MONTROSE (Forfarshire).

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MONTROSE (Forfarshire). The entry in Lyon Register is as follows :—" The Royal Burgh of Montrose gives for Ensignes A i-mortall— Argent a rose gules. The shield adorned with helmet, mantling, and wreath suteable thereto. And for a Crest — A hand issuing from a cloud and reaching down a garland of roses proper, supported by two mermaids aryseing from the sea proper. The Motto — Mare ditat Rosa decorat. And for a revers, Gules, St Peter on the cross proper, with the keys hanging at his girdle or. Which Arms, &c., Ext. December i6, 1694."

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