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* 1974 [[Mid Suffolk]] | |||
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* Town council | |||
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| '''Arms''' : Or three Crowns Gules on a Chief Azure a Mitre Argent garnished Or.<br> | |||
'''Arms''' : Or three Crowns Gules on a Chief Azure a Mitre Argent garnished Or.<br> | |||
'''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''': 'SIT ANIMA MEA CUM CHRISTO' - May my Soul be with Christ. | '''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''': 'SIT ANIMA MEA CUM CHRISTO' - May my Soul be with Christ. | ||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The arms were officially granted in 1970 and transferred to the town council in 1975. | The arms were officially granted in 1970 to the Stowmarket Urban Disctrict and transferred to the town council in 1975. | ||
The three red crowns on gold are derived from the arms of the Abbot of St. Osyth in Essex. The significance of this is that the Town and Manor of Stowmarket, with the royalties and the church living, were held by the Augustine Abbey of St. Osyth from 1348 until the dissolution of the monasteries in 1536. St. Osyth or Ositha, daughter of King Frithwald and married to Sighere, King of the East Saxons. It is said that she lived as a religious person and was beheaded by the Danes in 653 AD, in one of their bloody ravages, because she would not worship their idols, and the Priory was built in her honour. It is also claimed that the Monastery adopted the arms of St. Osyth to honour her memory – three bloody crowns which spoke of the painful death of the pious virgin Queen and the gold shield of rich inheritance in heaven. | The three red crowns on gold are derived from the arms of the Abbot of St. Osyth in Essex. The significance of this is that the Town and Manor of Stowmarket, with the royalties and the church living, were held by the Augustine Abbey of St. Osyth from 1348 until the dissolution of the monasteries in 1536. St. Osyth or Ositha, daughter of King Frithwald and married to Sighere, King of the East Saxons. It is said that she lived as a religious person and was beheaded by the Danes in 653 AD, in one of their bloody ravages, because she would not worship their idols, and the Priory was built in her honour. It is also claimed that the Monastery adopted the arms of St. Osyth to honour her memory – three bloody crowns which spoke of the painful death of the pious virgin Queen and the gold shield of rich inheritance in heaven. | ||
[[Literature]] : Image and information from [http://www.civicheraldry.co.uk here] | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: Image and information from [http://www.civicheraldry.co.uk here] | ||
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[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities S]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities S]] | ||
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[[Category:Granted 1970]] | [[Category:Granted 1970]] | ||
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| English | Arms : Or three Crowns Gules on a Chief Azure a Mitre Argent garnished Or. Motto: 'SIT ANIMA MEA CUM CHRISTO' - May my Soul be with Christ. |
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted in 1970 to the Stowmarket Urban Disctrict and transferred to the town council in 1975.
The three red crowns on gold are derived from the arms of the Abbot of St. Osyth in Essex. The significance of this is that the Town and Manor of Stowmarket, with the royalties and the church living, were held by the Augustine Abbey of St. Osyth from 1348 until the dissolution of the monasteries in 1536. St. Osyth or Ositha, daughter of King Frithwald and married to Sighere, King of the East Saxons. It is said that she lived as a religious person and was beheaded by the Danes in 653 AD, in one of their bloody ravages, because she would not worship their idols, and the Priory was built in her honour. It is also claimed that the Monastery adopted the arms of St. Osyth to honour her memory – three bloody crowns which spoke of the painful death of the pious virgin Queen and the gold shield of rich inheritance in heaven.
Literature: Image and information from here
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