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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 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 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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