MacAulay Clan Crest Crest Description: A boot couped at the ankle and theron a spur, Proper MacAulay 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 […]
Masterton Tartans There is no registered tartan for this name – these are the most appropriate: Buchanan Ancient Buchanan Modern Buchanan Hunting Modern Buchanan Old Sett Buchanan Old Sett Weathered MacInnes Ancient MacInness Modern Innes Ancient Innes Modern
Clan Hay People John Hay, 2nd Earl and 1st Marquis of Tweeddale (1626-97) A supporter of the Covenant, Hay was later a supporter of Charles I and fought at Preston for him. He was imprisoned for speaking out against the execution of James Guthrie. Then in 1663 he was a sponsor of the Indulgences. The […]
The name derives from the Anglo-French ‘brise bane’ meaning ‘break bone’ or ‘bonebreaker’. The first of the name in Scotland is William Brisbone who is among the list of archers sent from Berwick to Roxburgh in 1298 and who was most probably an Englishman. Thomas Brisbane had a charter of Litill Rothy in Aberdeenshire from […]
Keith Clan Crest Crest Description: Sinister out of a Crest Coronet Or, a roebuck’s head Proper, attired with tynes Or Keith 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 […]
The Ainslie Tartan isn’t a stock woven tartan so can only be done as a special weave, please contact us if you’d like to arrange this. The district tartans are the most relevant as this is where the name comes from. Ainslie Tartan ————————————————– Roxburgh District ————————————————– Roxburgh Ancient ————————————————– Roxburgh Muted
This surname was common in the Borders, and the head of the Trotter border clan was Trotter of Prentannan, Berwickshire. The name can also be found in northern England, and is especially common in County Durham. One of the oldest Trotter families, the Trotters of Mortonhall, in the south of Edinburgh, are said to date […]
McCulloch Tartans McCulloch Tartan
A branch from very early in the MacDonald line became the Clanranalds and a branch from them settled on the mainland near Inverness. The clan takes its name ‘Glengarry’ unsurprisingly because they were based in Glen garry where the river Garry winds through. There were also MacDonnells at Keppoch which became a separate branch in […]
Also spelled Kinlock, the name derives from the barony of Kinloch at the head of Rossie Loch in the parish of Collessie in Fife. William de Kyndelloche of Fifeshire rendered homage in 1296 to England’s Edward I with his signature, along with the signatures of many other of Scotland’s nobility, on the Ragman Rolls. Johannes […]
