Boyd

Boyd

Clan Boyd of Kilmarnock in Ayrshire, Scotland. Originally of Normandy, France, the family resettled in Scotland from England during the Civil War between King Stephen and the Empress Matilda. The name was originally thought to be from the Gaelic ‘buidhe’ meaning fair, but is more likely to derive from Boy de. The first to be recorded was Robertus de Boyd, who witnessed a contract between the Lord of Eglinton and the burgh of Irvine, circa 1205. Robert de Boyte submitted to Edward I of England in 1296. Sir Robert Boyd was a commander at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314, and was rewarded by Robert the Bruce with lands in Ayrshire.

Arms: Azure, a fesse chequy argent and gules (Modern arms: Quarterly, 1st, azure, a fess chequy, argent and gules (Boyd); 2nd, argent, three inescutcheons gules (Hay); 3rd, argent, three gillyflowers gules, within a double tressure flory counterflory vert (Livingston); 4th, sable, a bend between six billets or (Callender)).

Crest: A dexter hand erect in pale having the two outer fingers bowed inwards.

Motto: Confido (I trust)

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