AYR, The Town of.

AYR, The Town of. The entry in Lyon Register is as follows : — " The Royall Burgh of Aire bears Gules a castle triple-towered argent betwixt a holy lamb, cross, staff, and banner of St Andrew on the dexter, and on the sinister the head of John the Baptist in a charger proper, in the base the sea azur." 5th September 1673.

The arms as usually used are the same as shown in the illustration, and this form appears upon the seal at present in use, but upon another seal the lamb is placed in the centre chief point above the middle tower, and a St John the Baptist's head in a charger is placed on both sides of the castle. The blazon by a distorted reading could be made to describe such a representation of the

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