<br />

onerous cause for granting the said charter, is, Pro suo auxilio \3 concilio; he was<br />

succeeded by his son,<br />

Sir Adam Glendonwyn <strong>of</strong> that Ilk, who, in the year 1313, gets a discharge <strong>of</strong> his<br />

feu-duties, from Archibald Douglas Lord <strong>of</strong> Galloway; as also, a charter from<br />

King Robert the Bruce, the I4th year <strong>of</strong> his reign, <strong>of</strong> the feu and castle-ward<br />

duties <strong>of</strong> Scarburgh, payable to the castle <strong>of</strong> Roxburgh; and from the same king,<br />

in the ipth year <strong>of</strong> his reign, Sir Adam procures a charter <strong>of</strong> confirmation <strong>of</strong> his<br />

lands <strong>of</strong> Falshop in Roxburghshire, and several other lands lying in the forest <strong>of</strong><br />

Jedworth.

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