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==District Council== | ==District Council== | ||
Additions : 1974 Chailey RDC, Lewes (Borough), Newhaven UDC, [[Seaford]] UDC | Additions: 1974 Chailey RDC, Lewes (Borough), [[Newhaven]] UDC, [[Seaford]] UDC | ||
[[File:lewesd.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:lewesd.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
'''Arms''' : Gules a Sealion rampant Or a Bordure compony Azure and Or.<br> | '''Arms''': Gules a Sealion rampant Or a Bordure compony Azure and Or.<br> | ||
'''Crest''' : On a Wreath of the Colours a demi Eagle displayed Sable armed and langed Gules crowned with a Saxon Crown and gorged with a Collar pendent therefrom an Anchor Or.<br> | '''Crest''': On a Wreath of the Colours a demi Eagle displayed Sable armed and langed Gules crowned with a Saxon Crown and gorged with a Collar pendent therefrom an Anchor Or.<br> | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The arms were officially granted in 1975. | The arms were officially granted in 1975. | ||
The bordure is based on the old Lewes Borough arms, see below. In | The bordure is based on the old Lewes Borough arms, see below. In the new arms, the gold and blue compony bordure reminds us of the checks, while the lion has become a sea lion. The sea lion reflects the maritime and coastal nature of the larger district. | ||
the new arms, the gold and blue compony bordure reminds us of the checks, | |||
while the lion has become a sea lion. The sea lion reflects the maritime and | |||
coastal nature of the larger district. | |||
The crest has a black eagle from Seaford's arms and originally used by the | The crest has a black eagle from Seaford's arms and originally used by the Aquila family. The golden anchor is taken from the device of Newhaven. the Saxon crown is to denote that the district lies in the ancient Kingdom of the South Saxons and is also found in the East Sussex County Council arms. | ||
Aquila family. The golden anchor is taken from the device of Newhaven. the | |||
Saxon crown is to denote that the district lies in the ancient Kingdom of | |||
the South Saxons and is also found in the East Sussex County Council arms. | |||
==Borough Council== | ==Borough Council== | ||
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The Lewes coat of arms is thought to have been designed by the Prior of Lewes about the year 1398, when Thomas Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk, confirmed to the Priory the foundation charter of William de Warrenne. The basis for this supposition is the fact that the Mowbray arms consist of a silver lion rampant on red; and it is suggested that the prior added the small crosses as a reference to his having obtained this re-grant to the priory. As, however, the quarter consists of the actual coat of Lord de la Warr, who had some connection with Lewes, it is more likely that the lion and crosslets refer to him. In the new grant is is described as the Fitzalan arms. | The Lewes coat of arms is thought to have been designed by the Prior of Lewes about the year 1398, when Thomas Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk, confirmed to the Priory the foundation charter of William de Warrenne. The basis for this supposition is the fact that the Mowbray arms consist of a silver lion rampant on red; and it is suggested that the prior added the small crosses as a reference to his having obtained this re-grant to the priory. As, however, the quarter consists of the actual coat of Lord de la Warr, who had some connection with Lewes, it is more likely that the lion and crosslets refer to him. In the new grant is is described as the Fitzalan arms. | ||
===Image gallery=== | |||
| | <gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | ||
File:lewes1845.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Lewes|The arms in 1845 | |||
File:lewes3.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Lewes|The arms in 1894 | |||
File:lewes.jj.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Lewes|The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905 | |||
File:lewes.w2.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Lewes|The arms on a [[Wills's - Borough arms II|Wills's]] cigarette card, 1906 | |||
File:lewes.haguk.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Lewes|The arms in the [[Coffee Hag albums]] +/- 1935 | |||
</gallery> | |||
{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Literature]] : Information provided by Lewes District Council; Briggs, 1971 | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | ||
Information provided by Lewes District Council; Briggs, 1971 | |||
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities L]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities L]] | ||