approved, Bureaucrats, Interface administrators, Members who can see the literature depository, Administrators, uploader
3,726,078
edits
Prudential Assurance Co. Ltd.: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
m
Text replacement - "{{uk}}''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}} '''" to "''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}} '''"
Knorrepoes (talk | contribs) m (Text replacement - "|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]]" to "|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]") |
Knorrepoes (talk | contribs) m (Text replacement - "{{uk}}''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}} '''" to "''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}} '''") |
||
| (3 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}} ''' | ''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}} ''' | ||
| Line 17: | Line 15: | ||
The three golden Bars in the Arms refer to Holborn Bars which adjoins the Head Office and is in fact the Company's postal address. In the old days the term " beyond the Bars " meant Suburbia. The bars at Holborn and the Temple represent the extra mural limits of the City of London's old jurisdiction. Beyond them the rule and protection of the City ceased. Even that limit was a concession. Normally the law stopped at the Walls, in this case at Newgate, and any buildings west were beyond the pale, and were mainly occupied by Non-Freemen. | The three golden Bars in the Arms refer to Holborn Bars which adjoins the Head Office and is in fact the Company's postal address. In the old days the term " beyond the Bars " meant Suburbia. The bars at Holborn and the Temple represent the extra mural limits of the City of London's old jurisdiction. Beyond them the rule and protection of the City ceased. Even that limit was a concession. Normally the law stopped at the Walls, in this case at Newgate, and any buildings west were beyond the pale, and were mainly occupied by Non-Freemen. | ||
The martlets or heraldic swallows are taken from the | The martlets or heraldic swallows are taken from the arms of the ancient Furnival family whose town house was on this site, and known as Furnival's Inn. | ||
The crest is the figure of Prudence, an obvious reference to both the Company's name and the principles for which it stands. The first Chairman of the Company, George Harrison, used this figure in his design of the first seal. He took the figure from the window painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds in New College, Oxford. It has been used as the Company's seal ever since. | The crest is the figure of Prudence, an obvious reference to both the Company's name and the principles for which it stands. The first Chairman of the Company, George Harrison, used this figure in his design of the first seal. He took the figure from the window painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds in New College, Oxford. It has been used as the Company's seal ever since. | ||
| Line 31: | Line 29: | ||
{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Literature]] : Main image from Lyon Court Twitter; Lawson, 1954 | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | ||
Main image from Lyon Court Twitter; Lawson, 1954 | |||
[[Category:Corporate heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | [[Category:Corporate heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | ||