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The following is a list of Scottish clans (with and without chiefs) – including, when known, their heraldic crest badges, tartans, mottoes, and other information. The crest badges used by members of Scottish clans are based upon armorial bearings recorded by the Lord Lyon King of Arms in the Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland .
Clan Fleming is a Lowland Scottish clan and is officially recognized as such by the Lord Lyon King of Arms. [3] However, as the clan does not currently have a chief that is recognized by the Lord Lyon King of Arms it is therefore considered an armigerous clan .
Name Dates Comments Lochalsh branch Mathghamhain fl. 1225 Kenneth died 1304 Murdoch fl. 14th century Duncan fl. 14th century Murdoch fl. 14th century Duncan fl. 14th century Murdoch fl. c. 1400 Alasdair died 1427 or 1438 Either executed by King James I in 1427 or killed by the MacKays at Battle of Cnoc nan Catach in 1438 Iain Dubh the elder
The principal Scottish family of Clan Spens descend from one of the ancient Earls of Fife.John 'Dispensator' or 'Le Dispenser' appeared in a list of the tenants and vassals of Walter fitz Alan Steward of Scotland on the period 1161–1171.
A romanticised Victorian-era illustration of a Fergusson clansman by R. R. McIan from The Clans of the Scottish Highlands published in 1845. Clan Fergusson is a Scottish clan . [ 2 ] Known as the Sons of Fergus they have spread across Scotland from as far as Ross-shire in the north to Dumfriesshire in the south.
These were often stylised to represent the physical crown, sceptre, and sword used by Scottish monarchs, together called the Honours of Scotland. Above the crest was the slogan " In Defens", a contraction of "In My Defens God Me Defend", and surrounding the shield was the collar of the Order of the Thistle.
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Roger Kirkpatrick was an attendant of Robert the Bruce when he killed John "the Red" Comyn, chief of Clan Comyn in the church at Dumfries. [1] It is said that Kirkpatrick met the Bruce rushing out of the church exclaiming that he thought he had killed Comyn and that Kirkpatrick then drew his dagger with the words, I mak sikkar; meaning “I make sure”; the clan motto and chief's coat of arms ...