Lordship of Stewartoun

The Stewarton Coat of Arms represents Stewarton, in East Ayrshire, Scotland. It is described in the public Register of all Arms and Bearing in Scotland as follows:

Per pale Or and Azure: a fess chequy per pale, dexter of the Second and Argent, sinister of the Third and Gules, surmounted of a shakefork, Sable overall, all between a bonnet of the second, with a round tassel of the Fourth, and an annulet of the First, stoned of the Fourth,in chief, and another similar bonnet and a mullet of the Third in base.

Above the Shield is placed a coronet a circlet richly chased from which are issuant four thistle leaves(one and two halves visible) and four pine cones(two visible) or, and in an Escrol below the same this Motto "Knit Weel."

The roots of Stewarton go back to 1283, when the lands of Stewarton were put into separate Lordship and became the inheritance of James, High Stewart of Scotland. When the House of Stewart came to the throne of Scotland, Stewarton became property of The Crown.

The makeup of the Arms has a long history, part of which is reputed to be due to an act which saved the life of Malcolm Canmore who became King Malcolm III in 1058. While on the run from MacBeth's men he was saved by a Stewarton farmer, named Cunninghame, who hid him under forked hay. Upon becoming King, he gave the farmer the Corsehill Estate.

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