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Denique Coelum (Heaven at last)
The name Melville comes from lands of that name in Midlothian: before the middle of the 12th century a baron of Anglo-Norman lineage called Male settled there and named his manor Maleville. Galfrid de Maleville, the first of the family, was vicecomes (sheriff) of Edinburgh Castle under Malcolm IV and justiciary under William the Lion. Later Melvilles include the memoirist Sir James Melville of Halhill and his daughter Elizabeth Melville, Lady Culross, whom the National Library of Scotland calls the first woman in Scotland to see her work in print. No chief is listed by the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs.
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The motto of Clan Melville is Denique Coelum (Heaven at last). It appears on the Clan Melville crest badge: the chief’s heraldic crest set inside a strap and buckle that carries the motto.
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View all Melville productsElizabeth Melville's Ane Godlie Dreame is printed in Edinburgh by Robert Charteris[4]
Sir James Melville of Halhill's memoirs are published from a manuscript found in Edinburgh Castle in 1660[5]
James Playfair builds the present Melville Castle for Henry Dundas, later 1st Viscount Melville[3]
Map outline: Natural Earth (public domain). Pins use official Historic Environment Scotland grid references.
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No. The Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs' public list of chiefs has no Melville entry.
Denique Coelum, Latin for 'Heaven at last'.
The family's historic lands lay around Melville in Midlothian, from which the name comes. The Melville Castle standing there today was built in 1786-91 for Henry Dundas, later 1st Viscount Melville.
A daughter of Sir James Melville of Halhill, who is remembered for his memoirs. Her poem Ane Godlie Dreame was printed in Edinburgh in 1603, and the National Library of Scotland calls her the first woman in Scotland to see her work in print.
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