RUTLAND, County of.

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RUTLAND, County of. Has no armorial bearings. Berry, in his " Dictionary of Heraldry," quotes, " Gules, a fret or," and a lithographed sheet, published under the title of " The Arms of the Counties of England and Wales," gives,

" Or, a horse-shoe sable, nailed argent." Both, of course, are without authority, the latter being the " reputed " arms of the town of Oakham. The seal of the County Council exhibits upon an architectural background a horse-shoe.

Original Source bookofpublicarms00foxd_djvu.txt near line 22169.