B28125-Hay

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Name of the family:

Hay

Blason:

Ar. three escutcheons gu.

Crest(s):

A falcon rising ppr.

Supporters:

Two men in country habits, each holding an ox-yoke over the shoulder ppr.

Motto:

Serva jugum.

Info about the family:

Earl of Erroll. "In the reign of Kenneth III.,"says Douglas, "about 980, the Danes having invaded Scotland, were encountered by that King near Jxncarty, in Perthshire; the Scots at first gave way, and fled through a narrow pass. where they were stopped by a countryman of great strength and courage, and his two sons, with no other weapons than the yokes of their ploughs; upbraiding the fugitives for their cowardice, he succeeded in rallying them; the battle was renewed, and the Danes totally discomfited. It is said that after the victory was obtained, the old man lying on the ground, wounded and futigued, cried 'Hay, Hay;' which word became the surname of his posterity; the King, as a reward of that signal service, gave him as much land in the Carse of Gowrie as a falcon should fly over before it settled; and a falcon being accordingly let off, flew over an extent of ground six miles in length, afterwards called Errol, and lighted on a stone, still called Falcon-stone; the King also assigned three Bhields or escutcheons for the arms of the family, to Intimate that the father and the two sons had been the three fortunate shields of Scotland." This legend, first told by Hector Boece, was invented to explain the arms, which are at least as old as 1292, and in turn suggested the crest, motto, and supporters

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470

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