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| Angusshire |
The arms were granted on May 4, 1927.
The arms represent the four families that have held the Earldom
of Angus. The four quarters are for Gillibride, d'Umfraville,
Stuart of Bonkyll and Douglas. |
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| Forres, Morayshire |
Forres was made a Royal Burgh by King David I between 1130
and 1153, and came under first the Earls of Moray and then the
Douglas family between 1312 and 1455. |
See also:
Douglases of Moray |
| Galston, Ayrshire |
Galston became a Burgh in 1864.
The arms show on the dexter side the Keith family arms to recall
Sir William Keith of Galston who brought back to Scotland the
heart of King Robert I after
Sir James
Douglas, who was taking it to the Holy Land,
had been killed fighting the Moors in Spain.
The mailed hand with the heart were specially included to
commemorate this famous deed and also to make a canting
reference to the neighbouring family of Lockhart of Barr, one of
whom, John Lockhart, was well known for his support of John Knox
and the Reformers. A Lockhart also accompanied Douglas to Spain. |
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| Hawick, Roxburghshire |
The Town Charter of 1537, signed and sealed by
Sir James Douglas,
the seventh Baron of Hawick (c1498-1578) is the oldest document in
Hawick. It is stored in the controlled environment of the Heritage
Hub vaults. The fragile document states that this is a
re-affirmation of the earlier Charter, probably given by Sir William
Douglas, Sir James' father, which has been lost in times past
"through hostile invasions of Englishmen and robbers". This Charter
was confirmed in 1545 by the two year old Mary Queen of Scots
(1542-87) and this document is also carefully preserved with the
town's precious papers.
The arms reflect the device on the Burgh seal in use in 1892.
The altar and the Bible stand for the parish church, dedicated
in 1214, and the Douglas crowned heart is for Sir James Douglas
of Drumlanrig. |
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| Lauder, Berwickshire |
Lauder is an ancient Burgh which may have been a Royal Burgh
in the reign of King Robert I (1306-1329) or else a Burgh of
Barony granted by the same King to his famous commander,
Sir James Douglas. |
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| Nithsdale |
Sir William Douglas
of Nithsdale (c. 1370 – 1391 AD), an illegitimate son of
Archibald the Grim, 3rd Earl of Douglas and an unknown
mother,was a Scottish knight and Northern Crusader.
Douglas certainly had gained his spurs by 1387 when he married
Egidia (or Gelis) Stewart, princess of Scotland, a daughter of
King Robert II. As part of her marriage portion went the lands
of Nithsdale in south-western Scotland, Herbertshire in the
county of Stirling and an annuity of £300. |
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| Stewarton, Ayrshire |
Stewarton became a Burgh in 1868. The lands of Stewarton
were granted in 1283 to James, 5th High Steward of Scotland.
After the Stewarts had succeeded to the throne, the lands were
granted in 1426 to James Douglas, Lord Balvenie, and later 7th
Earl of Douglas, and in 1467 to Thomas Boyd, Earl of Arran.
After a reversion to the Crown, they were conferred in 1545 on
Neil Montgomerie of Lainshaw, 3rd son of Hugh, 1st Earl of
Eglinton, and in 1672 they passed into the possession of Sir
Alexander Cunningham of Corsehill.
The silver star in the arms represents the Douglas family
connection with the burgh. |
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