The Blayney Motto
Integra mens augustissima possessio
Translation:"An honest mind is the most glorious possession" [394]
or as I prefer: "A mind of integrity is the most glorious possession"
Other recorded Blayney mottos:
- Virtutis comes invidia
Translations: "Virtue is the companion of envy" or "Virtue is accompanied by envy"
This is the motto in the "Blayney Room" at Gregygnog, it is also found on the Civil War Parliamentarian flag of Robert, Earl of Essex and subsequently adopted by the Devereux's Viscounts Hereford in 1748. - I rest to rise [395] [419] [Robert BLAYNEY Esq., M.A., of The Lodge, Evesham, Worcester, not of the Montgomeryshire Blayney line]
- Non nobis solum Translation: Not for ourselves alone [395] (also attributed to Robert Blayney Esq of The Lodge, Evesham)
- Hopewell and Home Well
This is the motto on an old copy of the Blayney family crest owned by a Cyril Maud(e) Benjamin Blaine of Durban, South Africa. [396]
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