Nichols, John Gough, 1806-1873 · London : John Bowyer Nichols and Sons · leaf 518
ir patrons. Theobald the Fleming, from whom is derived the far-famed familyof Douglas, had no surname in the district of Moray; but he got agrant of some lands on the water of Douglas, whence his children tookthe name; but they kept up the connection with Morayshire for seve-ral generations, and… … From the Monument of James Earl of Morton, oh. circ. 1498. The Douglases, according to the system of those days, took theirarms from the great family in the neighbourhood, at first Azure, threestars argent: but they soon pushed up the whole into a chief, whichthus gave room for the subsequent…
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