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Invictus maneo.

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To revise/replace "Fact 1" with a possible alternative. King Wiiliam the Lion of Scotland invaded the North of England 1173/74. The Anglo Norman chronicler, Jordan Fantosme of Winchester recorded (in old French) some of this invasion and gave an account of the Scots (Flemish and Border-men) siege of Brough Castle and how it was defended by six knights (chevaliers) against the Scots. He records that a further knight from a short distance just north of the Cumbrian castle joined the defence just as the other six knights surrendered from its burning wooden keep. This new knight continued the fight from the parapet of the burning keep by throwing the keep's javelins great distances down onto the Scots below, resorting to the stakes protecting the parapet when the javelins had all gone. In the process he repeatedly shouted in Old French the questionable translation sof which were " I am not vanquished." or "You will be vanquished" The History and Antiquities of Cumberland records that (prior to that invasion) a certain Sir William of Ousby (just up the Eden Valley from Brough) owned around half of Ousby hamlet with the second half split among others. After the war, a Sir William Armstrong emerged as the half owner of Ousby. Coincidence, I think not. Others say that the first mention of the Armstrong name was in Cumberland in the 12th century. Three coincidences: the possibility that William d'Ousby and William Armstrong are one and the same; he display of strength in the arm; and the shouting of the words I or you and vanquished which has similarity to the latin Invictus Maneo. That would make the Armstrongs initially of Norman descent. Both documents exist and are available from the internet. Maybe the Fairbairn story has more credibility - we'll never really know.

Proud Armstrong … INVICTUS MANEO ⚔️⚔️⚔️