Lutterworth

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LUTTERWORTH (Rural district council)

Incorporated into : 1974 Harborough

Official blazon

Arms : Or, on a chevron sable between in chief two bulls' heads caboshed gules and in base a torteau charged with a pierced cinquefoil ermine, an open book proper edged bound and clasped gold, between two lozenges of the first voided also gules.
Crest: On a wreath of the colours, A demi Leicester ram proper supporting a torch sable enflamed also proper and winged Or.
Motto: Lutter a ma puissance.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on April 12, 1955.

The gold field refers to the richness of the agricultural area and the black chevron is from the arms of John Wycliffe (1330-1384), Rector of Lutterworth and first to translate the bible from Latin into English. His bible is depicted between two mascles from the arms of the Ferrers and Feilding families, the Ferrers were Lords of Lutterworth in the 14th and 15th centuries. Sir William Ferrers in 1414 obtained the King's permission to hold a market in the town, and erected a fine church spire, that was destroyed in a great storm in 1703. The Fieldings were wealthy landowners in and around Lutterworth from the 15th century. Sir William Fielding de Hapsburgh was created Earl of Denbigh in 1622, The link with the Fieldings lives on through the Denbigh Arms, which was one of Lutterworth's Georgian coaching inns. The bulls' heads refer to cattle raising and the pierced cinquefoil is from the arms of the County Council, placed in the base of the shield to suggest the southerly geographical location of the district within the County. The gold field and black chevron also give the livery colours of Ranulf de Guader, who held the Manor after the Conquest.

The ram links to the supporter of the County arms and refers to the old cloth industry. The torch refers to engineering, which with the gold wings has special reference to the development of the revolutionary jet engine, by Sir Frank Whittle, at the Ladywood Works on Leicester Road. The French motto includes the first part of the Council's name.

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