Cinque Ports - Sandwich Guildhall, Kent, CT13 9AH.
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N 51° 16.472 E 001° 20.316
31U E 384113 N 5681665
The Cinque Port weathervane atop the Guildhall office building in Sandwich, Kent,CT13 9AH.
Waymark Code: WMEPGM
Location: South East England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 06/23/2012
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The Cinque Ports have exercised the right to use a coat of
arms for many hundreds of years; long before the College of Heralds was
established to regulate the use of armorial bearings. Early common seals of the
towns of Dover and Hastings suggest that the device of three
lions passant guardant conjoined to as many ship’s hulls came
into use between 1194 and 1305, possibly during the reign of King Edward I (1272
to 1307) .
The exact origins of the heraldic device are
unclear, but it is widely assumed that it was derived from the arms of
the English kings from the end of the 12th century,
consisting of three golden lions. The suggestion is that these were joined with
three ships hulls to denote the ship service rendered
by the Cinque Ports to the English Crown.
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