I have commented on the apparent lack of any fail-safe checking mechanism between the Court of the Lord Lyon and The College of Arms before (
arms of Massey of Dunham) and today I stumbled upon yet another example where the ancient arms of a Cheshire gentleman have been granted to someone (or in this case an institution) quite unconnected with the ancient arms. I do appreciate of course that heraldically the Scottish jurisdiction is quite separate to the English jurisdiction but, as I said last time, I do remember the English heralds being careful, when my own arms were being devised, to ensure that I was not about to tread on the toes of anyone in Scotland; today's find has reinforced my opinion that the courtesy checking is not reciprocated!
I was browsing my 1997 copy of Double Tressure, the journal of The Heraldry Society of Scotland, and found a facsimile image of the grant of arms to the Catholic Diocese of Aberdeen (granted 1990).
![Catholic Diocese of Aberdeen](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vwz6nxfzhWoxrXDBozNXuDWN12WmiyLap3l0HaeQKAoDLh8rptiLi3HazoxOGwL9jrfIrEwq_Gp37ifUinPfo3pWOpmKllIlxSkJUVuInbZxGJ8youPzn5kgNjDT32K8ip2WoyFkKdIjAaWM0zF4ujRFPr=s0-d)
Compare the shield with the arms of Trowtbeck (Troutbeck).
![Troutbeck Arms](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_uAmtpNvu6K8IdEOlK5PnMqm-0xoAhkN4szZ3gljaYqWjUDQXZjRhJmzi1siqrlIBG5j8bxqRpD5-GYbBOj9I4kXtux3bTUVRG8ygfGO_eF2TT_gAfZkXQDH5iBCrPJKxoD6S52SU_pr6aDxvk2M-dqmg=s0-d)
Now admittedly one shield contains Trouts Argent and the other shield contains Salmon Argent (same family) but you try telling the difference at a distance!
Heraldically it may be two separate jurisdictions but both (so far) remain firmly in the United Kingdom.
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