of Pennycuik. Sir John Clark, of Pennycuik, had this Motto, "Free for a Blast," which is explained in part by the Crest, which is a Man blowing a Horn: but for both the Crest itself, and the Motto, we must look into the Tenure of the Estate, which they derived, most probably by Marriage, from the Pennycuiks of that Ilk, an old Family in Mid-Lothian, who bore "Or, a Fess between Three Hunting Horns Sable, stringed Gules;" and, by the ancient Tenure of their Lands, were obliged, once a year, to attend in the Forest of Drumsleich, since called Barrowmuir, to give a Blast of a Horn at the King's Hunting. The _Clarks_, holding by the same Tenure, preserved the Motto. KIRKPATRICK, who gave the last Blow to Cummin, supposed to have been slain, cried out, "Lest he should not be quite dead, _I will secure him_," and stabbed him with his Dagger. Hence the Family took the Crest of "A Hand holding a Dagger in Pale, distilling Drops of Blood;" and with the Motto "I'll make sicker (sure);" or, "I'll make sure."[290] [290] Nisbet, p. 147. See also Hume's History, ch. xiii. CARRICK. STEWART, Earl of Carrick. The Paternal Arms of Stewart, out of which was a _Lion naissant_, all within a Double Tressure, counter-fleured Gules: the Lion naissant intimating his original right to the Crown[291]. [291] Nisbet, Cadencies, p. 33. FARQUHARSON, of Invercald, carries, in addition to his Paternal Coat, "Argent, a Fir Tree growing out of a Mount Proper on a Chief Gules,--the Banner of Scotland in Bend, and on a Canton of the first (_viz._ Or), a Dexter Hand couped at the wrist, grasping a Dagger, point downwards, Gules." Mr. Nisbet says[292], they carried the Fir Trees because their Country abounded with such Trees; the Hand grasping a Dagger, for killing the Cumming; and the Banner is lately added, because the Grand-father of the present John Farquharson (1702) was killed at the Battle of Pinkie, carrying the Banner of Scotland. [292] Cadencies, p. 196. WOOD. The Chiefs of this name have given Trees in different forms; but Wood of Largoe placed his Tree between Two Ships under sail, as Admiral to King James III. and IV. in whose reigns he defeated the English with an inferior Force. Another Branch of the Family gave a Hunting-horn hanging upon the Branch of a Tree, to shew he was the King's Forester[293]. [293] Nisbet, Cadencies, p. 202. FORBES, of Watertown, charges his Coat with an "Escocheon Argent, a Sword and Key in Saltire Gules," as being Constable of Aberdeen: and for a Difference from the Grays, places a Quill or Pen in the Paw of the Lion in the Arms of Gray, because his Ancestor was Sheriff's Clerk of Angus[294]. [294] Idem, p. 203. JOHN RAMSAY,