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''' STAFFORD''' | ''' STAFFORD''' | ||
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Additions : 1974 Stafford RDC, Stone UDC, Stone RDC | Additions : 1974 Stafford RDC, Stone UDC, Stone RDC | ||
[[File:staffor.jpg|center]] | [[File:staffor.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
'''Arms''' : Or four Chevronels interlaced Gules on a Chief wavy Vert below a Stafford Knot of the first a Barrulet wavy Argent.<br> | '''Arms''' : Or four Chevronels interlaced Gules on a Chief wavy Vert below a Stafford Knot of the first a Barrulet wavy Argent.<br> | ||
'''Crest''' : Out of a Palisdado Crown Or a demi figure representing St. Bertelin supporting with the dexter hand a Staff all proper.<br> | '''Crest''' : Out of a Palisdado Crown Or a demi figure representing St. Bertelin supporting with the dexter hand a Staff all proper.<br> | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were officially granted on ?? | The arms were officially granted on ?? | ||
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==Previous arms== | ==Previous arms== | ||
[[File:staffor2.jpg|center]] | [[File:staffor2.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
Gules a quadrangular Castle in perspective the four towers domed Argent and each surmounted by a Pennon Or between in chief two Stafford Knots and in base a Lion passant guardant of the last.<br> | Gules a quadrangular Castle in perspective the four towers domed Argent and each surmounted by a Pennon Or between in chief two Stafford Knots and in base a Lion passant guardant of the last.<br> | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
These arms were recorded at the Visitation of 1614, certified circa 1953. | These arms were recorded at the Visitation of 1614, certified circa 1953. | ||
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The townsmen of Stafford were leigemen of the Stafford family, and as such also used this badge. As the days of feudalism passed and individual and civic liberties grew, it was gradually adopted by the Citizens, Freemen and Burgesses until ultimately it was included in the borough coat of arms. | The townsmen of Stafford were leigemen of the Stafford family, and as such also used this badge. As the days of feudalism passed and individual and civic liberties grew, it was gradually adopted by the Citizens, Freemen and Burgesses until ultimately it was included in the borough coat of arms. | ||
===Image gallery=== | |||
| | <gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | ||
File:Stafford3.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Stafford|The arms in 1895 | |||
File:stafford.jj.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Stafford|The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905 | |||
File:stafford.w2.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Stafford|The arms on a [[Wills's - Borough arms II|Wills's]] cigarette card, 1906 | |||
File:stafford.haguk.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Stafford|The arms in the [[Coffee Hag albums]] +/- 1935 | |||
</gallery> | |||
[[Literature]] : Image and information provided by the Stafford council : www.staffordbc.gov.uk | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | ||
Image and information provided by the Stafford council : www.staffordbc.gov.uk | |||
{{media}} | |||
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities S]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities S]] | ||
[[Category:England]] | [[Category:England]] | ||