. Lacunar basilicae Sancti Macarii, aberdonensis: the heraldic ceiling of the cathedral church of St. Machar, old Aberdeen. nhmi. ^iizHiiim fijifrniii ECCLESIASTICAL SERIES. 123 V. The Bishop of Aberdeen. [No. 37. Gavin Dunbar. Argent, tliree cusMons gules witliin the royal tressure. The cushions have no tassels, and thus resemble the pillows which were the original bearings of Ranulph. These are the arms of Ranulph or Randolph, Earl of of Dunbar, Earls of Dunbar and Earls of March, were: Gules,a lion rampant argent within a bordure of the last charged with eightroses of the field
. Lacunar basilicae Sancti Macarii, aberdonensis: the heraldic ceiling of the cathedral church of St. Machar, old Aberdeen. nhmi. ^iizHiiim fijifrniii ECCLESIASTICAL SERIES. 123 V. The Bishop of Aberdeen. [No. 37. Gavin Dunbar. Argent, tliree cusMons gules witliin the royal tressure. The cushions have no tassels, and thus resemble the pillows which were the original bearings of Ranulph. These are the arms of Ranulph or Randolph, Earl of of Dunbar, Earls of Dunbar and Earls of March, were: Gules,a lion rampant argent within a bordure of the last charged with eightroses of the field (No. 20). In 1357, the Earldom of Moray was conferred by David II. onPatrick, ninth Earl of March and Dunbar, who had married BlackAgnes, elder sister and coheir of John, the last Earl of the maleline of the Ranulphs ; and the Dunbars, Earls of Moray, thenceforthtook for their arms the coat of Ranulph, which had become theterritorial arms of the earldom. Those arms were borne by theDunbars of Westfield, who were descended from James, eighth andlast Dunbar, Earl of Moray. Laing (i. 56, No. 298) gives an en-graving of the sea
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