martin s. j. goldstraw of whitecairns j.p., fsa scot.

The Armorial Bearings of The International Association of Amateur Heralds











Blazon of arms

  • Arms: Argent on a Chevron between three Swords erect Gules three Quills erect Argent.
  • Crest: On a Helm with a Wreath Argent and Gules a Goose Argent beaked Or resting its dexter foot against an Oak Tree Gules fructed Or.
  • Motto: Below (England [no longer used]) - Iure Factum Non Erit Irritum (Where there's a Will there's a Way)
    Above (Scotland) - Ab Initio Goostrey (From The Beginning Goostrey)
  • Armiger location: United Kingdom
  • Herald: Thomas Woodcock Esq, Norroy and Ulster King of Arms
  • Artist: Version shown rendered by John Duncan of Sketraw using the crest drawn by Donald Suttie Smith..
  • Date registered/assumed: Arms granted under the hands and seals of Garter and Clarenceux Kings of Arms of date 15th December 2000 [College of Arms].
    Matriculated on the 21st Day of November 2002 and recorded on the 69th page of the 74th volume of the Public Register of All Arms and Bearings of Scotland [Lyon Court].
  • Copyright: © Martin Goldstraw of Whitecairns