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Clan Turnbull is a Scottish Borders family whose name comes from a legend recorded by Hector Boece: an ancestor, William Rule, is said to have saved Robert the Bruce from a charging bull, and in 1315 received a charter of lands at Philiphaugh. The family's lands lay in the Rule Valley in Roxburghshire and in Selkirkshire, and they became one of the best-known Border reiving families. The Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs lists no Turnbull chief.

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Crest & Motto

Clan Turnbull Crest Badge & Motto

The motto of Clan Turnbull is I Saved The King. It appears on the Clan Turnbull crest badge: the chief’s heraldic crest set inside a strap and buckle that carries the motto.

In Scotland a crest belongs to the chief, not to everyone with the surname. Clan members may wear the crest badge, with the crest inside the strap and buckle, to show that they belong to the clan. The plain crest without the strap remains the chief’s own.

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The Turnbull Story

  1. 1315

    William Rule reputedly saves Robert the Bruce from a bull, origin of the name[1]

  2. 1333

    William Turnebull is killed at Halidon Hill after challenging the English to single combat[1]

  3. 1451

    Bishop William Turnbull of Glasgow is the real founder of the University of Glasgow[2]

  4. 1510

    Two hundred Turnbulls stand before James IV in sheets and halters; some are hanged[1][7]

  5. 1545

    Bedrule Castle is destroyed during the English invasion of the Borders[1]

  6. 1572

    The Murrays acquire the remaining Turnbull lands of Philiphaugh on the death of the last Turnbull chief[1]

  7. 2006

    The Lord Lyon grants arms to the Turnbull Clan Association, not to a chief[3]

Visit the Turnbull Homeland

Map of Scotland with Turnbull places marked

Fatlips Castle, Minto Crags, Scottish Borders

16th-century tower house on Minto Crags, a former stronghold of the Turnbulls; scheduled monument.[6][7]

Bedrule, Roxburghshire

Lands in the Rule Valley held by the family; the castle there was destroyed by the English in 1545.[1]

Map outline: Natural Earth (public domain). Pins use official Historic Environment Scotland grid references.

Clan Turnbull Today

ChiefNo chief is listed by the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs. Electric Scotland records that the last of the Turnbull chiefs died in 1572, when the Murrays acquired the remaining family lands of Philiphaugh. In 2006 the Lord Lyon granted arms to the Turnbull Clan Association — a grant to the association, not recognition of a chief.
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Questions about Clan Turnbull

Why is the Turnbull motto 'I Saved The King'?

It refers to the legend, recorded by Hector Boece, that an ancestor named William Rule saved Robert the Bruce from a charging bull and was renamed Turnbull. COSCA gives the motto as 'I Saved The King'.

Does Clan Turnbull have a chief?

The Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs does not list a Turnbull chief. In 2006 the Lord Lyon granted arms to the Turnbull Clan Association, which is a grant to the association and not recognition of a chief.

What happened to the Turnbulls at Jedburgh in 1510?

About 200 Turnbull men were made to stand before James IV in linen sheets, swords in hand and halters round their necks, as punishment for Border lawlessness; some were hanged and others imprisoned.

What was the Turnbull connection to the University of Glasgow?

The University of Glasgow describes Bishop William Turnbull of Glasgow as its real founder. The University was founded by a letter of Pope Nicholas V dated 7 January 1451.

Where were the Turnbull lands?

Mainly Roxburghshire and Selkirkshire in the Scottish Borders, including Bedrule in the Rule Valley, Minto (Fatlips Castle) and Philiphaugh.

Sources

  1. Clan Turnbull, Electric Scotland, webclans
  2. Regulations 2025-26 – Introduction – Brief History (Bishop William Turnbull, founder), University of Glasgow (official)
  3. Arms (Turnbull Clan Association grant, 14 June 2006), Turnbull Clan Association
  4. Turnbull, Council of Scottish Clans & Associations (COSCA)
  5. Members of the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs (no Turnbull entry), Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs
  6. Fatlips Castle (SM2881), Historic Environment Scotland
  7. Fatlips Castle, The Gazetteer for Scotland (School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh / Royal Scottish Geographical Society)