The Incorporation of Hammermen of Edinburgh recorded its ancient arms in 1983:
The Lord Lyon has matriculated the ancient arms of the Incorporation of Baxters of Edinburgh. The artist was Garry Millie. The arms have been used by the Incorporation "long anterior" to the 1672 act and like several other Edinburgh Trades the Baxters (i.e. bakers) wished to regulate the position.
Azure three garbs Or banded Gules and in chief two bars wavy Argent with a cloud above issuing therefrom a right arm Proper paleways the hand holding a balance and scales of the Fourth.
For comparison, here are the arms, matriculated in 1923, of the Incorporation of Bakers of Glasgow:
We mark World Bee Day with the splendid arms of the Incorporation of Candlemakers of Edinburgh where the beehive and bees appear on the compartment. The artist was Yvonne Holton.
The Lord Lyon spoke at the St Andrew's Society of Washington DC (of which he is an Honorary Member) Act of Remembrance at the "The Call" Memorial in Princes Street, Edinburgh . The memorial was given by America to Scotland to mark those who lost their lives in World War I.
The Court of the Lord Lyon joined in the First Tartan Day Event in Edinburgh marking the 900th Anniversary of the founding of the City of Edinburgh.
For World Book Day, another fine painting from the era, possibly even the hand, of Herald Painter Graham Johnston or his successor Law Samson. Many schools and universities use a book as a symbol of learning but it is less common in private arms.
The arms of Sir William McLintock 1st Baronet: Azure a book expanded Or leaved Gules over all a writing pen paleways Proper.
We mark Pancake Tuesday with the splendid arms of the Incorporation of Bakers and of Glasgow.
Gules a hand paleways proper holding a balance between three garbs Or on a chief barry of six Azure and Argent between two foul anchors Sable, the eye of Justice irradiated shining on clouds proper from which the hand descends.
Fish on Friday: the arms of Margaret Mary Torbet 1964: Bendy wavy of nine Azure and Or three turbot fish naiant Argent speckled finned and tailed Gules a bordure of the Third.
The rare privilege of supporters, which hold up the shield, is granted a little more generously in Scotland than in England at the discretion of the Lord Lyon.
The splendid 1828 arms of Pringle of Whytbank and Yair show a type of supporter the French would call tenants - i.e. human figures, in this case "pilgrims habited proper." The scallop shells of St James of Compostella give a clue as to the nature of the pilgrimage, the Pringles claiming to have accompanied Sir James Douglas there with the heart of Robert the Bruce.
The Lord Lyon as Patron of the Association of Genealogists and Researchers in Archives attended the AGM in the Augustine Church on the 7th February. Another successful year was marked.
Candlemas Day: here are the arms of the Incorporation of Candlemakers of Edinburgh.
On Holocaust Memorial Day, we remember Kurt Hahn, jailed in 1933 for daring to speak out against the Nazis and who came to Scotland to found Gordonstoun School. The School was granted arms in 1957.
