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Rawdon, Quebec
Registration of Arms
May 15, 2009
Vol. V, p. 443
Arms of Mark Edward SimontonBlazonVert a sword in bend point upwards proper hilted and pommelled Or between two mullets also Or, on a chief Argent a raven displayed proper; SymbolismThe sword and mullets are taken from previous grants to Symingtons in Lyon Court records. The raven repeats the crest figure. |
CrestBlazonA raven displayed proper; SymbolismThe raven, for Archdeacon Simonton, expresses the sentiment of the finiteness of life. This perception was inspired during a walk in a winter wood after a heavy fall of snow, when the deep silence was broken by the call of a solitary raven. |
MottoBlazonMEMENTO HOMO QUIA PULVIS ES; SymbolismThis Latin motto, meaning “Remember, man, that thou art dust,” is inspired by Genesis 3, verse 19 from the Vulgate, and expresses the sentiment of the finiteness of life. |
BackgroundCanada Gazette InformationThe announcement of the letters patent was made on December 12, 2009 in Volume 143, page 3681 of the Canada Gazette.  |
Additional InformationCreator(s)Original concept of Sir Malcolm Innes of Edingight, Lord Lyon King of Arms, and Mark Edward Simonton. PainterNot applicable CalligrapherNot applicable Recipient TypeIndividual Other InformationThe recipient’s emblems were originally recorded in the records of the Court of the Lord Lyon, Edinburgh, Scotland, 25 January 2001. |