Clan Adair Crest Worn by all of the name and ancestry Crest Description: A man’s head, couped and blooded Clan Adair 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 […]
Crosbie is a habitual name from various places in Scotland and England and can also be found in Ireland. There is no single Crosbie Family tree, this name has multiple origins. The actual name Crosbie in Scotland and England comes from Old Norse, kross and byr, which means cross and farm. The cross refers to […]
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The name is also found as Arnot (also Arnote, Arnocht, and Arnatt) and derives from the lands of Arnot in the Portmoak Parish, Kinross-shire where the family lived from the middle of the 12th century – there are records dating back to 1105 linking the Arnots to the area. In 1284 the lands are recorded […]
Inglis Clan Crest Crest Description: A demi lion rampant Argent Inglis 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 of arms’ The arms […]
It was thought the the name Grierson was derived from Gregor, or MacGregor however no relationship has been found to support this. The family are first recorded to have settled on the lands of Lag around 1408. Gilbert Grierson was recorded as ‘armour bearer’ to the Earl of Douglas in 1420. He was related to […]
Clan Cumming People John Comyn II (died c.1302) ‘The Black Comyn’ was born the son of John ‘the Red’ of Badenoch and Tynedale. The Comyn family were enjoying the height of their power when Margaret, Maid of Norway died in 1290. There were 13 claims to her throne and Comyn was one of the ‘competitors’ […]
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As early as the start of the 1200s a family of Lyles were barons of Duchal in Refrewshire. The name Lyle is part of the same stock as the Northumberland family of ‘de Insula’ (as it is in Latin) ‘Lisle’ (de Lisle, Delisle in French). Ralph de Insula, or Radulphus, is the first of this […]
The Cheyne Clan supposedly takes its name from the Cheyne or Cheyney family of Buckinghamshire, and the name originally derives from Quesney in France. Remains of Inverugie Castle in Aberdeenshire. The original castle was a wooden motte-and-bailey structure built by the Cheyne family in the 1100s 1158-64, Ricardus de Chenai witnessed a gift by Hucredus […]
