| John Burke - Genealogy - 1838 - 842 pages
...on the saddle), his royal master gave him the appellation of Armstrong, and assigned him for crest " an armed hand and arm, in the hand a leg and foot in armour, couped at the thigh, all ppr." The Armstrongs of the border were at the head of a numerous... | |
| Mark Antony Lower - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1860 - 540 pages
...the battle field by lifting him on horseback after he had been dismounted. The crest of the family, " an armed hand and arm ; in the hand a leg and foot in rich armour, couped at the thigh," is said to allude to the manner in which Fairbairn raised the King to the saddle.... | |
| Bernard Burke - Gentry - 1862 - 830 pages
...1845. 1 Anna-Louisa, d. 10 Aug. 1850. Arm» — Gu. , three arms, rambracod, hands, npr. <•,,.[ — An armed hand and arm ; in the hand a leg and foot in rich armour, couped at the thigh. M ot to— VI et armia. Seat— Garry Castle House, King's County. ARMSTRONG OF... | |
| Bernard Burke - Gentry - 1863 - 976 pages
...saddle), his royal master gave him the appellation of ' Arm-strong,1 and assigned him for crest, ' an armed hand and arm, in the hand a leg and foot in armour, couped at the thigh, all ppr. ' " The Armstrongs of the Border were at the head of a numerous... | |
| Alexander Jeffrey - Roxburghshire (Scotland) - 1864 - 496 pages
...him the name of Armstrong, bestowed upon him many lands on the border, and assigned him for crest " an armed hand and arm, in the hand a leg and foot in armour, coupcd at the thigh, all propcr.f The celebrated Johnnie Armstrong of Gilnockie was the brother... | |
| New England - 1902 - 672 pages
...set him on his saddle), his royal master gave him the name of Armstrong, and assigned him for crest an armed hand and arm, in the hand a leg and foot in armor couped at the thigh all proper." The family line descends from the above named Robert' Armstrong... | |
| Nicholas Dickson, William Sanderson - Scotland - 1915 - 322 pages
...name to Armstrong and granted him extensive holdings in Liddesdale. He also assigned him as a crest an armed hand and arm ; in the hand a leg and foot in armour, couped at the thigh, all proper. So began the fortunes of the future sept of the Armstrongs.... | |
| New England Historic Genealogical Society - New England - 1900 - 782 pages
...set him on his saddle), his royal master gave him the name of Armstrong, and assigned him for crest an armed hand and arm, in the hand a leg and foot in armor couped at the thigh all proper." The family line descends from the above named Robert1 Armstrong... | |
| United States - 1908 - 796 pages
...him on the saddle,) his royal master gave him the appellation of Armstrong, and assigned him crest "an armed hand and arm, in the hand a leg and foot in armour, couped at the thigh, all proper." 430 people there to civility and Christianity. Their ensign... | |
| Clayton Colman Hall - Baltimore (Md.) - 1912 - 752 pages
...on the saddle), his royal master gave him the appellation of Armstrong, and assigned him for crest, "an armed hand and arm, in the hand a leg and foot in armor, couped at the thigh, all proper." From the earliest period the family had been prominent, and... | |
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