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'''RENFREW BURGH COUNCIL''' | '''RENFREW BURGH COUNCIL''' | ||
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Incorporated into : 1975 [[Renfrew (District)|Renfrew District Council]] | Incorporated into : 1975 [[Renfrew (District)|Renfrew District Council]] | ||
[[File:renfrewb.jpg|center| | [[File:renfrewb.jpg|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
Gules, in the sea Proper, a ship with her sails trussed up and mast and tackling, the prow ensigned with the sun and the stern with the moon crescent all Argent, betwixt two escutcheons in the honour point Or, that on the dexter charged with a lion rampant with a double tressure [flowered and] counterflowered Gules, being the Royal coat, that on the sinister with a fess chequy Azure and Argent as the coat of Stewart, and betwixt also as many cross-crosslets fitched of the Second. <br> | Gules, in the sea Proper, a ship with her sails trussed up and mast and tackling, the prow ensigned with the sun and the stern with the moon crescent all Argent, betwixt two escutcheons in the honour point Or, that on the dexter charged with a lion rampant with a double tressure [flowered and] counterflowered Gules, being the Royal coat, that on the sinister with a fess chequy Azure and Argent as the coat of Stewart, and betwixt also as many cross-crosslets fitched of the Second. <br> | ||
The Motto "Deus Gubernat Navem". | The Motto "Deus Gubernat Navem". | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were granted on July 7, 1676, coronet added on November 24, 1932. | The arms were granted on July 7, 1676, coronet added on November 24, 1932. | ||
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The two cross-crosslets may refer to the Latin motto "God steers the ship". | The two cross-crosslets may refer to the Latin motto "God steers the ship". | ||
The arms are now used by the Community Council. | |||
{|align="center" | {|align="center" | ||
|align="center"|[[File:renfrewz1.jpg|center| | |align="center"|[[File:renfrewz2.jpg|center|Seal of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The 15th century seal (Ewe, 1972) | ||
|align="center"|[[File:renfrew.haguk.jpg|center| | |align="center"|[[File:renfrewz1.jpg|center|Seal of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The former Burgh seal | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:renfrew.haguk.jpg|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in the [[Coffee Hag albums]] +/- 1935 | |||
|align="center"|[[File:renfrewcc.jpg|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms of the Community Council | |||
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[[Literature]] : Urquhart, 1974; colour image from http://www.renfrewshire.gov.uk | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | ||
Urquhart, 1974; colour image from http://www.renfrewshire.gov.uk | |||
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities R]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities R]] | ||