ORKNEY.

ORKNEY. Has not matriculated armorial bearings in Lyon Register, but for some reason an unauthoritative record exists in the College of Arms. Those in use, which appear to be generally accepted, are those of the old Earldom of Orkney, which as such appear upon the escutcheon of the Earl of Caithness. They are, azure, a ship at anchor, oars in saltire, and sail furled, within a double tressure flory and counterflory or.

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