. An inquiry concerning the Boss family and the name Boss. y have been adopted as a difference,which indicates any consideration for the originalmeaning of the name; thus tending to show that theoriginal meaning had been lost or overlooked, afterthe lapse of about three hundred years. It is truesome modern writers say that the name has beentranslated into the ordinary one Wood, but of thisI have seen no evidence further than the armorialbearings of families of this name being oak trees, —which is clearly allusive, — the earliest examples oc-curring along with the name about 1500. Armorial bear
. An inquiry concerning the Boss family and the name Boss. y have been adopted as a difference,which indicates any consideration for the originalmeaning of the name; thus tending to show that theoriginal meaning had been lost or overlooked, afterthe lapse of about three hundred years. It is truesome modern writers say that the name has beentranslated into the ordinary one Wood, but of thisI have seen no evidence further than the armorialbearings of families of this name being oak trees, —which is clearly allusive, — the earliest examples oc-curring along with the name about 1500. Armorial bearings have been aptly defined as si-lent names, and in Workmans Scot-tish Armorial, compiled about 1565,is given the annexed coat of arms forthe name of Blackw^ood, a Lanarkshirename. The blazon is Argent a sal-tire and on a chief sable, three oakleaves Or. The saltire and chief andThe Blackwood Arms, qq^^ leaves suggest that they may bederived from the Annandale family, and lend colourto a translation of the name, but of this there is nodirect 105 And to end tliis long, rambling letter, I beg toremain Yours truly, Wm. Gkaham Boss. Note: The second figure at page 74has been inserted by inadvertence, and I takethis opportunity of giving the correct bearingfrom an original impression of the seal in theBritish Museum; and although I mentionthere that the saltire or St. Andrews crossrepresents a crusader, yet, as the first Bruceof Annandale married the heiress thereof, theheraldic figures on the second half may befor maternal descent, the male coat having precedence. W. G. B.
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