Monday, 26 February 2024

Lyon Office Seal Collection

 Dr David M. Bertie FHSS was presented with a hand embosser of his arms by Lord Lyon today in grateful thanks for his endeavours in cataloguing the Lyon Office seal collection over the past 4 years.

Some 12,000 seals (including some interesting subsidiary finds) have been identified, categorised and indexed to make them accessible to all visitors along with a retrieval system to ensure their continuing integrity.










One Hundred Years ago today

  From the Public Register 100 years ago today, the arms of Sir Henry Craik Bt. P.C. KCB, MP for the Scottish Universities and son of the M...