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Per pale dexter side Gules three Lions passant guardant in pale Or and the sinister side chequy Or and Azure. | Per pale dexter side Gules three Lions passant guardant in pale Or and the sinister side chequy Or and Azure. | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were officially recorded at the Visitation of 1634 for the former Borough of Stamford. | The arms were officially recorded at the Visitation of 1634 for the former Borough of Stamford. The arms were described in 1634 "England, impaling Warrenne". | ||
The blue and gold chequers are those of the Earls Warenne, who held the Manor in the 13<sup>th</sup> century. The three gold lions on red, like the English Royal arms, were probably used as a token that Stamford was a royal borough. | The blue and gold chequers are those of the Earls Warenne, who held the Manor in the 13<sup>th</sup> century. The three gold lions on red, like the English Royal arms, were probably used as a token that Stamford was a royal borough. | ||
Tradition says that the town's fifteenth-century seal bears the arms of England (together with those of the Earls of Surrey, former lords of the town) as a reward for good services rendered by the men of Stamford at the Battle of Loosecoat Field (1469), but there is no supporting evidence for this. | |||
{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Literature]] : Image and information from [http://www.civicheraldry.co.uk here] | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | ||
Image and information from [http://www.civicheraldry.co.uk here] | |||
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities S]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities S]] | ||
[[Category:England]] | [[Category:England]] | ||