LUDLOW (Shropshire).

LUDLOW (Shropshire). Azure, a lion couchant guardant between three roses, argent. Crest — Upon a wreath of the colours, a porcupine quarterly or and azure. Recorded in the College of Arms.

The shield is sometimes surmounted by a plume of three ostrich feathers, but there is no authority for such a practice.

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