. Lacunar basilicae Sancti Macarii, aberdonensis: the heraldic ceiling of the cathedral church of St. Machar, old Aberdeen. iiWldan Onniifil X [26]. Qmiwkt Qnnufil SERIES OF SCOTTISH NOBLES. Ill IX. The Earl of Sutherland. [No. 25. Gules, three stars or. These are the ancient arms of Sutherland, Earl of Sutherland,and are the paternal arms of the name of Sutherland as well asthe feudal arms of the earldom. The seal of William, Earl ofSutherland (1357), bears three mullets, or stars (Laing, ii. 158, No. 946). After the marriage of Adam Gordon, second son of George,second Earl of Huntly, with El
. Lacunar basilicae Sancti Macarii, aberdonensis: the heraldic ceiling of the cathedral church of St. Machar, old Aberdeen. iiWldan Onniifil X [26]. Qmiwkt Qnnufil SERIES OF SCOTTISH NOBLES. Ill IX. The Earl of Sutherland. [No. 25. Gules, three stars or. These are the ancient arms of Sutherland, Earl of Sutherland,and are the paternal arms of the name of Sutherland as well asthe feudal arms of the earldom. The seal of William, Earl ofSutherland (1357), bears three mullets, or stars (Laing, ii. 158, No. 946). After the marriage of Adam Gordon, second son of George,second Earl of Huntly, with Elizabeth, sister and heir of John,ninth and last Earl of Sutherland of the male line (c. 1515), thearms of Gordon appear marshalled with those of Sutherland. The seal of John Gordon, tenth Earl of Sutherland (1546),bears three boars heads and necks couped, for Gordon; on asurtout three mullets, for Sutherland . That of John Gordon, twelfthEarl (1605), has: Quarterly: first and fourth three boars headsand necks couped, for Gordon ; second and third three mullets, forSutherland (Laing, i. 66, Nos. 366, 367). Contemporary MSS. givethe arms of the
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