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Fortiter et recte (With Strength and Right)
The Elliots were one of the notorious Border clans of Liddesdale, with their chief seated at Redheugh on the Hermitage Water. Elliot chiefs and their sons served as captains of Hermitage Castle, and the family was closely allied with the Scotts of Buccleuch. The chief today is Madam Margaret Eliott of Redheugh.
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The motto of Clan Elliot is Fortiter et recte (With Strength and Right). It appears on the Clan Elliot crest badge: the chief’s heraldic crest set inside a strap and buckle that carries the motto.
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View all Elliot productsBruce grants Redheugh to an Elliot chief, according to Scott of Satchells (1688).[2]
Redheugh is named in a rent roll of Liddesdale.[2]
The chief's eldest son is killed at the Battle of Flodden.[2]
Robert Ellot, 15th chief, is Captain of Hermitage Castle; he married Jean Scott.[2]
Redheugh settled on Margaret Ellot at her marriage to James Ellot, a younger son of Stobs.[2]
The Elliot Clan Society is formally established.[2]
1Map outline: Natural Earth (public domain). Pins use official Historic Environment Scotland grid references.
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Madam Margaret Eliott of Redheugh.
Fortiter et recte, translated by the Elliot Clan Society as 'With Strength and Right'.
Branches of the family settled on different spellings; an old rhyme links Elliot with Minto and Wolflee, Eliott with Stobs, and Eliot with St Germans. About seventy variants were in use in the 17th century.
Redheugh in Liddesdale, the principal tower of the original Elliots, overlooking the main crossing of the Hermitage Water.
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Clan ScottClose alliance with the Scotts of Buccleuch; the 15th chief married Buccleuch's sister.
Clan DouglasA late-15th-century chief was an adherent of Archibald Douglas, Earl of Angus.