CHIEF:  Alastair Ivor Gilbert Boyd 7th Baron Kilmarnock

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Boyd Coats-of-Arms

 Examples of Boyd Coats-of-Arms
 Description of arms is below.
 
 

Arms found in  "History of Kilmarnock"  by
Archibald M'Kay, 1864.  In the bottom scroll
appears the word "goldberry".
 

The Kilmarnock Coat of Arms

In the Peerage of Scotland the arms of the Kilmarnock family are thus described:  "Azure, a fesse cheque, argent and gules;  Crest, a dexter hand, couped at the wrist, erect, pointing with the thumb and the next two fingers, the others turning down; Supporters, two squirrels proper;  Motto, Confido, I trust." on the lower scroll, however, of various prints of the arms, such as the one above (by M'Kay), the word  "Goldberry" usually appears; but of its real meaning we have met with no explicit explanation.  We venture an opinion of it and have found another mention of it in Robertson' "Ayrshire Families".  Many of the mottoes on the armorial bearings of our ancient nobility had their origin in some particular war-cry, or singular heroic deed.  The word in question therefore, may have been adopted in commemoration of the bravery of Sir Robert Boyd, who according to tradition, when engaged at the battle of Largs, attacked and defeated, with a little band of fearless followers, a strong detachment of Norwegians, at a place called Goldberry, or Goldberry Hill, a 

few miles south of the main battle. 
  From Archibald M'Kay, 1864.

         Arms found in de Brets Peerage
 
 

“Copyright of the artist - Roger Barnes, 4 Atworth
Way, Burswood, Auckland 2013, New Zealand”.

          Arms of Robert, Lord Boyd
 

Coat-of-Arms found on a Boyd family history
 by Ivan L. Boyd of Baldwin, Kansas

 

Coat of Arms found in "The Boyds of Boyds Tank" 1970 by Frank Ewell Boyd and William Taylor Boyd.

 

Carved back of oak chair in the library at Penkill, with initials and (on left) arms of  Thomas Boyd, 4th laird of Penkill for 77 years up to 1673; below are the initials and on the right the arms of his wife, Marion Muir/Mure of Rowallan.

  Arms of (the late) Dr. Frederick Tilghman Boyd
 
 

Arms of Colonel Warren John Boyd O.B.E. WW11 Medical Corp New Zealand
 
 

Seal of Robert, Lord Boyd, 1460 as found
      in M'Kays "History of Kilmarnock".
 

4 swords

Swords and Tartan from
Ralph G. Boyd
Strongsville, Ohio

Copies of Boyd Arms wanted for this page. 

NOTE: Use this data as a finding tool, just as you would any other secondary source. When you find the name of an ancestor listed, confirm the facts in original sources.

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