Admittedly my focus has been rather narrow, but from what I have learned about the surviving seals associated with the Ragman Roll, there may not be as many duplicate sightings of Crawfords as you suggest. It appears there were three distinct Crawford homagers named Reginald. The symbols on the three relevant seals were: (1) a fess Ermine; (2) a fess (probably Ermine) between three birds in the top portion and three fleurs-de-lis in the base; and (3) a lion rampant. McAndrew, Bruce A., “The sigillography of the Ragman Roll”, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Vol. 129 (1999) [hereafter “McAndrew”] at nos. 3042, 3087 & 3310. The Reginald using the unadulterated fess Ermine for his arms arguably was the most senior. The other Reginald using a fess with additional symbols was undeniably a different man, although probably closely related to the first. The use by the third Reginald of the lion rampant) is intriguing, but still suggests yet another man.
Likewise, the other Crawford homagers from the Ragman Roll also used a variety of symbols on their seals, including a few more who did not use the basic design of a fess Ermine in any fashion. There were at least two different Crawford nobles named John, one who used a single fleurs-de-lis and another, listed as a baron, whose personal seal depicted a hawk picking out the eyes of a hare. McAndrew nos. 1411 & 1322. There was also a William (McAndrew no. 3528 (a fess, probably Ermine, between three stars or mullets)) and possibly two Rogers – apparently those seals that correspond to the written entries for Roger de Crauford and Rogier de Crauford (IP at 142 & 148) did not survive for modern analysis.
Respectfully,
Ian Crawford
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