Die wapen van die Ritchie familie van Skotland, is die
van die familie wat in Craigtown gewoon het.
Onder volg ‘n beskrywing van die wapen hierbo.
Wapenbeskrywing:
Eerste en vierde kwarte, silwerkleurig met ‘n rooi skildhoof waarop drie
leeukoppe voorkom; tweede en derde kwarte,
hemelsblou met ‘n halfmaanvorm in die middel, tussen drie silwerkleurige
kruisies.
Helmteken: ‘n eenhoring; head couped bont horned nr.
Wapenspreuk: Motto
Virtutue acquiritur honos
Wapenspreuk vertaal: Honour is acquired by virtue
Oorsprong: Skotland.
A clan is a social group made up of a number of distinct branch-families that actually descended from, or accepted themselves as descendants of a common ancestor. The word clan means simply children. The idea of the clan as a community is necessariily based around this idea of heredity and is most often ruled according to a patrarchal structure. For instance, the clan chief represented the hereditary parent of the entire clan
A clan is a social group made up of a number of distinct branch-families that actually descended from, or accepted themselves as descendants of a common ancestor. The word clan means simply children. The idea of the clan as a community is necessariily based around this idea of heredity and is most often ruled according to a patrarchal structure. For instance, the clan chief represented the hereditary parent of the entire clan
