. Lacunar basilicae Sancti Macarii, aberdonensis: the heraldic ceiling of the cathedral church of St. Machar, old Aberdeen. R. No. 44.] XII. The Bishop of Argyll. David , three cinquefoils pierced argent. The paternal arms of the house of Hamilton are : Gules, threecinquefoils ermine, and they are so borne by many important branchesof the family. The cinquefoils were borne argent in the arms ofthe Hamiltons of Preston, Innerwick, Bangour, Silvertonhill, San-quhar, &c. The family of Hamilton are said by Nisbet (i. 382) to deriv^etheir descent from the old Earls of Leicester in Eng
. Lacunar basilicae Sancti Macarii, aberdonensis: the heraldic ceiling of the cathedral church of St. Machar, old Aberdeen. R. No. 44.] XII. The Bishop of Argyll. David , three cinquefoils pierced argent. The paternal arms of the house of Hamilton are : Gules, threecinquefoils ermine, and they are so borne by many important branchesof the family. The cinquefoils were borne argent in the arms ofthe Hamiltons of Preston, Innerwick, Bangour, Silvertonhill, San-quhar, &c. The family of Hamilton are said by Nisbet (i. 382) to deriv^etheir descent from the old Earls of Leicester in England and Mellantin Normandy, who carried gules, a cinquefoil ermine, the paternal coatof Mellant. On the seal of Robert de Bellomont, called Fitz Pernel,Earl of Leicester, 1191-1206, is seen the rude impression of acinquefoil ermine (Planche). The alleged descent of the Hamiltons from the Leicester familyhas not been proved. The oldest known ancestor is Walter Fitz-gilbert, who swore fealty to Edward in 1296, and kept BothwellCastle for the English. This Bishop was a natural son of James, first Lord ©zrljaliFn ^pilrnpi.
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