PART VII

Halliday Arms In a Matriculat ion dated September 11, 2012, Anthony Lionel George Hall iday (A.L.H) was recognized, by the Lyon Court , as “Representer of the Family of Hall idays of Cast lemains” with Arms as shown at the end of this monograph. The genesis of the A.L.H Arms is explored below.

A:  “Corehead”  –  early  Hallidays.  

 The inscriptions to the Arms matriculated by A.L.H.’s ancestor John Delap Halliday in 1779 and those matriculated in the Lyon Court by his close contemporaries Robert Douglas Halliday (1775) and Dame Henrietta Halliday (1785) trace their pedigrees to the “Ancient Family of Halliday of Corehead”. Their Arms like those of earlier Hallidays incorporate the erect sword (of various tinctures) with pommel set in crescents. These are essentially the elements of the gravestone arms of John who died in 1756 and seem generally to be accepted as the original “Corehead” Arms of the Halliday family. Arthur Radburn (a Halliday on the distaff) has compiled an extensive collection of Scottish Halliday shields based on descriptions of the Lyon Court and heraldic authorities notably Stodart whose Scottish Arms appeared in 1881. Radburn’s collection also includes shields for English and Irish Hallidays. The collection can be consulted on a readily accessible web-site and Mr. Radburn provides an e-mail address.

Early Scottish Halliday Shields reproduced here by permission of Arthur Radburn show an erect sword combined with one or more crescents. The crescents symbolize, it seems, participation in Crusades. Wording in blue script is Radburn’s

Pre 1565 Halyday— These arms might be blazoned as : Per pale, dexter per fess Azure and Argent, in chief a saltire Argent and in base a crescent Gules; sinister Argent a sword palewise Gules. This illustration comes from Stodart's Scottish Arms (1881). Stodart reproduced it from Workman's Manuscript, a roll of arms compiled c1565, which is preserved in the Lyon Office in Edinburgh. Which Halyday bore the arms is not indicated.

Pre 1672 Halliday of Canonbie, Dumfries — A sword erect and in chief three crescents. According to Stodart (1881), "in the churchyard of Canonbie there is a Halliday coat cut in stone – a sword erect and in chief three crescents." He gives no further details. As neither Balfour Paul's Ordinary of Scottish Arms (1893) nor Gayre's Roll of Scottish Arms (1969) mentions these arms, perhaps they predate the opening of the official Lyon Register in 1672 and were never officially recorded

B. Tullibole – Sir John Halliday

All three of the late eighteenth century armigerous Hallidays claim descent from a nameless Halliday of the Corehead line who died heirless in 1608 whereupon, they claim, the role of “family” head devolved through a “Sir John Halliday of Tillibole1 from whom all three claim descent.

Intriguingly the quartering of Arms inscribed above the portal of Tullibole Castle2 in Kinross and shown below depart from the traditional Corehead type. These Arms record the union, in 1608, of the then owner, Sir John Halliday with Helen Oliphant. (Unusually the husband’s arms are shown “sinister’). There is no erect sword and, perhaps for reasons of symmetry no boar’s head, saltire, or Virtute Parta motto.

                                                                                                                         1 Modern “Tullibole” 2 The photograph was taken by Malcolm Strang Steele during a visit he and A.L.H. made to Tullibole Castle in March 2011. The owner Lord Moncrieff has a collection of manuscripts relating to the Halliday connections with Tullibole.

But this does not preclude a Corehead/Tullibole link. It appears that in depictions of his own Arms Sir John used a traditional ‘Corehead’ version: Radburn cites  Nisbet's  System  of  Heraldry  (1816)  in  ascribing  the  following  elements  to  the  Sir  John  Arms:  Argent,  a  sword  paleways  the  pommel  within  a  crescent  in  base  all  Gules,  and  on  a  canton  Azure  a  saltire  Argent.  Crest  :  A  boar's  head  couped  Argent  armed  Or.  Motto:  Virtute  Parta.    Nisbet    names  Pont's  Alphabetical  Collection  (c1620)  as  his  source.        Radburn  further  notes  that  :  A  report  of  Sir  John  Halliday's  funeral  in  1619  suggests  that  he  used  these  arms.  Stodart  (1881)  quotes  17th-­‐century  heralds  Stacie  and  Porteous  as  saying  that  the  canton  of  the  Scottish  flag  was  "ane  reward"  for  the  Tulliebole  family.    The  Saltire  seems  has  nevertheless  to  have  featured  in  the  Arms  of  non-­‐Tullibole  Hallidays  both  before  and  after  “Sir  John”.    

C. Kirkudbright Gravestone of John Halliday (d.1756)

The grave of John Halliday (died 1756) in Old St. Cuthbert’s Church Kirkudbright styles John as “of Castlemains” and reproduces his Arms in stone carving. Despite its age, the carving is still clear and displays the classic “Corehead” Arms : the erect sword set in crescents, saltire, boar’s head crest and “Virtute Parta” motto. (Photo by Mrs. P. D. Halliday October 2009).

                   

 

D. Late Eighteenth Registrations of Robert Douglas and Dame Henrietta Halliday

The  1775  matriculation  of  Robert  Douglas  Halliday  by  the  Lyon  Court  describes3  his  Arms  as    Argent,  a  sword  erect  in  pale  proper  hilted  and  pommeled  Or  the  pommel  within  a  crescent  in  base  Gules,  on  a  dexter  canton  Azure  a  saltire  of  the  first.  Crest  :  A  boar’s  head  couped  Argent  armed  Or.  Motto:  Virtute  Parta.                                      The  bookplate  shown  below  (No.  13276  in  the  Franks  Collection  of  Bookplates  in  the  British  Museum)  displays  Arms  that  seem  to  accord  with  the  description  in  the  Robert  Douglas  matriculation.  But  despite  his  claim  to  be  descended  from  Sir  John  of  Tullibole,  Robert  Douglas’  Arms  show  no  “Moncrieff  chief4  ermine”.        

                                                                                                                         3 From Radburn 4 In heraldry a ‘chief’ is a band running horizontally along the top edge of a shield.

 

                           In  1785.    a  Dame  Henrietta  Halliday  matriculated,  with  the  Lyon  Court,  Arms  described  below.  There  is  no  bookplate  in  the  Franks  collection  but  Radburn  provides  the  following  rendition  of  the  shield.    

 

Argent,  a  sword  erected  in  pale  proper  hilted  and  pommeled  Or  the  last  within  a  crescent  in  base  Gules,  on  a  dexter  canton  Azure  a  saltire  of  the  field  charged  with  a  star5  Gules.  Crest  :  A  boar's  head  couped  proper.  Motto  :  Virtute  Parta.  Radburn  writes:      Dame  Henrietta  Halliday  matriculated  these  arms,  crest,  and  motto  at  the  Lyon  Office  on  3  February  1785.  Radburn  writes:    Who  was  she?  Today  'dame'  is  the  title  used  by  a  lady  who  has  been  knighted,  but  in  the  18th  century  it  seems  to  

have  been  used  as  a  form  of  address  for  ladies  of  high  social  status    

E: John Delap Halliday – an error corrected.

Before  this  century,  John  Delap  was  the  only  ‘Castlemains6’  to  have  matriculated  Arms  with  the  Lyon  Court.  Through  his  father,  John  of  Antigua,  John  Delap  was  the  grandson  of  the  John  Halliday  who  died  in  1756  and  whose  Arms  are  shown  in  Section  C  above.  His  mother  was  Elizabeth  Delap,  daughter  of  Francis  Delap  of  Antigua.  John  Delap  married,  in  1770,  Lady  Jane  Tollemache  a  daughter  of  the  Earl  of  Dysart.    

John  Delap’s  Arms  are  described  in  his  matriculation  as      

                                                                                                                         5  .  The five pointed star (“mullet’) denotes in the English ”cadency” system a third son. This may mean that Dame Henrietta was the unmarried daughter of a third son. The extract notes an English (Gloucestershire) provenance from an unnumbered son descended from the Tullibole Hallidays (but again the Arms display no Moncrieff ‘chief’ ermine).    6 For reasons that are obscure John Delap styled himself as ‘of Castledykes’ rather than the ‘of Castlemains’ used by his grandfather.. The terms ‘Castlemains’ and ‘Castledykes’ appear to be interchangeable.

Argent  a  sword  erected  in  pale  proper  hilted  and  pommeled  Or  the  last  within  a  crescent  in  base  Gules,  a  chief  Ermine,  and  a  dexter  canton  Azure  charged  with  a  saltire  of  the  field.  Crest  A  dexter  arm  armed,  couped  below  the  shoulder  proper  flexed  at  the  elbow  grasping  a  dagger  both  proper  the  hilt  and  pommel  Or  and  distilling  drops  of  blood  from  the  point.  Motto:  Merito  

The  bookplate  of  John  Delap  shown  below,  (Franks  collection  No.13381)  follows  the  inscription  with  respect  to  the  sword,  crest,  motto,  saltire,  and  chief  ermine.  The  dexter  quartering  includes  the  eagle  of  the  Delap  family.  The  sinister  quarterings    incorporate  the    Arms  of  John  Delap’s  Tollemache  wife.      

 

 

While  conducting  his  research  into  the  family  c.1898  Stratford  Charles  Halliday7  came  across  a  note,  dated  March  24,  1787,  by  John  Delap,  commenting  on  the  description  of  his  Arms  in  the  1779  Extract  of  Matriculation:  

“The above Crest has been always worn by Mother’s family, the Delaps and was by mistake added

instead of the Boar’s Head usually worn by my father’s family with the above coat of arms. Motto to the arms: Virtute Parta8”

                                                                                                                         7 Stratford Charles, of the Medstead branch, was the grandfather of the author of Halliday, Colonel Cecil Alexander Tollemache Halliday and his life is recounted in Chapter 11 of the book. S.C.H.’s research papers can be consulted in the Library of Genealogical Society in London.. 8 S.C.H adds: True copy of Note at bottom of copy of family Pedigree sent me by Lord Tollemache 21 February 1898

This  apparently  belated  realization  by  John  Delap,  is  reflected  in  a  post  1779  bookplate  (also  13381  in  the  Franks  collection).  The  Arms  shown  drop  the  Delap  crest  and  motto  in  favour  of  the  Halliday  boar’s  head  and  Virtute  Parta.    

 

Another  bookplate  in  the  Franks  collection  (13380)  shows  the  Arms  of  John  Delap’s  younger  brother,  Francis  Delap:      

 

 

These  Arms  follow  the  revised  arms  of  his  elder  brother  without  the  helm  and  Tollemache  quarterings  (Francis  did  not  marry).  The  chief  ermine  is  retained  in  expanded  form.    

 

F: Bookplates of “Lionel” Hallidays  9 Bookplates  exist  for  a  number  of  Halliday  descendants  of  John  Delap.    Some  are  to  be  found  in  the  Franks  Collection  in  the  British  Museum  others  are  from  private  collections..    

 These  are  the  bookplate  Arms  of,  resepctively,  ALH’s  Great  grandfather  and  Grandfather,  Francis  Edward  ((1834-­‐  1911)  (Franks  13380)  and  his  son  Lionel  Edward  (1872-­‐1959).  Lattter  is  not  in  Franks  collection  in  the  British  Museum;  this  was  compiled  c.1900;  The    bookplates  are  identical.  They  show  Halliday  and  Delap  but  not    Tollllemache  symbols.  They    retain  the  ‘Moncrieff’  chief  ermine  even  though  the  latter  could  be  post-­‐SCH  research..  

G: Bookplates of “Medstead”  Hallidays  

                                                                                                                         9 Following CATH, Halliday descendants of Francis Alexander Delap Halliday (second son with issue of John Delap Halliday0 are here divided between the “Lionel” Hallidays, descendants of his eldest son Lionel Halliday (1803-1846) and descendants of his fourth son (second with issue) Francis Augustus Halliday(1811-1872) who resided at Medstead in Hampshire.

 

George  Richard    Halliday  (1815-­‐1855)  and  his  grand-­‐nephew  Louis  Stratford  Tollemache  Halliday  VC,  (1870-­‐1966).  Note  in  in  the  latter  the  disappearance  of  the  Tollemache  and  Moncrieff  emblems  and  the  accretion  of  the  helm.  The  disappearance  of  the  Moncrieff  chief  ermine  in  the  latter  probably  reflects    SCH’s  genealogical  research  c.  1900  which  failed  to  confirm  the  Tullibole  connection  claimed  by  John  Delap  Halliday..    

H: Anthony Lionel George Halliday (1935-)

On September 11 2012, Lyon matriculated Arms for the publisher of this blog. The Arms are described in the extract: Argent 10, a sword erect in pale 11, Sable 12 h i l ted and pommelled Or 13 the pommel with a crescent in base Gules14, on dexter canton Azure15 a sa l t ire 16 Argent. Above the Shield is placed an Helm befi t t ing his degree with a Mantl ing Gules doubled Argent and in a Wreath of the Liveries is set for Crest a boar’s head couped Argent and armed Or, and in an Escrole over the same this Motto ”VIRTUTE PARTA”.

An artist of the Lyon Court incorporates these element in the Arms shown here:  

                                                                                                                         10 Silver 11 “Pale” in heraldry seems to denote a vertical division in a Shield and its significance here where the shield is essentially undivided (except for the Saltire) is obscure. 12 Black 13 Gold 14 Red 15 Blue 16 St. Andrew’s cross.

These Arms, selected by Lyon with some input from A.L.H., reflect the pedigree claims shown in the Extract of Matriculation itself and incorporate some, but not all, elements of Arms used by A.L.H.’s direct ascendants and other, closely related, Hallidays.

The shield, shorn of any Delap and Tollemache symbols employed by John Delap and his descendants, follows closely the carving on the gravestone of John Halliday who died in 1756 viz: erect sword, ‘crusader’ crescents, saltire, boar’s head crest and Virtute Parta motto. . Although there is no mention of a “helm” in John Delap’s mtriculation inscription, he included this symbol in both his bookplates shown above. Of his descendants, only Louis Stratford Tollemache (1870-1966) displays a helm in his bookmark.

The A.L.H. Arms reflect the scholarship of Stratford Charles Halliday (1841-1922) (S.C.H). S.C.H after extensive genealogical research17 concluded that John Delap’s claimed Tullibole descent could not be supported on the documentary evidence.

CATH, in Hallidays, accepted his grandfather’s conclusions and does not attempt to trace the Castlemains Halliday line back beyond the John (1650-1716) who purchased the property in c.1700. And again, following his grandfather, CATH rejects any genealogical link to Tullibole and thus the entitlement of John Delap and his descendants to sport the Moncrieff chief ermine in their Arms. (Hallidays p.167) .

 

                                                                                                                         17 Relevant Documents held in the Genealogical Society London.