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{ | {{uk}}<seo title="Coat of arms of Marlborough /Crest of Marlborough " titlemode="append"></seo> | ||
'''MARLBOROUGH''' | '''MARLBOROUGH''' | ||
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Incorporated into : 1974 [[Kennet]] | Incorporated into : 1974 [[Kennet]] | ||
[[File:marlboro.jpg|center]] | [[File:marlboro.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
'''Arms''' : Per saltire gules and azure, in chief a bull passant argent armed Or, in fesse two capons, and in base three greyhounds courant in pale of the third collared of the first; a chief also Or, thereon on a pale of the second between two roses gules a tower triple-towered argent.<br> | '''Arms''' : Per saltire gules and azure, in chief a bull passant argent armed Or, in fesse two capons, and in base three greyhounds courant in pale of the third collared of the first; a chief also Or, thereon on a pale of the second between two roses gules a tower triple-towered argent.<br> | ||
'''Crest''' : On a Wreath Or Gules and Sable upon a Mount Vert in front of a tower triple-towered argent a Rose Gules barbed seeded slipped and leaved proper. <br> | '''Crest''' : On a Wreath Or Gules and Sable upon a Mount Vert in front of a tower triple-towered argent a Rose Gules barbed seeded slipped and leaved proper. <br> | ||
'''Supporters''' : On either side a Greyhound Argent gorged with a Collar Gules chaged with three Roses Argent barbed and seeded proper.<br> | '''Supporters''' : On either side a Greyhound Argent gorged with a Collar Gules chaged with three Roses Argent barbed and seeded proper.<br> | ||
'''Motto''' : 'UBI NUNC SAPIENTIS OSSA MERLINI' - Where now are the bones of wise Merlin | '''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''': 'UBI NUNC SAPIENTIS OSSA MERLINI' - Where now are the bones of wise Merlin | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were recorded at the Visitation of 1565, the crest and supporters were officially granted on ? | The arms were recorded at the Visitation of 1565, the crest and supporters were officially granted on ? | ||
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legend that College Mound in the town is Merlin's burial place. | legend that College Mound in the town is Merlin's burial place. | ||
[[Literature]] : Image and information provided by Laurence Jones | {{media}} | ||
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | |||
Image and information provided by Laurence Jones | |||
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities M]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities M]] | ||
[[Category:England]] | [[Category:England]] |
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