Category:Sinclair arms

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Basic arms & blazon

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  • Arms of Sinclair/St Claire of w:Roslin Castle, Midlothian, Scotland (14th century): Argent, a cross engrailed sable
    Arms of Sinclair/St Claire of w:Roslin Castle, Midlothian, Scotland (14th century): Argent, a cross engrailed sable
  • Quartered arms of Sinclair, Earls of Caithness, feudal Earls of Orkney: quarterly of 4: 1: Feudal Earldom of Orkney; 2&3: "Sparr-Nithsdale"; 4: Feudal Earldom of Caithness; overall dividing the quarters a cross engrailed quarterly argent and sable (Sinclair)
    Quartered arms of Sinclair, Earls of Caithness, feudal Earls of Orkney: quarterly of 4: 1: Feudal Earldom of Orkney; 2&3: "Sparr-Nithsdale"; 4: Feudal Earldom of Caithness; overall dividing the quarters a cross engrailed quarterly argent and sable (Sinclair)

The quarterings were acquired in the 14th century when Sir William Sinclair of Rosslyn married Elisabeth/Isabel Sperra/Spar/Strathearn ("sometimes called Sperra" (Dict of Nat Biog, re Henry Sinclair[1]), a daughter of Malise V, Earl of Strathearn and Caithness, Jarl of Orkney (died c.1357) (Maol Íosa/"Malicias Spar") the last of the native Gaelic Earls of Strathearn (Burke, Sir Bernard, The General Armory, London, 1884, p.928). Their only son w:Henry I Sinclair, Earl of Orkney was made Jarl of Orkney in 1379 by King Hakon VI of Norway

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