University College (Oxford University)

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE (OXFORD UNIVERSITY)

Country: United Kingdom
Campus/location : Oxford

Official blazon

Origin/meaning

The College originally bore the arms of the founder (William Archdeacon of Durham in 1249), " r, a fleur-de-lys azure, each leaf charged with a mullet of the field," but now the College uses the arms attributed to King Alfred and Edward the Confessor, namely, " azure, a cross patonce between five martlets or."

The arms on a tobacco card, (1922)

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