Lyon, W. T · Selkirk : The Scottish Chronicle Offices · leaf 91
the Isles. Laing thereforeregarded this shield as having been borne on his sealby Bishop Murray in allusion to his see of the Isles,the arms of the Earldom of Caithness being a galley orlymphad without the tressure. There is, however, norecord of this Bishop having held the see of the Islesin… … 51 tion. He reads the inscription : s. thome dei graEPi CATHENF.NSis IN scociA. The shield thereforewould thus appear without doubt to be intended for thediocese of Caithness. But the tressure still presents a difliculty. Lind-say of the Mount, Burke, and others all agree inblazoning the arms of…
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