A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank, but uninvested with heritable honours (1836)
hing his property to Sarah Mainwaring, the present propri-etress, as eldest surviving child of William,his younger brother. Arms—Argent, two bars gules. Crest—Out of a ducal coronet or, an assshead in a hempen halter ppr. Motto—Devant si je puis. Estates—In the counties of Stafford andLancaster.… … This surname, a local one, was taken froma hollow, in Gaelic, Brothie, situated nearDyke, in the province of Moray. The oldWTitings of the family were mostly carriedaway or destroyed, when Lord Leurs Gor-don, afterwards* (third) Marquis of Huntly,burnt Brodie House, in 1645. It can how-ever be…
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