A System of Heraldry - Clan Strachan Society

01 THE CROSS, &..
Fig 16. Crass croslet has its extremities ending in little crosses, called by th
French mi.\ recrohee. Sylvester Pctra Sancta says, " Si autein ad scapos ejus
" fuerint repetiLnc cruces fit crux recrusciata;" which figure is frequently borne in
Britain, but more especially when iltchsd, of which immediately.
The name of TULLOCH, or, on a fesse between three cross croslcti gules, as many
crescents argent.
RICH Earl of WARWICK, and HOLLAND, gules,
croslets or.
a chevernn betwixt three cross
Fig. 17. Cross, croslet fitcbed is when the undermost part of the cross is sharp;
by the French, fitche. The Latins say, crux brucbatu in imo spiculata, frequently
carried with us and the English. The ancient and honourable family of MARK
Earls of MARR, had for their armorial ensign, azure, a bend betwixt six cross cros-
lets ftcbe or; of which family afterwards with others.
Plate VI. fig. 1 8. The cross furcbee, crux furcata, has its extremities forked; but
since they are blunt or obtuse., says Mr Gibbon, -it may be better latined, crucem
obtusis tcrminis fur catam. Sir George Mackenzie gives us the form of this cross,
and says, he has not found it used in Scots bearings ; neither have I met with its
practice with us, if that figure in the Cunningham's arms be not a part of it, as
some will ; of which afterwards.
Plate VI. fig. 19. The cross bottony, that is, says Gerard Leigh, a cross budded ;
because its extremities end in buds of flowers : The French call it croix treflee, because
its extremities end in trefoils. In the little book called The Art of Herald-
ry, the arms of Sir Ralph Winwood, Principal Secretary of State to King
James VII. argent, a cross bottony sable : And Baron gives us the arms of Caudon
m France, de gueules, a la croix treflee cCor.
Fig. 20. Plate VI. Cross pomettee or pomee, which comes from the French word
pome, an apple ; some call it a cross pomel/e, because its extremities end in a round
knob, or globe, like an apple, or the pommel of a sword : Peacham, in his Piece of
Heraldry, calls this a cross bourdonnee, as if it were made of pilgrims' staffs, which
use to have a round ball at the top. The name of POWMALE, in England, argent,
a cross pomele sable. As Holmes in his Academy of Armories.
Fig. 21. plate VI. Cross clecbee, its parts are like the handle or bowl of a key,
voided and terminated with globes.
" Cleche," says Menestrier, " se dit de^
44 arrondis-semens de la croix de Toulouse dont les quatre extremites sont faites.cornme
44 les anneaux des clefs." It is said, that Torsin, who was put into possession of
the country of Toulouse by Charles the Great of France, had such a cross, which
became afterwards the ensign of the Counts of Toulouse, viz. gules, a cross clecbe
voided and pomettet or. Rene, the last Count of that country, who married Jean,
only daughter to Alphonso, brother to St Lewis, King of France, died without
issue ; and that country was annexed to the kingdom of France, in the year 1261.
Menestrier gives us another cross of the same, born by the family of Venasques,
(fazur, a la croix vuidee et pomettee d'or.
Fig. 22. Cross Jteur-de-lissee, by some called flcurcttee, has its extremities ending
in a flower of three leaves, or flower-de-luces, with a purfle, or line between
them and the ends of the cross. Mr Gibbon describes it thus, " Crucem ad sin-
" gulos ejus terminos (filo linea instita mediante) tria lilia folia apponuntur." Ge-
rard Leigh says, such a cross, which he calls furtie, was carried by Edwin, the first
Christian King of Northumberland. The family of Villikier in France, azure,
a cross flower-de-lucy, cantoned with twelve billets or. Holmes calls this a cross
potence fiurt, and says, the name of Holmshaw carries such a cross sable, in a field
argent.
Fig. 23. This is called a cross-fory or Jleury; it is like the former cross, without
the purfle or line betwixt the ends of the cross and the flower. Mr Gibbon
describes it. " Crucem in liliorum folia (nulla linea sen filo interposito) desinen-
" tern :" others call it crucem forid/im. Gerard Leigh calls it cross formee Jleury,
and says, that Egebert King of England carried such a cross of gold in a blue
field.
FLETCHER of SALTON, sable, a cross flory between four escalops argent, which
blazon is matriculated in the New Register: and for crest, a demi-blood-hound
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