Pennons

Unlike the STANDARD and the GUIDON, which the Lord Lyon awards only to Clan Chiefs as a rule, anyone with a coat of arms can apply to have a PENNON which is a sort of miniature version of the other two, being about 1.2 metres wide.

Here are two pennons recently granted by the Lyon - you can have either a rounded end or a tapered end.

Painted by Maggie Spalding

Painted by Clare McCrory

A Tournament in "modern" times ....

Passing today through the planned village of Eaglesham, south of Glasgow, I caught sight of the arms of the Earl of Eglinton on the old Cross Keys Inn. Here is a snap, together with a picture of Archibald, 13th Earl of Eglinton, in full romantic fig for the famous tournament of 1839, an attempt let by the Earl of Eglinton at his castle in Ayrshire to recapture the spirit of mediaeval chivalry.

You can read all about it, and how the first attempt was rained off (sound familiar?) here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eglinton_Tournament_of_1839