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Lindesay, Lyndesay. [The family name of the Earls of Crawford.] The title of a herald attached to the household of the Earl of Crawford. —1464 Exch. R. VII. 295.
Et per solucionem factam Lyndesay herraldo, ex gracia domini regis … x li. Ib. 305.
Et Endure signifero, nunc Lindesay heraldo nuncupato 1493 Antiq. Aberd. & B. III. 464.
Patricio Leslie, Lindesay Herrold