. Elgin past and present : a historical guide / by Herbert B. Mackintosh. Fig. 7.—Shield of Bishop Patrick Hepburn. ELGIN PAST AND PRESENT havoc made by his fatherthe Wolf ? (4) A shield (Fig. 9)with arms :—A fess chequybetween two open crownsin chief and a cross crossletfitch ee in base. Above theshield a mitre. The samearms are at Spynie Castleand are those of Bishop DavidStewart of the family ofStrathavon (1461-1476).He built the great towerof the Castle of Spyniewhich still bears his these fourstones are the fragments ofthe oriel window previouslyreferred to. In February 1
. Elgin past and present : a historical guide / by Herbert B. Mackintosh. Fig. 7.—Shield of Bishop Patrick Hepburn. ELGIN PAST AND PRESENT havoc made by his fatherthe Wolf ? (4) A shield (Fig. 9)with arms :—A fess chequybetween two open crownsin chief and a cross crossletfitch ee in base. Above theshield a mitre. The samearms are at Spynie Castleand are those of Bishop DavidStewart of the family ofStrathavon (1461-1476).He built the great towerof the Castle of Spyniewhich still bears his these fourstones are the fragments ofthe oriel window previouslyreferred to. In February 1911 Iwrote the Town Councilsuggesting the advisabilityof their protecting theseunique heraldic stones by alight wire grill, before theybecome completely this small expensemay one day be incurred. Between the next but-tresses is a stone dated1688 having a monogramsurmounted by an earlscoronet, and at the sidesthe letters forming themonogram, I. E. D. (James,fourth Earl of Dunfermline),and I. C. D. (Jane, Countessof Dunfermline). In the. Fiq. 8.—Arms of Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar. 36 ELGIN PAST AND PRESENT Family of Seton this stone is said to have been formerly over adoor in the north court of the building. Portions of another windoware in this wall. The old oak door should not be overlooked, as it was for upwards of 400 years part of the Cath-edral, and is now the onlypiece of timber remaining ofthat once glorious pile. Itstood for many years in oneof the towers of the Cathed-ral, but after the Palace wasgifted to the town by theCountess-Dowager of Sea-field, Board of Worksin May 1888 gave permis-sion for this door to betransferred from the Cath-edral, and used as the en-trance gate to the thenPalace grounds. On theopening up of the CooperPark this entrance gatewaywas done away with, andthe door hung in its presentposition, but, alas, it hasnot been maintained norrepaired with that care thisvenerable relic would like to see it in the
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