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===Official blazon=== | |||
Or, four pallets gules; on a bordure of the last eight open crowns of the first. | 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. | 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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|align="center"|[[File:cam-peterhouse.woc.jpg|center|300 px|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms on a [[Wills's - Arms of Oxford and Cambridge Colleges|tobacco card]], (1922) | |||
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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.
The arms on a tobacco card, (1922) |
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