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 [[File:Newportwight.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]
-====Official blazon====
+===Official blazon===
 Azure, on water barry wavy in base proper, an ancient ship Or, the sail argent, at the tip of the bowsprit an at right angles thereto a cross formy fitchy of the last.
-====Origin/meaning====
+===Origin/meaning===
 The arms were not officially granted, but recorded at the visitation of 1622.
-I have no image or information on the origin or meaning of these arms. Any image or information is welcome !
+The arms are based on the medieval seal of the town, see below.
 {|align="center"
-|align="center"|[[File:newport-wight.jj.jpg|350 px|center|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905
+|align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}z1.jpg|center|Seal of {{PAGENAME}}]]  <br/>The 15th century seal (Ewe, 1972)
-|align="center"|[[File:newport.haguk.jpg|center|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]]  <br/>The arms in the [[Coffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925
+|-
+|align="center"|[[File:newport-wight.jj.jpg|350 px|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905
+|align="center"|[[File:newport.haguk.jpg|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]  <br/>The seal in the [[Coffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925
 |}
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-[[Literature]] : Biggs, 1971
+[[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]:
+Biggs, 1971
 [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities N]]
 [[Category:England]]