Author Archives: Legen Dary

Spalding Crest & Coats of Arms

Spalding Clan Crest Crest Description: A gateway, Proper, with the portcullis half raised, Gules Spalding Coats of Arms: A note on Coats of Arms: Under Scottish heraldic law a coat of arms is awarded to an individual (with the exception of civic or corporate arms) . There is no such thing as a ‘family coat […]

Hutton Crest & Coats of Arms

Hutton Clan Crest Crest Description: A serpent catching at the finger of a man’s head, issuing from a cloud, all ProperComing Soon Hutton Coats of Arms: A note on Coats of Arms: Under Scottish heraldic law a coat of arms is awarded to an individual (with the exception of civic or corporate arms) . There […]

Lennox Crest & Coats of Arms

Lennox Clan Crest: Crest Description: Two broadswords in saltire behind a swan’s head and neck, all Proper Lennox Coats of Arms: A note on Coats of Arms: Under Scottish heraldic law a coat of arms is awarded to an individual (with the exception of civic or corporate arms) . There is no such thing as […]

Johnstone Places & People

Clan Johnstone People Dr Samuel Johnson Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-84) Dr Johnson was a bookseller’s son and received his education from his family until entering Oxford in 1727. He worked as a journalist for a time and in 1747 obtained an advance for his idea of a dictionary. With six assistants, of whom five were […]

Fleming Crest & Coats of Arms

Clan Fleming Crest Worn by all of the name and ancestry Crest Description: A goat’s head erased, Argent, armed, Or Clan Fleming Coats of Arms A note on Coats of Arms: Under Scottish heraldic law a coat of arms is awarded to an individual (with the exception of civic or corporate arms) . There is […]

Clan Abernethy Places & People

Abernethy Places Hawthornden Castle Hawthornden Castle, the original occupiers of the Hawthornden area were the Abernethy family. It is situated on the north bank of the River North Esk, around a mile from Roslin (Midlothian). Abernethy Abernethy (Scottish Gaelic: Obar Neithich) is a village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, it is around 8 miles of […]