Image: Arms of James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell
Description: Arms of James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots. “ Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Or (should be argent, see below), a bend Gules (Vaus); 2nd and 3rd, Gules, on a chevron Argent a rose between two lions combatant of the first (Hepburn); over all an inescutcheon, Or, a lion rampant with a double tressure flory, counterflory Gules (Scotland). ” PINCHES, J.H & R.V., The Royal Heraldry of England, 1974, Heraldry Today.Note: Arms of Vaus, Vass, Vauss, de Vaux, Latinised to de Vallibus, lairds of Dirletoun: Argent, a bend gules, per: Nisbet, Alexander, A System of Heraldry Speculative and Practical : with the True Art of Blazon ..., p.93[1] and: Vans Agnew, Sketch of a genealogical and historical account of the family of Vaux, Vans ..., p.23[2] The English family of de Vaux, Baron of Gillesland in Cumberland, bore arms: Argent, a bend checqy or and gules (Vans Agnew, p.23)
Title: Arms of James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell
Credit: Own work; Based on: [3], Without the inescutcheon of Scotland: [4] Arms of Patrick Hepburn, 1st Earl of Bothwell
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