The history and traditions of the Land of the Lindsays in Angus and Mearns; with notices of Alyth and Meigle; . let in the sinister chief for difference, butthe bearing of the ale-tun must have had reference to the tenure of the barony ofKinnaird, and not to the name of Carnegie. Sir Robert Carnegie, who died in 1565,bore the heraldic charge of a covered cup, or, on the eagles breast, which may havebeen substituted for the ale-tun, or sign of territorial office, either in consequence ofthe bearing of the cup being derived from the tenure by which some other lands thanthose of Kinnaird were hel
The history and traditions of the Land of the Lindsays in Angus and Mearns; with notices of Alyth and Meigle; . let in the sinister chief for difference, butthe bearing of the ale-tun must have had reference to the tenure of the barony ofKinnaird, and not to the name of Carnegie. Sir Robert Carnegie, who died in 1565,bore the heraldic charge of a covered cup, or, on the eagles breast, which may havebeen substituted for the ale-tun, or sign of territorial office, either in consequence ofthe bearing of the cup being derived from the tenure by which some other lands thanthose of Kinnaird were held, or from the family having been royal cupbearers—anoffice which some authors assign to them, though on insufficient evidence. In thatnoble heraldic manuscript, The Buke and Register of Armes, done by Sir DavidLindesay, Knight, alias Lion King of Armes, 1542, the arms of Carnegye ofKinnarde are thus pictorially blazoned:—Arg. An eagle, displayed, Az. ; armed,beaked, and membered, Gu. ; on its breast an antique covered cup, Or. 2 Peerage, p. 446. 3 Fraser, Hist. Camegies of Southesk, i. pp. 17 FERN—SIR ROBERT CARNEGIE. 241 and many kinsmen, at Flodden. It was not, however, till thetime of Sir Bobert, the fourth in descent from Duthac, that thefamily rose to Sir Bobert adopted the law as aprofession. In 1547 he was appointed a Senator of the Collegeof Justice, and in subsequent years he was largely employedin important national transactions, being on several occasionsambassador to France and England. He was a Privy Coun-cillor under Chatelherault, the Queen Dowager, and QueenMary, and at various times held high offices of trust. SirBobert rebuilt the house of Kinnaird, and greatly enlarged thefamily estate, adding to it Panbride, Ethie, Idvie, Auchquhan-den, Fithie, Balnamoon, and other lands in Angus, as also inAberdeen, Fife, and the Lothians. He died in 1565, and byMargaret, daughter of Guthrie of Lunan, left a family of eightsons and eight daught
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