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* United Kingdom [[File:unitedkingdom-flag.gif|60 px|right]] | |||
** England<br><br> | |||
'''Additions''':<br> | |||
* 1974 Aireborough UDC | |||
* 1974 Garforth UDC | |||
* 1974 Horsforth UDC | |||
* 1974 [[Morley]] (Borough) | |||
* 1974 [[Otley]] UDC | |||
* 1974 [[Pudsey]] (Borough) | |||
* 1974 Rothwell UDC | |||
* 1974 [[Tadcaster]] RDC (partly) | |||
* 1974 [[Wetherby]] RDC (partly) | |||
* 1974 Wharfedale RDC (partly) | |||
'''Status''':<br> | |||
* Metropolitan borough | |||
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'''Arms''' : Azure a Fleece Or on a Chief Sable three Mullets Argent.<br> | '''Arms''' : Azure a Fleece Or on a Chief Sable three Mullets Argent.<br> | ||
'''Crest''' : On a Wreath of the Colours an Owl proper.<br> | '''Crest''' : On a Wreath of the Colours an Owl proper.<br> | ||
'''Supporters''' : On either side an Owl proper ducally crowned Or.<br> | '''Supporters''' : On either side an Owl proper ducally crowned Or.<br> | ||
'''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''': 'PRO REGE ET LEGE' - For king and law | '''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''': 'PRO REGE ET LEGE' - For king and law | ||
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The motto "pro rege et lege" translates into English as "for king and law". | The motto "pro rege et lege" translates into English as "for king and law". | ||
===Image gallery=== | |||
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File:leeds.jj.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Leeds|The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905 | |||
File:leeds.wb1.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Leeds|The arms on a [[Wills's - Borough arms I|Wills's]] cigarette card, 1906 | |||
File:leeds.dex.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Leeds|The arms on a [[Dexter's - UK Borough arms|Dexters]] cigarette card, 1905 | |||
File:leeds.haguk.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Leeds|The arms in the [[Coffee Hag albums]] +/- 1935 | |||
File:leeds.mit.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Leeds|The arms on a [[Mitchell Town Seals|Mitchell's]] cigarette card, 1911 | |||
File:leedsb.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Leeds|The arms on a bookplate | |||
| | File:Leeds3.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Leeds|The arms on a former police station | ||
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[[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: Information provided by href=www.leeds.gov.uk | |||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities L]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities L]] | ||
[[Category:England]] | [[Category:England]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1921]] | [[Category:Granted 1921]] | ||
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Arms : Azure a Fleece Or on a Chief Sable three Mullets Argent. |
Origin/meaning
Recorded at the Visitaion of 1666. Crest and supporters granted on November 7, 1921, but used before.
When the Royal Charter was granted to the town in 1626 the new Corporation adopted an achievement of arms:- Azure, a fleece or, on a shield supported by two owls argent ducally crowned, and the first seal was engraved accordingly. The fleece was symbolic of the town's staple trade and the supporters were a compliment to the first Alderman, Sir John Savile, whose arms contained three owls argent.
A new Corporate seal was struck in 1662 after the granting of the second Charter, which gave Leeds its first Mayor. The first holder of the office was Thomas Danby, and in his honour a chief sable bearing three mullets argent (part of the Danby arms) was incorporated in the arms on the new seal.
The arms continued to be used in that form, sometimes without supporters, until 1836 when, after the reconstitution of the Corporation under the Municipal Corporations Act of 1835, the full insignia of shield, crest, supporters and motto came into regular use.
In 1921 the College of Arms, on the representations of the Corporation, confirmed and assigned the Crest and Supporters but changed them from owls argent to owls proper.
The motto "pro rege et lege" translates into English as "for king and law".
Image gallery
The arms as used on a JaJa postcard +/- 1905
The arms on a Wills's cigarette card, 1906
The arms on a Dexters cigarette card, 1905
The arms in the Coffee Hag albums +/- 1935
The arms on a Mitchell's cigarette card, 1911
The arms on a bookplate
The arms on a former police station
Literature: Information provided by href=www.leeds.gov.uk
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