Quote Originally Posted by Old Hippie View Post
I had quite the chuckle out of the Wikipedia entry, in part:

"Slains Pursuivant of Arms is a private officer of arms appointed by the Chief of the Name and Arms of Hay – presently the Earl of Erroll, Lord High Constable of Scotland. It is believed that the Hay family had an officer of arms since the time that the office of Lord High Constable was forfeited by the Comyn family and passed to the Hays."

As it happens, my wife is Comyn and we've had a number of friendly discussions over the actions of Robert the Bruce with respect to Clan Comyn, and the giving over of Comyn property and chattel to Hay among others.

Toss one rock in a pond and you never know where the ripples go...

:ootd:
Always guid tae hear of another Comyn/Cumming!

Check out Alan Young's Robert the Bruce's Rivals: The Comyns, 1212-1314 -- one of my Top 10 history books.

Courage!

Todd