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| Keywords: Hugo de Arbuthnot - effigy in Arbuthnot parish church.jpg Effigy of Hugo de Arbuthnot in the parish church of Arbuthnot in Kincardineshire Scotland Comment in source The old parish church of Arbuthnot delightfully situated overlooking the river Bervie about midway between Bervie and Fordoun was founded in the thirteenth century It still retains a portion of the building of that period; patched up in a rude manner after the Reformation it remained so uncared for till 1890 when by the efforts of the Rev Mr Spence the parish clergyman it was disencumbered of its unsightly galleries and some other encumbrances and judiciously restored The first on record of the family of Arbuthnot was Hugo de Aberbothenoth who possessed the lands of Arbuthnot about 1160 The effigy fig 13 is now lying in a chapel dedicated to the Virgin which was founded by Robert de Arbuthnot towards the end of the fifteenth century and commemorates Hugo the third of that name and the fourth laird in succession He was designated Hugo Blundus or Hugo le Blond from the flaxen colour of his hair and was a liberal benefactor to the clergy especially to the monks of Aberbrothock in 1282 Although now appearing as a detached tomb it was probably at one time recessed within a wall The shields bear on the first a fesse cheque the second and third the Arbuthnot arms and a part of the latter appears on the fourth which is incomplete From the spacing of the shields there have been probably five of them originally and it is stated by Nisbet in his Heraldry that a shield in the base bore his lady's arms ”three chevrons ”she being probably a daughter of or nearly related to the de Morvilles who were for several generations Constables of Scotland The large shield bears portions of the Arbuthnot arms only The monument measures 7 feet 5 inches in length and is of common freestone the intervals between the stones bearing the shields being filled in with plaster Brydall Robert The Monumental Effigies of Scotland from the Thirteenth to the Fifteenth Century Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Volume 29 1894-95 pp 329-410 this plate is on p 349 quoted text from p 348 Online PDF http //ads ahds ac uk/catalogue/adsdata/PSAS_2002/pdf/vol_029/29_329_410 pdf 1894-95 Unknown Possibly author of article cited above Robert Brydall 1839-1907 see http //gdl cdlr strath ac uk/eyrwho/eyrwho0344 htm PD-old Church monuments in Scotland Arbuthnot family | ||||
