Renfrew
was created a Royal Burgh in the fourteenth century, the honour confirmed by King
Robert III in a Royal Charter of 1397. In
1676 the Lord Lyon King of Arms granted the Coat of Arms.
The
Burgh of Renfrew was granted in the Twelfth Century to Walter Fitzalan, High Steward of Scotland, whose
family name later changed to Stewart and whose descendants became
the Kings and Queens of Scotland.
The
latin motto is "Deus Gubernat Navem" - "God steers
the ship"
