"The Lord Lyon gave the after dinner lecture to Lodge Randolph No 1434 in Barrhead on the subject of “Three Centuries of the Usage of Masonic Symbols in Scottish Heraldry". Lodge Randolph is part of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Renfrewshire East which recorded arms in 1928."
reminds me of a point Snawdoun Herald recently made to me. It is customary to put the parent coat in the dexter of an impalement but in the flurry of masonic registrations in the late 1920s beginning wtih the Grand Lodge of Scotland in 1927, the parent coat is consistently in the sinister, perhaps simply replacing Scotland in the Grand Lodge's arms. This makes the various Lodge arms look very consistent with each other, if not with the usual practice.
From left to right:
Grand Lodge of Scotland:
Renfrewshire East
Rutherglen Grand Arch
Kilwinning
The Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Scotland:
Parted per pale Azure and Vert, in the dexter, on the sinister, on a chevron Or, between three towers proper a pair of compasses extended chevronwise Sable.
20/10/1927 (Vol 27 fol 62)
Provincial Grand Lodge of Renfrewshire East.
Parted per pale Azure and Vert, in the dexter a lymphad sails furled Argent, on a shield Or pendant from the yard a fess chequy of the third and first, a chief gyronny of eight Gold and Sable each charged with a trefoil slipped counterchanged; on the sinister, on a chevron Or, between three towers proper a pair of compasses extended chevronwise Sable.
18/1/1928 (Vol 27 fol 69)
The Lodge Rutherglen Royal Arch
Parted per pale Gules and Vert,in the dexter an open book proper charged with a square and compasses Sable, between two columns supporting an arch of six stones and keystone issuing from three steps Or, set on tessalated pavement Argent and of the Fourth, in dexter chief the sun in his splendour proper and in the sinister an increscent moon of the Sixth, on chief Azure seven stars four and three of the Sixth; and in the sinister, on a chevron Gold between three towers proper a pair of compasses extended chevronwise of the Fourth.
14/3/1928 (Vol 27 fol 76)
The Lodge Renfrew County Kilwinning
Parted per pale Azure and Vert, in the dexter a lymphad, sail furled Argent, on a shield Or pendant from the yard, a representation of Saint Winning pontifically vested, but without a mitre, holding in his dexter hand a pastoral staff and in his sinister a book all proper; and in the sinister, on a chevron Or, between three towers proper a pair of compasses extended chevronwise Sable.
20/2/1928 (Vol 27 fol 73)
