. Elgin past and present : a historical guide / by Herbert B. Mackintosh. till keeping the surname of Seton. His son George havingassumed the surname of Gordon, placed the arms of that name onthe first quarter, and Seton on the third. The arms on the front of thetomb correspond exactly with those on the seal of Alexander, thirdEarl of Huntly, who followed his King to Flodden, and are :—Quarterly,1st, Three boar heads couped (Gordon) ; 2nd, Three lion heads erased(Badenoch) ; 3rd, Three crescents within a royal tressure (Seton) ; 4th,Three fraises (Fraser). The four quarters within a royal tres
. Elgin past and present : a historical guide / by Herbert B. Mackintosh. till keeping the surname of Seton. His son George havingassumed the surname of Gordon, placed the arms of that name onthe first quarter, and Seton on the third. The arms on the front of thetomb correspond exactly with those on the seal of Alexander, thirdEarl of Huntly, who followed his King to Flodden, and are :—Quarterly,1st, Three boar heads couped (Gordon) ; 2nd, Three lion heads erased(Badenoch) ; 3rd, Three crescents within a royal tressure (Seton) ; 4th,Three fraises (Fraser). The four quarters within a royal the shield a coronet, over that a helmet, with mantling andwreath, and thereon for crest a stag head. Supporters, two houndscollared and leashed. Underneath is his title, now nearly the circumstances that the arms are not placed in the centre,and the shield of a form suggestive of a later period than 1470, itmay be inferred that the body of the tomb is a restoration of theseventeenth century. A peculiarity of the dress, the long perforated. The Cathedral. Sarcophagus of the first Earl of Huntly.
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