CHURCH or St. JoHN THE Baptist, DAtry. 73 
important question, however, is raised by the cognizance borne on 
the sinister side of the shield, viz., the lion rampant. At first 
sight it might appear as if this were indicative of a matrimonial 
alliance with some family whose arms were represented by this 
charge, and trust I may be excused the following details. 
We find in the earlier part of the sixteenth century that Sir 
John Gordon of Lochinvar married Juliana, youngest daughter of 
Sir David Home of Wedderburn, fifth of the line, who was killed 
in action with the English in 1524. The Homes of Wedderburn 
were cadets of the great house represented by the Earls of 
Home, whose original arms were a lion rampant, derived, no doubt, 
from their immediate ancestors, the Earls of Dunbar. From a 
very early date, however, in the fourteenth century, the Homes 
were accustomed to quarter their arms with those of various 
heiresses, with whom they acquired lands, the first being Sir 
Thomas Home of Home, who, marrying Nicola Pepdie, heiress of 
Dunglas, impaled her arms with his own as stated by Nisbet. 
“He built the Collegiate Church of Dunglas, whereon was his 
arms, which I have seen impaled with his lady’s, being three birds 
called papingoes, relative to the name of Pepdie. . . . The 
arms of Pepdie have since been always marshalled with the arms 
of Home and the descendants of their family.” We accordingly 
find in the “ Armorial de Berry” of date 1450-55, and composed 
by Gillies de Bouvier, at the request of King Charles VII. of 
France, ‘“‘ one of the most valuable heraldic manuscripts in exist- 
ence.” The achievement of Home of Dunglas is there shown to 
be, quarterly, first and fourth, the three papingoes, and, second 
and third, the lion rampant, precedence thus being given to the 
arms of the heiress of Dunglas, although it is noted by Mr 
Stodart that “ the seals of Alexander Home (1437), Sir Alexander 
(1450), and Alexander Lord Home (1486), all have the lion of 
Home in the first and fourth quarters, and the papingoes of Pepdie 
in the second and third.”” In the MS. attributed to Sir David 
Lindsay, the younger, 1603-5, the Home of Wedderburn arms are 
given quarterly—first and fourth, the lion rampant; second, the 
triple shields of Hay ; and third, the papingoes of Pepdie. In 
“ Alexander Nisbets Heraldic Plates” (Edinburgh, 1892) we find 
1. System of Heraldry, vol. i., p. 270. 
2. Scottish Arms, by R. R. Stodart, vol. 1., plate vi. and vol, ii., p. 47. 
