Monypenny

Monypenny

Clan Monypenny of Scotland. Despite the attractive simplicity of the explanation, this name has nothing whatsoever to do with coinage. Nisbet states that the ancient arms bore a dolphin and from this he conjectured that the Monypennys may originally have been knights from the Dauphinate region of Auvegne in Francce. The name Magnepenine appears in Normandy towards the end of the twelfth century, and Manipeni and Manipenyn are later found in English documents.

Arms: Gules, three cross crosslets fitchee issuing out of as many crescents argent.

Crest: A figure representing Neptune, namely a naked man, bearded proper, crowned with an antique crown vert, bestriding a dolphin naiant or, finned gules, in waves of the sea argent and azure, holding in his sinister hand, bridling the dolphin gules, and in the dexter hand a trident azure.

Motto: Imperat acquor (He rules the sea).

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