Elliot Clan - Family 1930's Scottish Bonnet Badge

FAMILY - Elliot or Elliott

MOTTO - Peradventure

BLAZON - A Dexter Arm Holding A Cutlass Ppr.

SOURCE - Fairbairn's Book of Crests, 1905 ed.

Size approx. 42mm x 48mm

The origins of the Ellotts is surrounded in obscurity. The Eliotts suddenly appear as a distinct clan with a chief in the late 15th century. The lack of information is believed to be due to the destruction of their old castle at Stobs in a fire in 1712. All of the family documents, with one exception were lost in the fire.

According to tradition the Ellots (as the name was originally spelled) came from the foot of Glenshie in Angus and that they had moved to Teviotdale during the time of Robert the Bruce. Such a move would have been considered exceptional, however an event in 1320 does give some credence to the story. In 1320 William de Soulis, one of Scotland's most powerful nobles was convicted of treason against Robert the Bruce. He was imprisoned for life and his lands of Liddesdale along with the great fortress of Hermitage Castle were made over to Bruce's illegitimate son, Robert. Bruce would have needed to ensure his hold on such a strategically important frontier by encouraging the settlement of a loyal and tested clan - such as the Ellots.

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