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Rothesay|ˈrɒθseɪ|
Also 5 Roth(is)say, 6 Rothsey.
The name of an ancient castle in Scotland, used attrib. in Rothesay herald, one of the six Scottish heralds. Also ellipt.
1401–2Exch. Rolls Scot. (1880) III. 552 In partem pensionis.., videlicet Rothesay heraldo. 1488Sc. Acts Parl. (1814) II. 214/1 The lettrez brocht fra him be Rothissay herrald. 1507Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot. III. 371 Item, to Blewmantill, now callit Rothsey, for to pas in France. 1581Sc. Acts Parl. (1814) III. 286/1 His said office of Rothesay herauld. 1642Reg. Privy Council Scot. VII. 331 The other two [were charged] by John Spence, Rothesay Herald,..to render their houses. 1742A. Nisbet Syst. Heraldry II. iv. xvi. 171 Rothsay has his Name and Title from the Castle of Rothsay,..an antient Residence of our Scots Kings in the Isle of Bute. 1863[see Ross n.1]. |