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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 .
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
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 .
Scottish crest badges, much like clan-specific tartans, do not have a long history, and owe much to Victorian era romanticism, having only been worn on the bonnet since the 19th century. [59] The concept of a clan badge or form of identification may have some validity, as it is commonly stated that the original markers were merely specific ...
The name 'Calder' is thought to come from the early Common Brittonic, meaning 'hard or violent water' (the modern Welsh word for hard is "caled"), [4] or possibly 'stony river'. [5] It is found as a place name throughout Scotland. [3] For example, East Calder and West Calder that are both near Edinburgh, and also Calderwood near Glasgow. [3]
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.
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 ]
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.