NORFOLK, County of.

NORFOLK, County of. Per pale or and sable, a bend ermine, on a chief gules, a lion passant guardant of the first between two ostrich plumes argent quilled and each ensigned with a Prince's Coronet of the first and transpiercing a label proper, thereon the Motto — " Ich Dien " as borne on the banner of King Edward III.

The arms of the County of Norfolk are quite unique, chiefly by reason of the fact that as a mark of special favour they were granted by King Edward VII. by Royal Warrant. For this reason the Documents by which the grant was effected are set out in full.

Edward R. and I.

Edward the Seventh by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith : To Our Right Trusty and Right Entirely beloved Cousin and Councillor, Henry Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal and Our Hereditary Marshal of England, Knight of Our Most Noble Order of the Garter, Knight Grand Cross of Our Victorian Order, Greeting. WHEREAS Sir William Hovell Browne Ffolkes of Hillington in the County of Norfolk, Baronet, Chairman of the County Council of Norfolk, hath by his Petition humbly represented unto Us, That by virtue of an Act of Parliament passed in the year One thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight to amend the Laws relating to Local Government in England and Wales and for other purposes connected therewith, it is Enacted that a Council shall be established in every Administrative County as defined in the said Act, and be entrusted with the management of the Administrative and Financial business of that County, and shall consist of a Chairman, Aldermen and Councillors, and that the Council of each County shall be a Body Corporate by the name of the Administrative County and shall have perpetual succession and a Common Seal and power to acquire and hold Land for the purposes of their Constitution without Licence in Mortmain: And it being provided in and by the said Act that the said Bodies Politic and Corporate shall have perpetual succession and Common Seals, and the said Sir William Hovell Browne Ffolkes, Baronet, as Chairman of the County Council of Norfolk, therefore most humbly prays Our Royal Licence and Authority that the said County Council may bear and use certain Armorial Ensigns in Commemoration of Our long residence in the said County of Norfolk on a Common Seal, Shields, Banners or otherwise according to the Laws of Arms : Know ye that We of Our Princely Grace and Special Favour have given and granted and by these Presents do give and grant unto the said County Council of Norfolk Our Royal Licence and Authority to bear on their Common Seal, Shields, Banners or otherwise according to the Laws of Arms, viz.

" A bend and on a chief a Lion passant guardant between two Ostrich Plumes, each ensigned with a Prince's Coronet and transpiercing a Label, thereon the Motto ' Ich Dien ' as borne on the Banner of King Edward the Third," the whole as in the drawing hereunto annexed, the same being first duly exemplified and recorded in Our College of Arms, otherwise this Our Royal Licence and permission to be void and of none effect :^

Our Will and Pleasure therefore is that you, Henry Duke of Norfolk, to whom the cognizance of Matters of this nature doth properly belong, do require and command that this Our Concession and Especial Mark of Our Royal Favour be registered in Our College of Arms, to the end that Our Officers of Arms and all others upon occasion may take full notice* and have knowledge thereof: and for so doing this shall be your Warrant. GIVEN at Our Court at Saint James's this eleventh day of May 1904, in the Fourth year of Our Reign : — By His Majesty's Command,

A. Akers Douglas.

Whereas His Majesty by Warrant under his Royal Signet and Sign Manual, bearing date the eleventh day of May last, hath signified unto me that he has been graciously pleased to give and grant unto the County Council of Norfolk his Royal Licence and Authority to bear on their Common Seal, Shields, Banners, or otherwise according to the Laws of Arms following, vizt.," A bend and on a chief a Lion passant guardant between two Ostrich Plumes, each ensigned with a Prince's Coronet and transpiercing a Label, thereon the Motto 'Ich Dien' as borne on the Banner of King Edward the Third," the same being first duly exemplified and recorded in the College of Arms, otherwise the

said Royal Licence and permission to be void and of none effect. And also signified unto me His Royal Will and Pleasure that the said Royal Concession and Especial Mark of Royal Favour be registered in the said College of Arms : — I. Henry Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal and Hereditary Marshal of England, Knight of the Most Noble Order of tha Garter, Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, and one of his Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, do hereby authorise and require you to cause the said Royal Warrant and these Presents to be recorded in the College of Arms accordingly, and further that j'ou Garter, Ciarenceux, and Norroy do grant and exemplify unto the said County Council of Norfolk such Arms accordingly, pursuant to the tenor of the said Royal Warrant and according to the Laws of Arms, For which this shall be your Warrant : GIVEN under my hand and seal this fourth day of June 1904. Norfolk, E. M.

To Garter Principal King of Arms,

Ciarenceux King of Arms, Norroy King of Arms,

and the other Officers of the College of Arms.

To All and Singular to whom these Presents shall come, Alfred Scott Scott-Gatty, Esquire, Garter Principal King of Arms, George Edward Cokayne, Esquire, Ciarenceux King of Arms, and William Henry Weldon, Esquire, Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, Norroy King of Arms, Send Greeting. Whereas His Majesty by Warrant under his Royal Signet and Sign Manual, bearing date the eleventh day of May, hath signified unto the Most Noble Henry Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal and Hereditary Marshal of England, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, and one of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, that he has been graciously pleased to give and grant unto the County Council of Norfolk, his Royal Licence and Authority to bear on their Common Seal, Shields, Banners, or otherwise according to the Laws of Arms, the Arms following, vizt. " A bend and on a chief a Lion passant guardant between two Ostrich Plumes, each ensigned with a Prince's Coronet and transpiercing a Label, thereon the Motto ' Ich Dien' as borne on the Banner of King Edward the Third," the same being first duly exemplified and recorded in the College ol Arms, otherwise the said Royal Licence and permission to be void and of none effect, AND forasmuch as the said Earl Marshal did by Warrant under his hand and seal, bearing date the fourth day of June following, authorise and direct us to grant and exemplify such Arms accordingly, KNOW YE therefore that we, the said Garter, Ciarenceux, and Norroy, in obedience to the Royal Command in pursuance of His Grace's Warrant, and by virtue of the Letters Patent of Our several Offices to each of us respectively granted, do by these Presents grant and exemplify unto the said County Council of Norfolk the Arms following, that is to say Per Pale Or and Sable a Bend Ermine, on a Chief Gules a Lion passantguardant of the first between two Ostrich Plumes Argent quilled, and each ensigned with a Prince's Coronet of the first and transpiercing a Label proper, thereon the Motto " Ich Dien " as borne on the Banner ot King Edward the

Third, as the same are in the margin hereof more plainly depicted, to be borne and used for ever hereafter by the said County Council of Norfolk on their Common Seal, Shields, Banners, or otherwise pursuant to the tenor of the said Royal Warrant and according to the Laws of Arms :

In witness whereof We, the said Garter, Clarenceux, and Norroy Kings of Arms have to these Presents subscribed our names and affixed the Seals of our several Offices this third day of July in the Fourth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord Edward the Seventh, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith, etc., and in the year of Lord Our One Thousand nine hundred and four.

(signed) A. S. Scott-Gatty, G. E. Cokayne, William H. Weldon,

Garter. Clarenceux. Norroy.

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