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The arms were officially granted in 1988. | The arms were officially granted in 1988. | ||
The company was founded in the 1560s by William Umfreville. The | The company was founded in the 1560s by William Umfreville. The arms of the Umfreville family were originally a single cinquefoil in gold on a red field surrounded by crosses patonce. These have been transposed into the new arms by the inclusion of a large cross patonce with a single cinquefoil on a red field in the first and fourth quarters. | ||
The arms of the Pickering family were a lion rampant on an ermine field. As a deviation from that, but picking up the colours of the Umfreville arms, the second and third quarters bear a gold lion rampant on an Azure field. | The arms of the Pickering family were a lion rampant on an ermine field. As a deviation from that, but picking up the colours of the Umfreville arms, the second and third quarters bear a gold lion rampant on an Azure field. |
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