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'''Country''' : | |||
* United Kingdom [[File:unitedkingdom-flag.gif|60 px|right]] | |||
** England<br><br> | |||
'''Incorporated into''':<br> | |||
* 1974 [[Shrewsbury and Atcham]] | |||
** 2009 [[Shropshire]] | |||
'''Status''':<br> | |||
* until 1974 Borough | |||
* since 2009 Town council | |||
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'''Arms''' : Azure three Lions' Faces Or.<br> | |||
'''Motto''': 'FLOREAT SALOPIA' - May Shrewsbury prosper | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were officially recorded in 1623. | |||
Shrewsbury is an ancient borough. Its earliest surviving charter, granted by King John in 1199, refers to an even earlier one of Henry I, and before the time of James I it had been granted 32 charters conveying many rights and privileges to the town. Its Coat of Arms cannot be dated with certainty, but they appear on the Town Seal of 1425 and were confirmed by the Heralds during their Visitation of Shropshire in 1623. The arms also appear on the Market Hall in the Square, which was built in 1595. | |||
The reason for the occurrence of leopards' heads on Shrewsbury's coat of arms is less readily explained. It has been suggested that they are really the three gold lions which have formed the English Royal Arms since the twelfth century. Possibly Shrewsbury was allowed to use the royal lions as their Arms by one of the medieval Kings, perhaps Edward I, who often made the town his headquarters during his conquest of Wales in the late thirteenth century and who substantially rebuilt the Castle. Certainly the three Royal leopards or lions formed the entire shield of Edward I, in whose time Shrewsbury, as a military centre of great importance, began to assume its medieval aspect of a semi-royal city. | |||
Alternatively, it may be that the loyal burgesses of Shrewsbury themselves decided to adopt the charge to demonstrate their fidelity to the King. | |||
The three leopards' faces been called locally as the three "loggerheads", a term which has puzzled many historians over time, as there is no logical linguistic explanation thereof. The term is still used widely and also used by a famous local pub. | |||
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The | ===Image gallery=== | ||
<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | |||
File:shrewsburyz1.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Shrewsbury|The town seal from 1425 | |||
File:shrewsbury3.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Shrewsbury|The a painting at Shrewsbury’s St Julian’s Church (1643)<br> ([https://bringbacktheloggerheads.co.uk/faqs/ source]) | |||
File:shrewsbury1.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Shrewsbury|The arms on the Old Market Hall ([http://www.waymarking.com/gallery/image.aspx?f=1&guid=d480421b-8c6f-4676-acff-9a0cb043d801 source]) | |||
File:shrewsbury2.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Shrewsbury|The Loggerheads Pub | |||
File:shrewsbury.jj.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Shrewsbury|The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905 | |||
File:shrewsbury4.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Shrewsbury|The arms in Quarry Park ([https://hiveminer.com/Tags/loggerheads%2Cshrewsbury source]) | |||
File:shrewsbury.dex.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Shrewsbury|The arms on a [[Dexter's - UK Borough arms|Dexter]] cigarette card, 1905 | |||
File:shrewsbury.w2.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Shrewsbury|The arms on a [[Wills's - Borough arms II|Wills's]] cigarette card, 1906 | |||
</gallery> | |||
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | |||
Image from http://www.cheshire-heraldry.org.uk; Hobbs, 1962 | |||
{{uk}} | |||
{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities S]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities S]] | ||
[[Category:England]] | [[Category:England]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1623]] | [[Category:Granted 1623]] | ||
Latest revision as of 13:57, 7 January 2024
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Arms : Azure three Lions' Faces Or. |
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially recorded in 1623.
Shrewsbury is an ancient borough. Its earliest surviving charter, granted by King John in 1199, refers to an even earlier one of Henry I, and before the time of James I it had been granted 32 charters conveying many rights and privileges to the town. Its Coat of Arms cannot be dated with certainty, but they appear on the Town Seal of 1425 and were confirmed by the Heralds during their Visitation of Shropshire in 1623. The arms also appear on the Market Hall in the Square, which was built in 1595.
The reason for the occurrence of leopards' heads on Shrewsbury's coat of arms is less readily explained. It has been suggested that they are really the three gold lions which have formed the English Royal Arms since the twelfth century. Possibly Shrewsbury was allowed to use the royal lions as their Arms by one of the medieval Kings, perhaps Edward I, who often made the town his headquarters during his conquest of Wales in the late thirteenth century and who substantially rebuilt the Castle. Certainly the three Royal leopards or lions formed the entire shield of Edward I, in whose time Shrewsbury, as a military centre of great importance, began to assume its medieval aspect of a semi-royal city.
Alternatively, it may be that the loyal burgesses of Shrewsbury themselves decided to adopt the charge to demonstrate their fidelity to the King.
The three leopards' faces been called locally as the three "loggerheads", a term which has puzzled many historians over time, as there is no logical linguistic explanation thereof. The term is still used widely and also used by a famous local pub.
Image gallery
The town seal from 1425
The a painting at Shrewsbury’s St Julian’s Church (1643)
(source)
The arms on the Old Market Hall (source)
The Loggerheads Pub
The arms as used on a JaJa postcard +/- 1905
The arms in Quarry Park (source)
The arms on a Dexter cigarette card, 1905
The arms on a Wills's cigarette card, 1906
Literature: Image from http://www.cheshire-heraldry.org.uk; Hobbs, 1962
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