The heraldry of the Stewarts, with notes on all the males of the family, descrptions of the arms, plates and pedigrees

THEof the StewartsHeraldryNOTE.220 of this Work have been of whichCopies printed, only200 will be offered to the Public. of these will form175the and will be inEdition,Ordinary 25 Special Binding.THEof the StewartsfrcraldryWITHTHE MALES OF THE FAMILYNOTES ON ALLDESCRIPTIONS OFPLATES AND PEDIGREESTHE ARMS,BYG. HARVEY JOHNSTON" MADE ETC.AUTHOR OF SCOTTISH HERALDRY EASY,"& A. K. LIMITEDW. JOHNSTON,AND LONDONEDINBURGHM C M V IBY THE SAMEWORKS AUTHOR.1. "THE RUDDIMANS" (for private circulation).2. "SCOTTISH HERALDRY MADE EASY.""THE HERALDRY OF THE3. JOHNSTONS."DEDICATEDPERMISSIONBYTO THESOCIETY.STEWARTIntroduction.name of isStewart derived from the office held the earlierhigh bymembers of the ofTHE that Stewart of Scotland andfamily namely, Highto the connection of Scotland and France several members ofowing longthe went to the latter In the French there is nofamily country. alphabet "w,""" " ""and so u the name thus and as the e wasreplaced it, becoming Steuart,""then it was and the name was shortened into Stuart." Asuperfluous dropped,branch of the took the name of which later becameMenteth,family Menteith,and Menteath.Monteith,As the Armorial the is the fess orregards Bearings, principal charge chequyshield ofbend that a belt across the ofrows,chequy is, composed usually three,in case of the andblue and silver the black and silverStewarts,squares, alternatelyis to be derived from thein that of the Menteths. This orchess,charge ...