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Armorial Bearings.
—In the Court Manual of Dignity and Precedence it is stated, that in the year 1798, when the subject of armorial bearings was before Parliament, 9458 families in England, and 4000 in Scotland, were proved entitled to arms. Are any of the relative parliamentary papers still in existence, and where are they to be found? I have been unable to discover them in Hansard.
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Scologlandis and Scologi.
—In the Collections of the Shires of Aberdeen and Banff, published by the Spalding Club, and under the heading "Ellon," p. 310., there is given an
"Inquisicio facta super terris Ecclesie de Ellon.
A.D. 1387,"
in which occur several times the two words Scologlandis and Scologi. Neither of these words are found in Ducange; the nearest approach to either being Scolanda, which is considered to be equivalent to Scrut landa, namely, lands the revenue of which is to be applied to the providing of church vestments. I should be much obliged by any of your correspondents favouring me with their opinion as to the meaning of Scologlandis and Scologi, which are used in the "Inquisicio" as follows:
"... Qui jurati deposuerunt quod terre Ecclesiastice de Ellon que dicuntur le Scologlandis....