Clan Carruthers
| Clan Carruthers | |||
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| "Cridders" | |||
Crest: A seraphim volant Proper
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| Motto | Promptus Et Fidelis (Ready and faithful) | ||
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| Region | Scottish Borders | ||
| District | Dumfriesshire | ||
| Plant badge | Fleur-de-lis | ||
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| Clan Carruthers has no chief, and is an armigerous clan | |||
| Historic seat | Mouswald Tower Holmains Castle (Howmains) Dormont House |
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| Last Chief | Simon Carruthers | ||
| Died | 1548 | ||
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Clan Carruthers is a Lowland Scottish clan of the Scottish Borders. The clan is officially recognized by the Lord Lyon King of Arms; however, as the clan does not currently have a clan chief that is recognized by the Lord Lyon King of Arms it is considered an armigerous clan.
The surname of Carruthers has arisen in Dumfriesshire and it appears to allude to the ancient British fort called Caer Rydderch or Rythyr. The historian George Fraser Black asserted that this means fort of Rydderch, with Ryderch appearing to be a form of personal name.
In the thirteenth century the chiefly family of Carruthers rose to become stewards of Annandale under the Clan Bruce. The historian George Fraser Black writes of Nigel de Karruthers, a cleric who was also Rector of Ruthwell in 1380, and rose to become Canon of Glasgow Cathedral in 1351. He was also named as chancellor to Robert, High Steward of Scotland in 1344. At around the same time the chiefly family of Carruthers acquired the lands of Musfald (now called Mouswald).
The Carruthers of Mouswald line came to an end with Simon Carruthers who was killed in 1548 during a border raid, and his daughters were placed under the guardianship of the Clan Douglas. The Carruthers of Howmains line, however, continued to prosper and in 1542 their lands were erected into a free barony. John Carruthers of Howmains was indicted, along with Edward Irvine of Bonshaw (chief of Clan Irvine), for an assault on Kirkpatrick of Closeburn (chief of Clan Kirkpatrick) in 1563, as well as for slaying several other persons. In 1587 the Clan Carruthers was included on the roll of "unruly clans" in the West Marches.
The Carruther's estate of Howmains was lost in 1772 when a financial disaster overwhelmed the family. However, a younger son of the family acquired the estate of Dormont in Dumfrieshsire, and the family still holds it to the present day.
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