Pringle Heraldry in America

The Bookplate of John Julius Pringle of Charleston, South Carolina

Pringle of Charleston, South Carolina

Arms: Argent on a bend sable three escallops or, within a bordure Azure, a mullet sable for difference.

Crest: An escallop or.

Motto: Amicitia (friendship).

Bolton’s American Armory

A record of Coat of Arms which have been in use within the present bounds of the United States, by Charles Knowles Bolton. Heraldic Book Company, Baltimore, 1964.

Page 134:

Pringle: Arg. on a bend sa. 3 escallops [or] within a bordure az., a mullet [sa.] for diff.

Crest: an escallop [or]

Bookplate: W. Alston Pringle

The Arms of Robert Smith Pringle

(descended from the Pringles of Symington, Judge Robert Pringle who emigrated to South Carolina, his son John Julius Pringle, and his 5th son William Bull Pringle).