Sir Iain Moncreiffe of that Ilk was a British officer of arms and genealogist who believed in the authenticity of the “Westford Knight”, identifying the “carving” as being that of Sir James Gunn (born 1360). He wrote: “Henry Sinclair was related to the Gunns... so the discovery at Westford of what is apparently an effigy of a fourteenth century knight in bascinet, mail, and surcoat, with a heater-shaped shield bearing devices of a Norse-Scottish character as might have been expected of a knight in Jarl Henry Sinclair's entourage.”
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