Arms of the Earl of Kintore
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Arms of the Earl of Kintore
Image: © Bill Harrison Taken: 6 May 2012
Attached to Kintore Town Hall: quarterly, 1st and 4th, gules a sceptre and sword in saltire, with an imperial crown in chief, within an orle of eight thistles or, as a coat of augmentation; 2nd and 3rd, argent on a chief gules three pallets or, for Keith. The motto "Quae amissa salva" = "What has been lost has been found" refers to the hiding from Cromwell's troops of the Honours of Scotland (Crown Jewels) by John Keith (Earl of Kintore). The arms were granted in 1677. See: http://www.nls.uk/collections/rarebooks/acquisitions/singlebook.cfm/idfind/483 and http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/Kintore1677.htm and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honours_of_Scotland
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