A System of Heraldry - Clan Strachan Society

OF THE FESSE.
JOHN CARM-ICHAKJ., portioner of Little-Blackburn, argent, a fesse wreathed, azure
and .?///', withiiv a bordurc counter- compone of the second and first, recorded in
our Lyon Krister; with the motto, Pru nn-ipso i$ a/Us.
The surname of WILK.IE carries (almost the same with the surname of Carmichael)
urgent, a fesse \vreathcd, azure -dndgu/es, betwixt a crescent in chief, and a -
cinque
-toil in base of the second, as- in .Workman's MS.
The surminu- of ELDER, argent, A fesse wreathed, gulfs and zrrf, between two
mullets in chief, and a crescent in base of the second, in Blazons.-
Ogilvie's Collection of
MURE of Caldwell, descended of the Mures of Abercorn in West Lothian, ar-
gent, on a fesse azure, three stars of the first, within a bordurc ingrailed gules,
which stand illuminate in the house of Fala-hull.
MURE of Glanderston, descended of Caldwell, carries the same with Caldwell,
with a crescent in base gules, for a brotherly difference.
ARCHIBALD MURK of Riccartoun, sometime Provost of Edinburgh, descended of
the family. of Caldwell, carries as Caldwell ; but, for his difference, ingrails both
the fesse and bordure ; and for crest, a savage's head and neck from the shoulders,
and about the temples of the head a wreath of laurel, proper : motto, Duris non
frangor.
Mr JAMES MURE, Parson of Philorth, argent, on a fesse azure, three mullets or,
and in base a book expanded, proper : motto, Ora 1$ labora. L. R.
BOSWELL of Glassmont, descended of the family of Balmuto, quarterly, first and
fourth argent, on a fesse invected sable, three cinquefoils of the first ; second and
third or, a lion rampant gules, surmounted of a ribbon sable, for Abernethy ; so recorded
in the Lyon Register ; with the motto, Nothing venture nothing have.
Where are also, without a crest, the arms of Boswell of Dowen, another cadet of
Balmuto, being the quartered coat of that family within a bordure indented gules :
motto, I hope for better.
The surname of WEIR is ancient with us, as Sir James Dalrymple observes in his
Collections.
RUNULPHUS DE WEIR, is mentioned in the registers of Kelso, Paisley, and Murray,
to have lived in the reign of King William, and Thomas de Weir in the
reign of Alexander II. Of this surname there are several families in Clydesdale,
the two principal of which are those of Blackwood and Stonebyres.
Sir GEOROE WEIR of Blackwood, argent, on a fesse, azure, three stars of thp
first, with the badge of Nova Scotia in the dexter chief point, as the Knights Baronets
use and for ; crest, a demi-horse in armour, proper, issuing out of a wreath
of his tinctures, bridled and saddled : gules and for motto, Nihil verius. His grandfather
was of the name of Lawrie, who married the heiress of Weir of Blackwood,
and took upon him the name and arms of Weir.
The surname of M'Micma, sable, a fesse betwixt, three crescents or Font's
MS. And, in the same Book, the arms of the surname of LKCKY, argent, on a
fesse vert, three roses of the first ; but, in Crawfurd's MS. lx:cky of that Ilk, ar-
gent, a cheveron betwixt three roses gules.
Sir WILLIAM CRAIGIE of Gearsay in Orkney, a family of an old standing there,
carries ermine, a boar's head couped gules, armed and languid or ; and for crest, a
boar passant urgent, armed and langued azure: motto, Timor omnis abest, as in the
Lyon Register.
LAURENCE CRAir.iE of Kilgraston, parted per pale, azure and sable, a cheveron
argent, between three crescents or ; crest, a pillar proper : motto, SccuruM presidium.
JOHN CRAIGIE of Dumbarnie, parted per pale, azure and sable,
grailed argent, between three crescents or : motto, Honeste vivo. L. R.
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a cheveron in-
The surname of ROGER, designed of that Ilk in Workman's MS. vert on a fe
argent, between three piles
in chief, and a cinquefoil in base of the last, a saltier
of the first. But Mr Pont, in his Book of Blazons, gives to the name of Roger
only vert, a fesse argent; and, to another family of that name, sable, a stag's head
erased argent, holding in its mouth a mullet or.
BR.YMER of Westerton, or, a fesse ermine,
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betwixt three dragons' heads erased