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Curiously, of the equal parts of the United Kingdom, it's much easier to find information on the Southern part, than on the Northern part. The following summarizes information from elsewhere on FOTW
Assuming the son of Malcolm IV, William the Lion, was the first to use the Lion rampant as the Royal arms, then Malcolm must still have been using the
previous standard, the Dragon standard.
Peter Hans van der Muijzenberg, 23 April 2002
William the Lion is generally credited with adopting the Lion rampant arms. The lion is apparently
referred to as the "Lion of Bravery" or
"Lion of Justice", without further explanation of these titles. Explanations for the arms themselves exist; apparently all
focusing on the lion, where the unusual aspect of the arms is the amount of detail introduced by the double tressure
flory-counter-flory.
Peter Hans van der Muijzenberg, 23 April 2002
Alexander II is the first Scottish king known to use the Lion rampant arms, as a seal, in 1222.
We do mention that the lion rampant often occurs in the arms of the Scottish nobility, but not whether this includes the specific
tressure, nor whether this can be through relations with the crown.
Peter Hans van der Muijzenberg, 23 April 2002
The Arms of Scotland: or, a lion rampant gules armed and langued azure surrounded by a double tressure flory-counter-flory gules. Whether this was
used as a Royal standard at the time is not clear.
Peter Hans van der Muijzenberg, 23 April 2002
Continuing to: Royal Standards after the Union of the Crowns