A System of Heraldry - Clan Strachan Society

346 OF FOWLS AND BIRDS.
con's head issuing out of a heart, ail proper, between three stars azure, and, on &
chief gules, as many besants of the first ; crest, a falcon rising, proper : motto,
Fortiter sed apte.
His son, ROBERT FALCONER, Merchant in London, carries the same, with the.
motto, VI fc? industria. N. R.
Sir JAMES FALCONER of Phesdo, one of the Senators of the College of Justice, or^
a falcon's head issuing out of a man's heart, proper, between three stars azure, ali
within a bordure of the last, charged with eight plates ; crest, a falcon hooded :
motto, Paratus ad tetbera. Ibid.
His progenitor was ARCHIBALD FALCONER, second son of Sir Alexander Falconer
of Halkerton, and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Archibald Douglas of Glen-
bervie, immediate ancestor of the present Duke of Douglas ; as in Mr Crawfurd's
Peerage of Scotland.
The name of WEEL, sable, a goshawk argent, perching upon a stock of timber
of the last, armed, jessed, and belled or.
The name of BLACKHALL, gules, a hand issuing out of the sinister flank, and
thereupon a falcon perching, and hooded or, and, on a chief argent, three mullets
azure. Font's MS.
The name of DENSKYN, gules, a argent. W. and Font's MS.
goshawk or, standing on the back of a hare
Not to insist further on this bird, it is carried in the same postures with the
eagle, and hath the same terms ; but when it hath a hood, bells, virols and leishes
at its feet, in blazon, it is said to be hooded, betted, jessed, and leisbed; for which
the French say, chaperonne, grille, and lie.
The raven or corbie is a bird of prey ; called raven, says Guillim, for its rapine,
and was the ensign of the Danes when they invaded England.
The surname of CORBET with us, and in England, carry or, a corbie, (or raven)
proper.
SirJJames Balfour, in his Book of Blazons, says, CORBET of that Ilk of old carried
or, two ravens sable, within a bordure ingrailed gules.
John Brampton, in his Chronicle of England, mentions this surname, with those,
that came to England with William the Conqueror, which is probable; for arms
in that age were for the most part canting, and some of that name are very early
to be found in charters with us. Robert Corbet is witness in the instrument or
inquisition, made by David Prince of Cumberland, of the lands belonging to the
church of Glasgow ; and is also a witness in other deeds of that prince, when King
of Scotland, commonly called Saint David : And by the Chartulary of Kelso,
Walter de Corbet is mentioned as a donor of the church of Mackerstori to the
abbacy of Kelso, of which lands those of this name seem to have been proprietors,
as also of others, being a considerable family ; for Avicia de Corbet was wife to
Richard Morville High Constable of Scotland, who died 1191. (Chronicon Me!r.)
And in the charters of King Alexander II. Nicolaus Corbet is frequently to be met
with as a witness.
The CORBETS also possessed the lands of Avboll in the shire of Ross. Colonel
WALTER CORBET, in the Scots regiment of Foot Guards,
family. Dalr. Collect, page 337.
is the heir-male of that
There are some landed men of the name in the shires of Lanark and Dumfries ;
and in England, Sir JOHN CORBET of Stoke, in Shropshire, Baronet, or, a corbie,
proper. And, in our New Register of Arms, Mr HUGH CORBET of Hardgray,
argent, a raven sable.
WALTER CORBET of Towcross, argent, a raven sable, between three mullets
gules.
MURDOCH of Cumlodden, argent, two ravens hanging pale-ways sable, with an
arrow through both their heads fesse-ways, proper ; crest, a raven rising sable,
having an arrow thrust through her breast gules, headed and feathered argent :
motto, Omnia pro botio. L. R. and Plate of Achievements.
The CORVINI in Rome, or, a corbie volant sable, given thus by Sylvester Petra
Sancta, Corvits ater in aureo quidem scuti laterculo: And the CORVER^ in Spain,.
or, five ravens volant in saltier sable, i. e* 2, I and 2.