Grant of Arms
Grant of Arms

Members' Roll of Arms:
Cram-Sinclair, Nicholas Spencer Fitzroy

Arms
Quarterly,1st, Azure, a lymphad at anchor Or flagged Gules, sails furled Argent oars erect Sable, within a double tressure flory counterflory of the 2nd {Earldom of Orkney}; 2nd, Argent, on a cross engrailed Sable, a human heart Gules, in dexter chief,a crescent Gules {Sinclair of Houss}; 3rd, Argent, 3 piles conjoined in point sable, in the middle chief a martlet Or {Laing of Damsay, cadet of Pa(b/p)dale & Strenzie/Strynzi(a/e)}; 4th, Azure, a 3-masted ship Or flagged Gules under sail Argent {Earldom of Caithness}; Overall at fess point, an inescutcheon Gules, charged with 3 fleurs-de-lis (2 & 1) Argent {von Cramm of Oelber and Volkesheim}
Crest
On a human heart Gules,a sparrowhawk proper between a pair of wings Or.
Motto
Above Crest: ‘Fortiter Et Sincere’ Below Shield: ‘Med Logum Skal Land Byggja’ (by law shall the land be built)
Authority

Registro Internacionale de Armas Gentilicias (Reg. No. 792 – 14th Oct. 2015, updated 15th Sept. 2021)
Registro Araldico Italiano (Reg. No. 573 – 13th Dec. 2019, updated 12th August 2021)
Society of American Armigers (Reg. No. AA0102 – 31st July 2021)
In lieu to trad. arms recorded with South African Bureau of Heraldry (Cert. Nos. 3437/3438/3439 – 30th July 2004)
United States Heraldic Registry (Reg. No. 20060215K – 15th Feb.2006)
International Register of Arms (Reg. No. 26 – 26th Feb. 2006, Vol.1)
Heraldische Gemeinschaft Westfalen (Reg. No. DEV200006, May 2006)

Notes

Supporters: Dexter: A griffin Gules, wings elevated, armed, beaked and winged Or; Sinister: A raven Sable proper
Badge: A raven displayed and volant Sable
Standard: 4 yards in length with rounded unsplit end having the Arms of Sinclair (viz:- Argent, a cross engrailed Sable) in the hoist and of 4 tracts, bendy-wavy Argent and Gules, with the aforesaid badge depicted and displayed 3 times, along with the cri-de-guerre, ‘HRAFNS-MERKI(L)’ in letters Sable upon 2 transverse bands Or.
Birthbrief of Hew/Hugh Sinclair, Baron of Brugh in Shetland (c.1671-1714), registered by Joseph Stacey, Ross Herald (1668-86), and held within the Lyon Court archives.
Artist: Franz Duro