A System of Heraldry - Clan Strachan Society

OF THE FESSE. 45
William of the lands of Allrethis, in the sherifTdom of Kincardi-ne, afterwards
called Allyradis, no\v Allardice ; \vhk-h has been ever since the surname of the
family. Thomas Allardice of that Ilk got a charter from Kin:', David II. of the
lands of Little-Barras : And in the reign of King James IV. John Allardice of
that Ilk granted
of Little-Barras,
a charter to his brother Robert Allardice, of the half of the lands
\\hkh was confirmed by that King; of whom is descended the
present Allardice of that Ilk. James Allardice of Balmanny in Fife, Arch-Dean
of Glasgow, grants a charter in the year 1489, of the lands of Balmanny, to Sir
Alexander Home of that Ilk, Great Chamberlain of Scotland, to which was ap-
pended his seal, having a formal shield, charged with a fesse, waved between threeboars'
heads erased : The shiekl had no trimmings, but was environed with two
palm branches.
ALLARDICE of Duninald, a second son of Allardice of that Ilk, argent, a 11
waved gules, between three boars' heads erased sable, within a bordure of the
second; crest, a stalk of wheat and a branch of a palm-tree disposed
with this motto, Bene qui pficijke ; so matriculated in the Lyon Register.
in' saltier :
CORNWALL of Bonhard, gules on a fesse argent, between three mullets or, as
many Cornish, kaes (daws) sable, beaked and membered of the first, as fig. 2. ; and for
crest, a Cornish kae hatching in the face of a rock, proper : motto, We big you see
warily ; in the Lyon Register. The first of this name in Scotland, is said to have
come from Cornwall in England, and to have taken his surname from that country,
Cornwall of Bonhard was slain
and the Cornish kaes in relation thereto. John
with King James IV. at the battle of Flodden : His son Peter, being minor, was
infeft in these lands, in obedience to a brief directed from the chancery, men-
tioning
his father to have been killed at Flodden.
CUTHBERT of Castlchill, in the shire of Inverness, or, a fesse gules, and in chief
a serpent azure : crest, a hand in a gauntlet, holding a dart : motto, Nc-c minus
farther. Lyon Register.
Fig. 3. Plate IV. ALEXANDER CUTHBERT, sometime Provost of Inverness, vert,
a fesse ingrailed between four mullets argent, and an arrow in pale, surmounting
the fesse, point downward, proper.
JOHN CUTUBERT, merchant in Inverness, and sometime one of the magistrates of
that town ; his arms as the last ; but, for difference, has the fesse indented in the
upper, and ingrailed in the nether side.
Or, on a fesse azure, betwixt a bull's head couped in chief and in ;
base, a galley
with oars erected saltier-ways sable, a St Andrew's cross argent, by the name of
RICHARDSON of Smeiton.
The surname of CRAIG, or CRAIGIE, carry ordinarily ermine, as observed before.
The original family was Craig of Craigie in West-Lothian, now called
Craigiehall.
In our histories, we meet with one John Craig, a valiant man, and captain of the
castle of Kildrummy for King David II. who being besieged by Ed \\ard Jialiol's
followers, upon the advancing of the king's forces, under the command of Robert,
High Lord Stewart, and John Randolph Earl of Murray, who joined a doubtful
battle with the
besiegers, Captain Craig issued forth of the castle with his party,
and gave victory by a notable overthrow of King David's enemies ; .amo;
whom fell David Cummin Earl of Athol, with many of his friends on the Bal
side.
Sir THOMAS CRAIG of Rickarton in Mid-Lothian, an eminent lawyer and advo-
cate to King James VI. carried ermine on a fesse sable, three crescents argent, as
fig. 4. Plate IV. which afterwards were matriculated in the Lyon Register ; and
for crest, a chevalier on horseback, holding a broken lance in bend, proper ; with
this motto, 7?';? deo, lit vivas.
When any oblong figure, proper or natural, lies over a fesse, beyond the limits
ot it, as in tlie
bearing of Alexander Cuthbert, just now given, fig. 3. in blazon,
the resse is said to be surmounted: And if the fesse lies over another oblong figure,
the lessc is said also to surmount if ; -for surmounting, the French say brocbi,
as fig. 5. argent, an oak tree growing out of a mount, in base, vert surmounted of
a ll-sse azure, by WATSON of Saughton.
But if the super-charge be comprehended within the limits of the fesse, then it
is said to be charged, or as we say commonly, on a fesse, of which I have eiveu
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