A System of Heraldry - Clan Strachan Society
A System of Heraldry - Clan Strachan Society
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354<br />
OF FOWLS AND BIRDS.<br />
The name <strong>of</strong> HERON, with us, and the English, fable, a heron argent, speaking<br />
to the name.<br />
birds vert. Some call<br />
KINNEAR <strong>of</strong> that Ilk, sable on a bend , or, three canary<br />
them martlets, and others papingoes ; but the first is more relative to the name.<br />
This was an ancient family in the shire <strong>of</strong> Fife ; for, in the chartulary <strong>of</strong> Balme-<br />
rino, there is a charter bearing, that Simon, son and heir <strong>of</strong> Simon de Kinnier,<br />
" Dedit Deo, Sanctse Mariae, et Monachis de Balmerinoch, in Eleemosynam, pro<br />
" salute animarum, &c. medietatem totius terrae in feodo de Kyner," (now called<br />
Little Kinnier) which donation is confirmed by King Alexander II. the 2ist <strong>of</strong> September,<br />
and 22d year <strong>of</strong> his reign. Sib. History <strong>of</strong> Fife.<br />
BUNTEIN or BUNTING <strong>of</strong> Ardoch, argent, a bend gules<br />
between three bunten<br />
birds, proper ; and, for crest, another <strong>of</strong> the same, standing on a garb, all proper ;<br />
with the motto, Copiose et opportune. Lyon Register, and in Plate <strong>of</strong> Achievements.<br />
BUNTEIN <strong>of</strong> Kilbride, argent, three bunten birds, and, on a chief azure, a sword<br />
fesse-ways <strong>of</strong> the first, hiked and pommelled or ; crest, an arm grasping a sword :<br />
motto, Fortiter et fide. Mack. Her.<br />
THOMAS BUNTEIN <strong>of</strong> Bunteinhall, argent, a cheveron sable, between three bunten<br />
birds, proper. N. R.<br />
JOHN Dow <strong>of</strong> Ardenhall, or, a mullet sable , surmounted <strong>of</strong> a pigeon argent :<br />
motto, Patient. Ibid.<br />
WINTON <strong>of</strong> Strathmartin, argent, a cheveron between three turtle-doves azure,<br />
Mackenzie's <strong>Heraldry</strong>.<br />
The pelican inilnerate, and feeding her young with her blood, has <strong>of</strong>ten been<br />
used as the emblem <strong>of</strong> our Saviour Jesus Christ, and affection <strong>of</strong> parents to chil-<br />
dren, and is frequently used as a device <strong>of</strong> piety and devotion. Corpus Christi<br />
College in Oxford, has, for arms, azure, a pelican feeding her young or, which<br />
was the device <strong>of</strong> Richard Fox, Bishop <strong>of</strong> Winchester, founder <strong>of</strong> the said Col-<br />
lege; he was Lord Privy Seal, and Lord High Chancellor <strong>of</strong> England, in the reigns<br />
<strong>of</strong> Henry VII. and VIII. a great promoter <strong>of</strong> the marriage between King James<br />
IV. <strong>of</strong> Scotland, and Margaret, the eldest daughter <strong>of</strong> Henry VII. <strong>of</strong> England.<br />
This bird, being used <strong>of</strong>ten as a pious emblem or device, is sometimes used in<br />
place <strong>of</strong> a crest ; but, when as an armorial figure in a shield <strong>of</strong> arms,<br />
it loses its<br />
former representations, and bespeaks a wyllie and dangerous enemy, as Hopingius<br />
de Jure Insignhnn, cap. 9. at the title <strong>of</strong> the pelican, whose words I shall here add,<br />
" Non est haec avis in hoc insignium negotio, pii patris, piorumque liberorum in<br />
" parentes, hominis solitarii, et Christi Salvatoris ; sed insidiosi militis hieroglyphicum."<br />
He tells us, " Ejusmodi insigne, pelicanum scilicet aureum, casrulea in<br />
" area, HONRODTII nobiles Brunsvicenses portant," i. e. the HONRODTII in Bruns-<br />
wick carries azure, a pelican or ; and with us<br />
The name <strong>of</strong> ORMISTON, argent, three pelicans feeding their young ones gules.<br />
Workman's MS.<br />
CRAMOND <strong>of</strong> Auldbar, azure, a bend between three pelicans feeding their young<br />
ones argent. Font's MS.<br />
William de Cramond is designed Clericus de Wurderoba Domini Regis, in a<br />
charter <strong>of</strong> John de Strathern, 1278. Had. Col.<br />
The name <strong>of</strong> PATERSON, argent, three pelicans feeding their vert. Mack. Her.<br />
young or, in nests<br />
The PATERSONS, designed <strong>of</strong> Dalkeith, <strong>of</strong> old, carried the same with a<br />
azure, charged<br />
chief<br />
with three mullets argent. Font's MS.<br />
Sir HUGH PATEKSON <strong>of</strong> Bannockburn, argent, three pelicans vulned gules, on a<br />
chief embattled azure, as many mullets <strong>of</strong> the field ; crest, a dexter hand holding<br />
a quill, proper: motto, Hinc orior. N. R.<br />
Captain ROBERT PATERSON, second brother to the Laird <strong>of</strong> Dunmure, argent,<br />
three pelicans feeding their young ones or, in nests vert, and a crescent to difference<br />
him from Dunmure; crest, a branch <strong>of</strong> palm, proper: motto, Virtute viresco.<br />
Ibid.<br />
Mr GEORGE PATERSON <strong>of</strong> Seafield, Commissary <strong>of</strong> Ross, a second son <strong>of</strong> John,<br />
Bishop <strong>of</strong> Ross, argent, three pelicans feeding their young or, in as many nests<br />
vert, on a chief azurs, a mitre <strong>of</strong> the second, between two mullets <strong>of</strong> the first ;<br />
crest, a hand grasping a sword erect, proper : motto, Pro rege et grege. N. R.