John of Gaunt Coat of Arms - Barlaston, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, UK. - Coats of Arms on Waymarking.com

The Duke of York is a local village pub and restaurant that specialises in serving steaks and traditional pub food.

The Coat of Arms is on the pub sign, mounted on the wall on the side of the building. It has a red background and depicts the Arms of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster with the name of the pub in gold lettering at the bottom of the sign.
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"John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster (6 March 1340 – 3 February 1399) was an English prince, military leader, and statesman. He was the third of the five sons of King Edward III of England who survived to adulthood. Due to his royal origin, advantageous marriages, and some generous land grants, Gaunt was one of the richest men of his era, and an influential figure during the reigns of both his father, Edward, and his nephew, Richard II. As Duke of Lancaster, he is the founder of the royal House of Lancaster, whose members would ascend to the throne after his death. His birthplace, Ghent, corrupted into English as Gaunt, was the origin for his name.
Arms
As a son of the sovereign, John bore the royal arms of the kingdom (Quarterly, France Ancient and England), differenced by a label of three points ermine.
As claimant to the throne of Castile and León from 1372, he impaled the arms of that kingdom (Gules, a castle or, quartering Argent, a lion rampant purpure) with his own. The arms of Castile and León appeared on the dexter side of the shield (the left hand side as viewed), and the differenced English royal arms on the sinister; but in 1388, when he surrendered his claim, he reversed this marshalling, placing his own arms on the dexter, and those of Castile and León on the sinister. He thus continued to signal his alliance with the Castilian royal house, while abandoning any claim to the throne. There is, however, evidence that he may occasionally have used this second marshalling at earlier dates.
In addition to his royal arms, Gaunt bore an alternative coat of Sable, three ostrich feathers ermine. This was the counterpart to his brother, the Black Prince's, "shield for peace" (on which the ostrich feathers were white), and may have been used in jousting. The ostrich feather arms appeared in stained glass above Gaunt's chantry chapel in St Paul's Cathedral." SOURCE: (visit link)
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Bearer of Coat of Arms: Noble (aristocratic) family Full name of the bearer: John of Gaunt - 1st Duke of Lancaster Where is Coat of Arms installed (short description) ?: The Coat of Arms is located on the Duke of York pub in the village of Barlaston. Material / Design: Wood Blazon (heraldic description): Quartered royal shield, combining the lions of England with the fleurs-de-lys of France differenced by a label of three points ermine. Address: Duke of York, Longton Road, Barlaston, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK. Web page about the structure where is Coat of Arms installed (if exists): [Web Link] Web page about the bearer of Coat of Arms (if exists): [Web Link]

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