 | John Burke - Genealogy - 1838 - 842 pages
...in which it was performed (for Fairbairn took the king by the thigh, and set him on the saddle), his royal master gave him the appellation of Armstrong,...and foot in armour, couped at the thigh, all ppr." The Armstrongs of the border were at the head of a numerous and warlike clan, who, upon all differences... | |
 | Mark Antony Lower - Names, Personal - 1849 - 262 pages
...in which it was performed (for Fairbairn took the king by the thigh and set him on his saddle), his royal master gave him the appellation of Armstrong,...him for crest — ' an armed hand and arm ; in the left hand a leg and foot in armour, couped at the thigh all proper.' "f The next anecdote has often... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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.... | |
 | Bernard Burke - Gentry - 1863 - 976 pages
...by the leg and set him on the saddle), his royal master gave him the appellation of ' Arm-strong,1 and assigned him for crest, ' an armed hand and arm,...and foot in armour, couped at the thigh, all ppr. ' " The Armstrongs of the Border were at the head of a numerous and warlike clan, the most famed of... | |
 | Alexander Jeffrey - Roxburghshire (Scotland) - 1864 - 496 pages
...this assistance, the king gave 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 of... | |
 | New England - 1902 - 672 pages
...Fairbairn took the king by the thigh and 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... | |
 | William Anderson - Heraldry - 1877 - 832 pages
...taken the king by the thigh, and set him at once on the 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 armour, coupcd at the thigh, all proper.'' Amongst the clans on the Scottish side of the border, the Armstrongs... | |
 | William Anderson - Heraldry - 1867 - 798 pages
...taken the king by the thigh, and set him at once on the saddle, hij 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 armonr, conped at the thigh, all proper.'* Amongst the clans on the Scottish side of the border, the... | |
 | Henry Harrison Metcalf, John Norris McClintock - New Hampshire - 1885 - 416 pages
...him on his saddle. For this timely assistance the king rewarded him with lands upon the border, and gave him the appellation of Armstrong, and assigned him for crest, an armed hand and arm ; in the left hand a leg and foot in armor, couped at the thigh, all proper. This crest is borne at the present... | |
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Fairbairn took the king by the thigh, and set him 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. 
