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Nunquam Non Paratus (Never unprepared)
Clan Johnstone of Annandale, Dumfriesshire, descends from Gilbert, son of John, who received the use of land in southern Annandale from William Bruce, Lord of Annandale, between 1195 and 1214. Their stronghold was Lochwood Castle, the family's principal seat from the late twelfth century until it was accidentally burned down in the early eighteenth century, and their best-known victory was over Clan Maxwell at the Battle of Dryfe Sands in 1593. The chief today is the Earl of Annandale and Hartfell, Patrick Hope Johnstone, who became chief in 1983; this Annandale line is separate from the Johnstons of Caskieben in Aberdeenshire, whose connection to it is disputed.
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View all Johnston productsGilbert, son of John, receives land in southern Annandale from William Bruce[2]
Johnstones defeat the Maxwells at the Battle of Dryfe Sands, near Lockerbie[2]
James Johnstone becomes Earl of Hartfell and Lord Johnstone of Lochwood[2]
Lord Lyon recognises Percy Hope Johnstone as chief; his son Patrick succeeds same year[2]
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Nunquam Non Paratus, Latin for 'Never unprepared'.
The Earl of Annandale and Hartfell, Patrick Hope Johnstone, who became chief in 1983 when his father Percy died, the year the Lord Lyon recognised the chiefship again.
A battle near Lockerbie on 6 December 1593 in which a Johnstone force of perhaps 800 defeated some 2,000 Maxwell horsemen.
Lochwood Castle in Dumfriesshire, the family's principal seat from the late twelfth century until it was accidentally burned down in the early eighteenth century.
Yes - COSCA lists Johnston and Johnstone on one clan entry with the same chief. Both are spellings of the same Annandale family, which the clan society treats as separate from the Johnstons of Caskieben in Aberdeenshire, a distinct line whose connection to Annandale is disputed.
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Clan MaxwellJohnstones routed a Maxwell army more than twice their size at Dryfe Sands in 1593.