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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 .
Between 1372–1450, Crotach M'Gillie Gorm was the Chief of the Northern Clan Logan. From that date up to 1564, the chiefs were buried in Kilmuir, Western Kirkyard, as is recorded on Thomas Logan's tomb, but time has worn them away, and the names are no longer legible, but other Logans there are readable.
Great Scottish inventions and discoveries: a concise guide : a selection of Scottish inventions and discoveries made over a period stretching back to the fifteenth century, John Geddes, Northern Books, 1994; Scottish Inventors, Alistair Fyfe, HarperCollins, 1999, ISBN 0-00-472326-0, ISBN 978-0-00-472326-6
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 motto which appears on the crest badge is GENEROSITATE, which translates from Latin either as "by generosity" or "by inheritance", or a combination of the two. The crest itself is a lion issuant Or armed and langued Gules. [7] The heraldic elements with the crest badge are derived from the Arms of Nicolson of that Ilk.
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 ...
The first truly Scottish armorial dates only from 1508. [34] Note 5 ] Two of the oldest and most important works on the subject of Scottish heraldry are The Science of Herauldry by George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh , first published in 1680, and A System of Heraldry by Alexander Nisbet , first published in 1722. [ 35 ]
[5] [6] [7] The origin of the name itself is believed to be derived from two Gaelic words which jointly mean The Roar of the Battle or Battle Cry. [ 2 ] [ 4 ] The Cochranes took the boar as their heraldic beast, in keeping with the character of their traditional ancestor. [ 2 ]