Salt-foot controversy

FAMILY OF ALLANTON. 39
III. Sir Allan Stewart of Daldowie and Allan-
ton. He seems to have been born about the year
1365; and, having accompanied his father in this
expedition, he succeeded, on his death, to the com-
mand of the troops, which he conducted successfully
to the rendezvous of the army, then about to enter
Cumberland. According to the same accounts, at
the close of the campaign, he obtained from King
Robert II. at Lochmaben Castle, the honour of
Knight Banneret, being knighted under the royal
standard, together with the addition, to his paternal
coat- armorial, of the Lion-passant above his Fesse
Chequee. The above tradition is rendered the more
probable from the circumstance of the district being
from thenceforward named Allcath-Muir, that is,
" the Muir of Allan's battle ;" and the stream
which waters its southern and western boundary,
Allcath- water ;* also from the names of various
other places immediately adjoining, such as Cath-
burn, evidently Cathkers, &c. all indicating the site
of the engagement, and evidently Celtic compounds.
Moreover, from Fonts' M. S. (one of the most au-
thentic Heraldric Records) we find the ancient
* All is the half of the name of Allan, and Cath, in the Celtic,
signifies battle. In the same way, ** Cathburn," denotes " the
Burn of the Battle," or the rivulet where the engagement ceased ;
" Cathkers," the " field east of the Battle." Spears and Helmets
have been found in the adjoining moss, or bog, in which, it is
said, many of the English troopers were unhorsed and slain.
M.S. Hist of the family.