Blessing of Letters Patent

 The Lord Lyon attended the blessing on Sunday of the Letters Patent granting arms to Col. David Cobbett in St John the Baptist Episcopal Church in Inverdruie, by Aviemore. The blessing was conducted by the Rev Canon Tony Sparham during morning service

The blazon reads: Argent, a chevron couped Azure between three corbies rising Sable membered and langued Gules, each holding in their dexter claw  a locomotive driving wheel Vert. His crest remembers the descents of his late wife Beatrix through Ogilvie and Cockburn. 

From 350 years ago

 Following on from the blazon of the arms of the Sovereign as King of Scots/Scotland, the next entry in Volume 1 of the Public Register is the arms of the monarch as Sovereign of Great Britain as used in Scotland. 

The arms so described are the same as those used by Charles II's grandfather, James VI and are displayed in Edinburgh Castle. 

Arms photographed in 2006 by David Appleton and used by permission

 

Heritage Treasures Day

On Heritage Treasures Day, we remind ourselves that 2022 marks the 350th anniversary of the creation by the Scottish Parliament of one of our national treasures - the Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland. #nationaltreasures #HeritageTreasures

From our files 350 years ago

 Early in Volume One of the Register, we find the blazon of the Sovereign, at that time Charles II, first of all as King of Scots or as the Register entry calls him, King of Scotland:

The blazon is not exemplified in the Register.

350th Anniversary Year

 Happy New Year!

2022 marks the 350th anniversary of the creation of the Public Register by the Socttish Parliament in the reign of Charles II. 

The Lyon Office is planning a year-long series of events for which the heraldic artist,  Mark Dennis, lately Ross Herald, has designed an identifying logo baed on the Leonine seal.