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A System of Heraldry - Clan Strachan Society

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OF FOUR-FOOTED BEASTS.<br />

The name <strong>of</strong> CAIRNCROSS, in old charters writ Carnea Crux, <strong>of</strong> which there was a<br />

Bishop <strong>of</strong> Ross, and an Abbot <strong>of</strong> Holyroodhouse, and other barons <strong>of</strong> that name,<br />

carried the same arms with the abbacy <strong>of</strong> Holyroodhouse. As<br />

ANDREW CAIRNCROSS <strong>of</strong> Cowmslie, argent, a stag's head erased, and, between the<br />

attiring or horns, a cross ci'osletjitcbe, surmounted on the top with a mullet gules:<br />

motto, Recte faciendo neminem timeo. N. R.<br />

PATRICK CAIRNCROSS <strong>of</strong> Balmashanen, azure, a stag's head erased argent, attired<br />

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