Robson History

The Robson clan, like many other border clans held territories on both sides of the border. They were part of those known as the "Border Reivers". They formed a violent consortium with the English Charltons, Dodds and Milburns, and were one of the most notorious of all border clans. North of the border they were tenants of the Abbey of Kelso. Our line of Robsons were from South of the border and lived in Northumbria and were therefore English. In the time of the Reivers they lived in the Middle March. The Robsons were frequently at fued with the Armstrongs, but friendly with the Taylors and Musgraves, other important border clans. The Robsons moved north in the 17th century with their sheep as part of the Highland Clearance. After 1650 many of the clan disbanded and moved south into Holtby in Yorkshire and Lancashire and Bishop Wearmouth in Durham.
The most ancient grant of a Coat of Arms found was: Blue with a chevron between three boars heads, with the Crest being a boars head.
The ancient family Motto for the Robson name was: "Justus Esto, Et Non Metue" "Be just and fear not"