Peterhouse College (Cambridge University)

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PETERHOUSE COLLEGE (CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY)

Country: United Kingdom
Campus/location : Cambridge

Official blazon

Or, four pallets gules; on a bordure of the last eight open crowns of the first.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted in 1575.

Peterhouse, founded in 1284 by Bishop Hugh de Balsham shows the arms of the Balsham family (pales) with a borudre of crowns. These are derived from the arms of the See of Ely, of which Hugh the Balsham was bishop at the time.

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