General Notes

REFN: 2936AN
REFN: P2937
" ... Sir Malcolm Drummond ... was a zealous supporter of the clai ms of
Robert Bruce to the Scottish throne, and like his father fell into the
hands of the English, having been taken prisoner by Sir John Segrave. On
he aring this 'good news,' King Edward, on the 20th of August, 1301,
offered obl ations at the shrine of St. Mungo, in the cathedral of
Glasgow. After the ind ependence of the country was secured by the
crowning victory of Bannockburn, Malcolm was rewarded for his services by
King Robert Bruce with lands in Pert hshire. Sir Robert Douglas, the
eminent genealogist, conjectures that the cal trops, or four-spiked pieces
of iron, with the motto 'Gang warily,' in the ar morial bearings of the
Drummonds, were bestowed as an acknowledgement of Sir Malcom's active
efforts in the use of these formidable weapons at the battle of
Bannockburn."
The Great Historic Families of Scotland, James Taylor