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[[File:lydd.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:lydd.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
Azure on Water in base proper to the dexter a representation of a Church with Tower and Spire thereon a forked Pennon flying to the dexter Argent and to the sinister an Ancient Ship with one mast sail furled passing behind the Church on the stern a Man blowing a Horn all Or a Canton also Argent charged with a Cross between four Lions rampant Gules. | Azure on Water in base proper to the dexter a representation of a Church with Tower and Spire thereon a forked Pennon flying to the dexter Argent and to the sinister an Ancient Ship with one mast sail furled passing behind the Church on the stern a Man blowing a Horn all Or a Canton also Argent charged with a Cross between four Lions rampant Gules. | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were recorded at the Visitations of 1574 and 1619. | The arms were recorded at the Visitations of 1574 and 1619. | ||
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What is a canton in the arms is, in the seal, a shield hanging from a hook. The lions were probably derived from the Royal Arms, another suggestion is that the shield was originally meant to show the arms of Hainault in honour of Queen Philippa. Edward III married Philippa of Hainault in 1327. | What is a canton in the arms is, in the seal, a shield hanging from a hook. The lions were probably derived from the Royal Arms, another suggestion is that the shield was originally meant to show the arms of Hainault in honour of Queen Philippa. Edward III married Philippa of Hainault in 1327. | ||
The Borough arms are now used by the successor Town Council. | |||
===Image gallery=== | |||
<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | |||
File:lyddz1.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Lydd|The seal of Lydd, from the 1st half of the 14th century (Ewe, 1972) | |||
File:Lydd1845.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Lydd|The seal in 1845 | |||
</gallery> | |||
{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Literature]] : Information from http://www.civicheraldry.co.uk/ | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | ||
Information from http://www.civicheraldry.co.uk/ | |||
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities L]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities L]] | ||
[[Category:England]] | [[Category:England]] | ||