Another rendering of the Chevronell Crest from an old wax letter stamp
The Chevronell Crest from notes of Harold George Meek (1895 - ~1960)
Meek/Meik/Mikieson Arms from Ledcarsie Meeks - a Scottish line - Argent with a duck proper and on a red chief dancetty a silver boar's head couped between two silver crescents

Motto is “JUNGOR UT IMPLEAR”- Joined to be complete, or more freely translated, “Union is strength”

From Alexander Nisbet's  System of Heraldry, Published 1722

This also appears on the tombstone of Patrick Meek of Ledcarsie Scotland




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Meek Arms, English, origin not determined, Silver with three black water-bougets and a black (sable) chief of the last
A demi-wolf (ducally gorged and lined, supporting between it's paws a mullet of six points)



A water-bouget is a yoke with two large skins appended to it, formerly used for the conveyance of water to an army.  Water-bougets were sometimes conferred on those who had supplied aide to an army or a besieged place.  Bougets are rarely used outside British heraldry.  Some say the use of bougets originated with the crusades in the Middle East where water supplies were limited.  I would love to know the history behind this crest and why bougets were chosen for the shield.

Meek Arms from an English line - This Meek Coat-of-Arms has been identified with my line by some of my ancestors.

Authority: Burke's "General Armory," 1844 edition
Arms: Gules, three chevronells argent
Crest: A demi-lion rampant holding over his head a scymitar
Motto: PRO RECTO (for the right)
Tinctures as shown by description.
The shield is of red
The chevronells (narrow chevrons) are of silver
The demi-lion is naturally colored
The scymitar has a blade of steel, handle and guard of gold
The mantle and wreath are of silver and red

The Harleian Society's "Knights of Edward I"  records these Arms to Sir Robert de Melkeleye (Mikeleye) circa 1280/90
Due to copywrite restrictions I can't show all the Meek coat of arms images I have, but if you want to know more about them let me know.
water-bougets - Two animal skin water bags hung on a yoke.  Until I saw images like these I thought they were musical notes.
The Duck Crest version used by James Meek D.D., Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1795.   James Meek was from the Fortissat Meek line.  This crest is obviously a take off of the Ledcarsie Meek's crest, but there is no documentation I am aware of that proves the Fortissat & Ledcarsie Meek lineages are related.
Another example of the crest with three black water-bougets from Jon Meek

COLLECTION OF ARMORIAL BEARINGS   A.D. 1370-1678, WITH HERALDIC AND GENEALOGICAL NOTES, By R. R. STODART.  WORKMAN'S MS. 169
Meik. These arms were registered about 1680 by Patrick Meik of Ledcassie, co. Perth, without the water in base, and with the boar's head argent ; and in 1693 very nearly the same were allowed to Alexander Mikieson of Hill, also in Perthshire.

Patrick of Ledcassie, now Carsie, was grandson of Thomas of that place, who died in 1654, aged seventy, and grandfather of Patrick, also of Ledcassie, which he sold in 1745.

The Rev. George Meik, minister of Redgorton 1713-56, uncle of the the last laird of Leidcassie, was ancestor of the present James Meik, Esq., his representative, and of Thomas Meik, C.E., Edinburgh.

The family appear as holding lands from the Abbots of Cupar from the middle of the fifteenth century; William Mek, in 1457, had a tack of part of Cowbyr ; others of the name of Meik or Meyk held lands continuously in Cupar, Arthurston, &c. In 1521 Patrick Meyk contracted his son Andrew in marriage to the sister of Den John Hugone of Cupar.

William Meek, in 1664, acquired Fortisset, co. Lanark, which remains in the possession of his descendants.
These are photos of the Meik stain glass window in the Bendochy Scotland taken by Babette Kenyon
Alexander Michieson of Hill: Argent, a duck Proper and on a chief dancetty Gules a boar's head couped Proper between two crescents Or
Other "modern" Meek Arms

Ulster Office:
Samuel William Meek, confirmation of Arms 16 Jan 1939
Azure a chevron ermine between three suns in their splendour on a canton Or a lymphad Gules.

Two Arms as recorded in Fox-Davies' "Armorial Families" 1929 edition;
Azure on a chevron between three suns in their splendour Or a trefoil slipped Vert between two flambeaux proper.

The armigers listed are, with their offspring, Charles Meek of Belfast (b.1825 d.1881), Richard Fisher Meek (b.1829 d.1897) and Samuel Taylor Meek (b.1836 d.1907)

Meeks (Herald's College 11th Sept 1922)
Sable two chevrons between in chief two water-bougets and in base a sun issuant all Or.

The armigers listed are Hon Sir Alfred William Meeks KBE (1920) and his father William Meeks (b.1819 d.1886).