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The arms were officially granted on August 12, 1949. | The arms were officially granted on August 12, 1949. | ||
These arms have been in continuous use since the constitution of the Diocese in 1926. They were not, however, granted until 1949. | |||
The cinquefoil is taken as representing the Norman family of Beaumont who held the Earldom of Leicester from 1107 until the death of Robert FitzPernell, the fourth Earl, in 1206. This was the device of Earl Robert and was probably intended for a pimpernel in allusion to his surname. Subsequently it has been taken to stand for the line of the Beaumont Earls of Leicester and as such appears in the arms of the City of [[Leicester]]. In this case it is intended to indicate the county of [[Leicestershire]] with which (except at four points) the Diocese is co-terminous. | |||
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