Armorial of British universities
The armorial of British universities is the collection of coats of arms of universities in the United Kingdom. Modern arms of universities began appearing in England around the middle of the 15th century, with Oxford's being possibly the oldest university arms in the world, being adopted around the end of the 14th century.[1] The earliest granting of university arms was to King's College Cambridge by Henry VIII in 1449.[2][3][4] Arms are still granted by the College of Arms to universities today,[5] with new universities continuing to register arms, which has been seen as an attempt to appear more traditional or legitimate.[6] As corporations, older university arms have historically been granted without a crest, however newer institutions use crests with mantling, including new colleges at older universities.[7][8][9] The first crest granted to a university was to Leeds in 1905 while the first British university to be granted supporters was Sussex in 1962, although both Oxford and Cambridge have used angels as supporters and Cambridge has used the 'alma mater' emblem as a crest without these components being officially granted.[10]
University and college arms often incorporate, or are simply copies of, arms of their founders or local authorities.[2][3][11] At collegiate universities, constituent colleges may bear their own arms, such as at Cambridge and Oxford.[2][3] Many older coats of arms were recorded by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies in The Book of Public Arms in 1915, which also recorded some coats of arms of constituent colleges,[12] and by John Woodward in A Treatise on Ecclesiastical Heraldry in 1894.[13] Most university mottos are not granted with the coats of arms, instead being added by custom by the institution, an exception to this being the arms of Imperial College London.[14] Those universities in Ireland that existed prior to independence from the United Kingdom were granted arms along the lines of other British universities;[15] these are listed separately below.
Arms of universities
Arms | University |
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Aberdeen, matriculated 26 September 1888
Escutcheon: Quarterly: 1st Azure a bough pot Or charged with three salmon fishes in fret Proper and containing as many lilies of the garden the dexter in bud the centre full blown and the sinister half blown also Proper flowered Argent issuant from the middle chief amid rays of the sun a dexter hand holding an open book likewise Proper, 2nd Argent a chief paly of six Or and Gules, 3rd Argent a chevron sable between three boars' heads erased Gules armed of the field and langued Azure, 4th Gules a tower triple-towered Argent masoned Sable windows and port of the last. | |
Belfast, matriculated 24 March 1910
Escutcheon: Per saltire Azure and Argent on a saltire Gules between in chief an open book and in base a harp both Proper in dexter a hand couped of the third and in sinister a seahorse gorged with a mural crown of the fourth an imperial crown of the last. | |
Birmingham, matriculated 27 August 1900
Escutcheon: Per chevron the chief per pale Gules and Azure in dexter a lion rampant with two heads in sinister a mermaid holding in the dexter hand a mirror and in the sinister a comb Or the base Sable charged with an open book Proper with two buckles and straps and edges of the third inscribed "PER ARDUA AD ALTA". | |
Birmingham (University College), granted 20 September 1962 (to the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of the City of Birmingham for the use of The Birmingham College of Food and Domestic Arts); transferred by royal licence 22 December 2014[16]
Escutcheon: Per chevron Gules and Or a Chevronel Sable between in chief two Roundels Argent the dexter charged with a Garb and the sinister with a Boar's Head couped at the neck proper and in base a Flame of Fire between two Sprigs of Bay the stems crossed in base proper tied with a Riband Gules. | |
Bristol, matriculated 4 December 1909
Escutcheon: Argent on a cross quadrant Gules a representation of the arms of the City of Bristol between in pale a sun in splendour and an open book Proper leaved and clasped Or and inscribed with the words "NISI QUIA DOMINUS" and in fesse to the dexter a dolphin embowed and to the sinister a horse courant both of the third. | |
Cambridge, granted 1573[17] Escutcheon: Gules on a cross Ermine between four lions passant Or a Bible lying fessways of the field clasped and garnished of the third the clasps in base. | |
Durham, matriculated 22 May 1843[18]
Escutcheon: Argent a Cross Pattée quadrate Gules; a Canton Azure charged with a Chevron Or between three Lions rampant of the First. | |
East London, matriculated 25 April 2013[19]
Escutcheon: Azure a Torch enflamed Or enfiling an Annulet embattled on the outer edge Argent between two Keys in pile the wards upwards and outwards Or on a Chief wavy Argent three Acorns proper. | |
Edinburgh, matriculated 22 October 1789
Escutcheon: Argent on a saltire Azure between a thistle Proper in chief and a rock Sable in base a book expanded Or. | |
Exeter, matriculated 24th May 1924 (as University College of the South West of England)
Escutcheon: Argent, a saltire vert surmounted in chief of an open book proper inscribed with the words LUCEM SEQUIMUR; on a chief gules a triple-towered fortress gold; all within a bordure sable bezantee. | |
Glasgow, matriculated 14 June 1900
Escutcheon: Azure the university mace in pale Or between on the dexter a tree surmounted on top by a bird Proper on the sinister an ancient handbell and in chief an open book Argent and surmounted in base of a salmon on its back holding in its mouth a signet ring also Proper. Motto: Via Veritas Vita | |
Hull, matriculated 22 November 1927 (as University College Hull)
Escutcheon: Azure, a torch fired and enfiled with a ducal coronet Or between on the dexter a rose argent, barbed and seeded proper, and on the sinister a fleur-de-lys of the second; on a chief wavy of the third a dove of the first. | |
Imperial, matriculated 6 June 1908[14]
Escutcheon: Per fesse in chief the Royal Arms of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in base or, an open book proper inscribed with the word "Scientia". | |
Keele, matriculated 20 June 1950
Escutcheon: Or, on a chevron gules an open book argent, in base a scythe proper; on a chief wavy of the second a Stafford knot between a fleur-de-lys and a fret of the second. | |
Leeds, matriculated 10 August 1905
Escutcheon: Vert an open book Proper edged and clasped Gold inscribed with the words "ET AUGEBITUR SCIENTIA" between in chief three mullets Argent and in base a rose of the last seeded Proper. | |
Leicester, matriculated 3 April 1922
Escutcheon: Gules, an open book strapped proper and buckled and inscribed with the words "Ut Vitam Habeant" in letters Or, between in chief two cinquefoils pierced ermine and in base a horse shoe also Or. | |
Lincoln, matriculated 12 May 2011[25]
Escutcheon: Argent a Pall reversed between in chief two closed Books Azure garnished Or and in base a Garb Azure banded Or. | |
Liverpool, matriculated 30 October 1903
Escutcheon: Azure an open book Argent inscribed "FIAT LUX" in letters Sable bound and on the sinister side seven clasps Or between three cormorants otherwise called Livers wings elevated of the second each holding in the beak a branch of seaweed called Laver proper. | |
Liverpool Hope, matriculated 29 April 2010[27]
Escutcheon: Gules a Cross engrailed of one point on each limb Argent surmounted by an open Book proper bound Azure and in the first quarter a mullet radiated Argent. | |
London, matriculated 10 April 1838
Escutcheon: Argent on a cross Gules the union rose irradiated and ensigned with the imperial crown Proper a chief Azure thereon an open book also Proper the clasps Gold. | |
Loughborough, matriculated 5 October 1966
Escutcheon: Sable, on a cross engrailed purpure fimbriated argent between in the first quarter a cross composed of the upper and lower limbs of a cross crosslet and the horizontal limbs of a cross formy, and in the fourth quarter a thunderbolt, an ancient lamp, all Or. | |
Manchester, granted 10 May 2010[29]
Escutcheon: Per fess nebuly enhanced Bleu-celeste and Purpure issuant in chief a sun in Splendour or in base three bees volant Proper. | |
Newcastle, matriculated 28 January 1938 (as King's College, Durham)[30]
Escutcheon: Azure, a cross of St. Cuthbert argent; on a chief of the last a lion passant guardant gules. | |
Nottingham, matriculated 15 April 1948
Escutcheon: Barry wavy of six argent and azure, a cross moline gules; on a chief of the last an open book proper clasped Or inscribed with the words 'Quarente Ostium', in Roman characters sable between two domed towers also proper, that to the dexter ensigned with an increscent of the first and that to the sinister with an estoile, also Or. | |
Oxford, confirmed in 1574
Escutcheon: Azure, upon a book open proper leathered gules garnished or having on the dexter side seven seals of the last the words DOMINVS ILLVMINATIO MEA all between three open crowns two and one or. | |
Reading, matriculated 7 August 1896 (as Reading University Extension College)[32]
Escutcheon: Per fesse gules and sable, in chief three escallops fessewise or and in base a cross engrailed argent, a rose of the first thorned and seeded proper. (Reading University Extension College became the University of Reading in 1926) | |
St Andrews, matriculated 24 November 1905
Escutcheon: Parted per saltire Argent and Azure in chief a book expanded Proper leaved Gules and in base a lion rampant of the last armed and langued of the second on a chief of the fourth a crescent reversed of the first between two mascles Or. | |
Salford, matriculated 6 January 2017[33]
Escutcheon: Sable above a demi Sun issuant in base Argent charged with a demi Rose likewise issuant Gules barbed and seeded proper a Chain fesswise throughout enhanced and enarched and a Chief embattled and enarched Argent. | |
Sheffield, matriculated June 1905
Escutcheon: Azure an open book Proper edged Gold inscribed with the words "DISCE DOCE" between in fess two sheaves of eight arrows interlaced saltireways and banded Argent in chief an open crown Or and in base a rose also Argent barbed and seeded Proper. | |
Sussex, matriculated 15 March 1962
Escutcheon: Argent, on a chevron per pale Azure and Gules six martlets Or, between in chief two Saxon- crowns and in base a dolphin naiant Sable. | |
Wales, matriculated 2 May 1910
Escutcheon: Argent on a fess murrey three medieval lamps Or all within a bordure of the second charged with eight mullets of the third. | |
Warwick, matriculated 5 October 1966
Escutcheon: Quarterly Gules and Sable; In the first quarter, an Elephant statant, on the back a Castle triple towered Or; In the second and third quarters, representations of the two Isotopes of Lithium, that in the second quarter having six and that in the third seven Protons and neutrons in its nucleus, with Electrons in orbit Argent: In the fourth quarter, a Bear and Ragged Staff Argent, muzzled Gules collared and chained Or; On a Chief Argent, a representation of a DNA Double Helix, spirals Azure, lined Gules, with connecting Lines Or. | |
York, matriculated 20 June 1962
Escutcheon: Azure, on a chevron ermine three books fessewise, each with two clasps downwards, Or. |
Arms of constituent colleges
Cambridge
Arms | College |
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Christ's, confirmed in 1575
Escutcheon: Quarterly, first and fourth, Azure three fieurs-de-lys, two and one, Or; second and third, Gules three lions passant guardant in pale Or; all within a bordure compony argent and azure.
[36] | |
Churchill
Escutcheon: Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Sable a lion rampant Argent, on a canton of the second a cross Gules (Churchill); 2nd and 3rd, quarterly Argent and Gules a fret Or, over all on a bend Sable three Escallops of the first (Spencer); over all in the centre chief point (as an augmentation of honour) an escutcheon Argent charged with the cross of Saint George in the centre point an open book Argent. | |
Clare, confirmed in 1684
Escutcheon: Or, three chevronels gules, impaling Or, a cross gules; all within a bordure sable guttee d'Or. [37] | |
Clare Hall, date unknown
Escutcheon: Chevronny Or and Gules on a chief Sable five goutties three and two Argent. [38] | |
Corpus Christi, granted 23 December 1570
Escutcheon: Quarterly 1st & 4th Gules a pelican in her piety Argent vulning her breast Proper 2nd & 3rd Azure three lilies two and one Argent. [39] | |
Darwin, granted 5 January 1966
Escutcheon: Argent, on a bend gules cottised vert between two mullets each within an annulet gules three escallops or (for Darwin) impaling Per fess dancetty azure and gules, a caduceus between in chief two roses Or (for Rayne); all within a bordure Or. | |
Downing, granted 13 April 1801
Escutcheon: Barry of eight argent and vert, a griffin segreant Or within a bordure azure charged with eight roses of the first, barbed and seeded proper. | |
Emmanuel, granted 13 April 1801
Escutcheon: Argent, a lion rampant azure, armed and langued gules, holding in the dexter forepaw a laurel wreath proper, in the mouth a scroll [of the second] inscribed EMMANUEL in letters Or. | |
Fitzwilliam, assumed.
Escutcheon: Lozengy argent and gules; a chief of the Arms of the University of Cambridge. | |
Girton, granted 14 February 1928.
Escutcheon: Quarterly vert and argent, a cross fiory counterchanged between in the first and fourth quarters a roundel ermine and in the second and third quarters a crescent gules. | |
Gonville & Caius, granted 1575.
Escutcheon: Argent, on a chevron between two chevronels indented sable three escallops Or, impaling Or, semee of flowers gentil, in chief a sengreen above two serpents erect and respecting one other all proper, the serpents' tails bound together and resting on a square stone of green marble in base, and between the serpents a closed book sable, edged gules clasped and garnished gold; all within a bordure compony argent and sable. | |
Homerton, granted 22 December 1954.
Escutcheon: Argent, a leopard's face jessant-de-lys sable between three griffins' heads erased gules; on a bordure azure eight open books proper. | |
Hughes Hall, date unknown.
Escutcheon: Quarterly 1st and 3rd Gules an owl proper Or.; 5th Gules a torch proper Sable; 2nd, 4th and 6th Ermine. | |
Jesus, granted 1575.
Escutcheon: Argent, a fesse sable between three cocks' heads erased sable, crested and jelloped gules; all within a bordure of the last charged with eight ducal coronets Or. | |
King's, granted 1 January 1449.
Escutcheon: Sable, three roses argent; a chief per pale azure and gules charged on the dexter side with a fleur de lis and on the sinister with a lion passant guardant, both Or. [48] | |
Lucy Cavendish, granted 1973.
Escutcheon: Per fess enarched azure and sable, in chief two bars wavy argent, over all issuant from the fess line a water lily also argent slipped and leaved vert, and in base a buck's head caboshed, between the attires a lozenge argent charged with an escallop sable. | |
Magdalene, assumed.
Escutcheon: Quarterly per pale indented Or and azure, on a bend of the second between in sinister chief and dexter base an eagle displayed a fret between two martlets of the first. | |
Murray Edwards, granted 1972.
Escutcheon: Sable a Dolphin palewise head downwards to the dexter in chief three Mullets fesswise a Bordure embattled Argent. | |
Newnham, granted 27 February 1923.
Escutcheon: Argent, on a chevron azure between in chief two crosses bottonee fitchee sable and in base a mullet sable, a griffin's head erased Or between two mascles of the field. | |
Pembroke, recorded 1684.
Escutcheon: Barry of ten argent and azure, an orle of five martlets gules dimidiated with paly vair and gules, on a chief Or a label of five points throughout azure. | |
Peterhouse, granted 1575.
Escutcheon: Or, four pallets gules; on a bordure of the last eight open crowns of the first. | |
Queens', granted 1575.
Escutcheon: Quarterly of six, first harry of eight argent and gules (for Hungary); second azure semee-de-lis Or a label of three points gules (for Anjou-Sicily); third Agent a cross potent between four crosses couped Or (for Jerusalem); fourth azure semee-de-lis Or a bordure gules (for Anjou); fifth azure crusily two barbels haurient and addorsed Or (for Barr); sixth Or on a bend gules three allerions displayed argent (for Lorraine); the whole within a bordure vert. | |
Robinson | |
St Catherine's, recorded 1684.
Escutcheon: Gules, a Catherine wheel Or. [55] | |
St Edmund's
Escutcheon: Arms of Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk (quarterly of four: Howard, Brotherton, Warenne, FitzAlan) with a canton of St Edmund of Abingdon (Or, a cross fleury gules between four Cornish choughs proper) all within a bordure argent. | |
St John's, assumed.
Escutcheon: Arms of Margaret Beaufort: Quarterly France Modern and England; a bordure compony argent and azure. | |
Selwyn, granted 3 December 1964.
Escutcheon: Per pale gules and argent, a cross potent quadrate [per pale] argent and Or between four crosses paty, those to the dexter argent, those to the sinister Or, for the See of Lich field, impaling Argent, on a bend cotised sable three annulets Or, for Selwyn; all within a bordure sable. | |
Sidney Sussex, granted 1675.
Escutcheon: Argent, a bend engrailed sable, impaling Or, a pheon azure. [57] | |
Trinity, granted 1575.
Escutcheon: Argent, a chevron between three roses gules, barbed and seeded proper; on a chief of the second a lion passant guardant between two closed books, all Or. [58] | |
Trinity Hall, granted 1575.
Escutcheon: Sable, a crescent within a bordure ermine. [59] | |
Wolfson |
Durham
Arms | College |
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Collingwood
Escutcheon: Argent a Chevron between three Stags' Heads erased Sable a Bordure Gules charged with eight Crosses of St Cuthbert of the field. | |
Grey
Escutcheon: Gules a Scaling Ladder in bend Argent between two St Cuthbert's Crosses proper. | |
Hatfield
Escutcheon: Azure, a chevron Or between three lions rampant Argent, a bordure Ermine. | |
John Snow
Escutcheon: Argent a Cross formy quadrate azure, a chief azure thereon a Yorkshire rose argent between two lions rampant Or. | |
Josephine Butler
Escutcheon: Gules on a chevron Or charged with a Cross formy, with cotises invected, between in chief two lions Argent and in base an open book charged with two covered cups. | |
Stephenson
Escutcheon: Argent a chevron between two fleurs-de-lis in chief and a cross fleurettée in gules a chief gules theoreon three lions rampant argent. | |
St Aidan's
Escutcheon: Per chevron Argent and Sable in chief two ancient Northumbrian Crosses Gules in base two Keys in saltire wards upwards of the first. | |
St Chad's
Escutcheon: Vert a Cross potent quadrate Or in chief a Durham Mitre of the last between two Lions rampant Argent. | |
St Cuthbert's
Escutcheon: Vert a representation of St Cuthbert's Cross proper a Bordure Argent. | |
South
Escutcheon: | |
St Hild & St Bede
Escutcheon: Argent on a Chevron Purpure three Ammonites of the first in base a Cross paty quadrate Gules a Chief Azure thereon between two Lions rampant Or a pale of the last charged with a Cross patonce also Azure. | |
St John's
Escutcheon: Quarterly Argent and Azure in the first and fourth a Cross Formy Quadrate Gules in the second an Eagle wings elevated and inverted Or in the third a Lion rampant Crowned with an Ancient Crown of the last all within a Bordure quarterly of the second and Gold. | |
St Mary's
Escutcheon: Argent a Cross Formy Quadrate Gules a Chief Azure thereon a Durham Mitre Or between two Lilies proper. | |
Trevelyan
Escutcheon: Gules issuant from Water in base barry wavy of four Argent and Azure a Demi-Horse forcene Or in chief three Saint Cuthbert's crosses Argent. | |
University
Escutcheon: Azure a Cross patonce Or between four Lions rampant Argent on a Chief of the last a Cross of St Cuthbert Sable between two Durham Mitres Gules. | |
Ustinov
Escutcheon: Ermine a Cross formy quadrate Gules on a Chief indented Sable between three Lions rampant Argent two Lozenges Or.[60] | |
Van Mildert
Escutcheon: Gules two Scythe blades in saltire in chief the Cross of St Cuthbert Argent. |
London
Arms | College |
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Birkbeck, matriculated 31 December 1948
Escutcheon: Chequy Or and sable, on a pale argent a sword gules; a chief of the second, thereon an owl of the third between two antique lamps of the first inflamed proper.[64] | |
King's, matriculated 21 March 1995
Escutcheon: Or on a Pale Azure between two Lions rampant respectant Gules an Anchor Or ensigned by a Royal Crown proper, on a Chief Argent an Ancient Lamp proper inflamed Gold between two Blazing Hearths also proper. [66] | |
LSE, matriculated July 1922
Escutcheon: Sable a Beaver passant Or on a chief of the Second two closed Books Purpure clasped leaved and decorated gold.[64] | |
Queen Mary, granted 1996[69] (previous arms assumed 1989)[70] | |
SOAS, granted 1918
Escutcheon: Argent a cross gules in the first quarter a sword in pale points upwards of the last on a chief also gules an open book proper between a lotus bud on the dexter and a lotus slipped and leaved on the sinister both or.[64] |
Oxford
Arms | College |
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All Souls, confirmed in 1574
Escutcheon: Or a chevron between three cinquefoils Gules. | |
Balliol, confirmed in 1574
Escutcheon: Gules an inescutcheon voided Argent impaling Azure a lion rampant Argent ducally crowned Or. | |
Brasenose, confirmed in 1574
Escutcheon: Tierced in pale: (1) Argent, a chevron sable between three roses gules seeded or, barbed vert (for Smyth); (2) or, an escutcheon of the arms of the See of Lincoln (gules, two lions of England in pale or, on a chief azure Our Lady crowned seated on a tombstone issuant from the chief, in her dexter arm the Infant Jesus, in her sinister arm a sceptre, all or) ensigned with a mitre proper; (3) quarterly, first and fourth argent, a chevron between three bugle-horns stringed sable; second and third argent, a chevron between three crosses crosslet sable (for Sutton). | |
Christ Church, confirmed in 1574
Escutcheon: Sable, on a cross engrailed argent, a lion passant gules, between four leopards' faces azure, on a chief or, a rose gules barbed and seeded proper, between two Cornish choughs sable, beaked and membered gules. | |
Corpus Christi, confirmed in 1574
Escutcheon: Tierced per pale: (1) Azure, a pelican with wings endorsed vulning herself, or; (2) argent, thereon an escutcheon charged with the arms of the See of Winchester (i.e. gules, two keys addorsed in bend, the uppermost or, the other argent, a sword interposed between them in bend sinister of the third, pommel and hilt gold; the escutcheon ensigned with a mitre of the last); (3) sable, a chevron or between three owls argent, on a chief of the second as many roses gules, seeded of the second, barbed vert. | |
Exeter, confirmed in 1574
Escutcheon: Argent, two bends nebuly sable (arms of Stapledon) within a bordure of the last charged with eight pairs of keys, addorsed and interlaced in the rings, the wards upwards, or. | |
Hertford, assumed
Escutcheon: Gules, a hart's head cabossed Argent, attired and between the attire a cross patty Or, fitched in the foot | |
Jesus, assumed
Escutcheon: Vert, three stags trippant argent attired or. | |
Keble, assumed
Escutcheon: Argent, a chevron engrailed gules, on a chief azure, three mullets pierced or. | |
Kellogg, matriculated April 1999 [71]
Escutcheon: Per pale indented argent and azure on the argent a chevron enhanced gules in base a book azure leaved argent on the azure an ear of wheat palewise or the whole within a bordure gules. | |
Lady Margaret, assumed in 1928
Escutcheon: Or, on a chevron between in chief two talbots passant and in base a bell azure a portcullis of the field. | |
Linacre, matriculated in 1988
Escutcheon: Sable an open Book proper edged Or bound Gules the dexter page charged with the Greek Letter Alpha the sinister page charged with the Greek Letter Omega both Sable the whole between three Escallops Argent. | |
Lincoln, confirmed in 1574
Escutcheon: Tierced per pale, Barry of six argent and azure, in chief three lozenges gules, on the second bar of an argent a mullet pierced sable; Argent, thereon an escutcheon of Gules two lions passant guardant or, on a chief azure the Blessed Virgin Mary ducally crowned seated on a throne issuant from the chief, on her dexter arm the infant Jesus and holding in her sinister hand a sceptre, all gold: the escutcheon ensigned with a mitre azure garnished and stringed or; Vert, three stags statant two and one or. | |
Magdalen, confirmed in 1574
Escutcheon: Lozengy ermine and sable, on a chief of the second three lilies argent slipped and seeded or | |
Mansfield
Escutcheon: Gules an open book proper inscribed DEUS LOCUTUS EST NOBIS IN FILIO in letters sable bound argent edged and clasped or between three cross crosslets or. | |
Merton, confirmed in 1574
Escutcheon: Or, three chevronels party per pale, the first and third azure and gules, the second gules and azure. | |
New, confirmed in 1574
Escutcheon: Argent, two chevronels sable between three roses gules barbed and seeded proper. | |
Nuffield, confirmed in 1574
Escutcheon: Ermine on a fesse or between in chief two roses gules barbed and seeded proper and in base a balance of the second three pears sable. | |
Oriel, confirmed in 1574
Escutcheon: Gules, three lions passant guardant in pale or a bordure engrailed argent. | |
Pembroke, matriculated 14 February 1625
Escutcheon: Per pale azure and gules three Lyons rampant, two and one, Argent, in a Cheife party per pale Argent and Or, in the first a Rose Gules, seeded or, barbed vert in second a Thistle of Scotland proper. | |
The Queen's, confirmed in 1574
Escutcheon: Argent, three eagles displayed gules, beaked and legged or, on the breast of the first, a mullet of six points of the last. | |
St Anne's,
Escutcheon: Gules, on a chevron between in chief two lions heads erased argent, and in base a sword of the second pummelled and hilt or and enfiled with a wreath of laurel, three ravens, all proper. | |
St Antony's, matriculated in 1952
Escutcheon: Or on a chevron between three tau crosses gules as many pierced mullets of the field. | |
St Catherine's
Escutcheon: Sable a saltire ermine between four catherine wheels or. | |
St Cross
Escutcheon: Argent a Cross Potent Purpure a Quarter counterchanged. | |
St Edmund
Escutcheon: Or, a cross patonce Gules cantoned by four Cornish choughs Proper. | |
St Hilda's
Escutcheon: Azure, on a fess or three estoiles Gules in chief two unicorns' heads couped, in base a coiled serpent Argent. | |
St Hugh's
Escutcheon: Azure, a saltire Ermine, between four fleurs-de-lys Or. | |
St John's
Escutcheon: Gules, on a bordure Sable, eight estoiles Or, on a canton Ermine, a lion rampant of the second, in chief an annulet of the third. | |
St Peter's
Escutcheon: Per pale Vert and Argent, to the dexter two keys in saltire Or surmounted by a triple towered castle Argent masoned Sable and on the sinister a cross Gules surmounted by a mitre Or between four martlets Sable, the whole within a bordure Or. | |
Somerville
Escutcheon: Argent, three mullets in chevron reversed Gules, between six crosses crosslet fitched Sable. | |
Trinity
Escutcheon: Per pale or and azure, on a chevron between three griffins' heads erased four fleurs-de-lys, all counter-changed. | |
University, confirmed in 1574
Escutcheon: Azure, a cross patonce between four [sometimes five] martlets or. | |
Wadham, assumed
Escutcheon: Gules, a chevron between 3 roses argent barbed vert (Wadham); impaling Gules, a bend or between 2 escallops argent (Petre). | |
Wolfson
Escutcheon: Per pale Gules and Or on a chevron between three roses two pears all counterchanged the roses barbed and seeded proper. | |
Worcester, assumed from Sir Thomas Cookes
Escutcheon: Or two chevronels Gules between six martlets Sable. |
Former universities
Arms | University |
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Ireland (Queen's), matriculated 15 September 1851
Escutcheon: Argent a saltire Gules charged with a royal crown of England between an open ancient book in chief and the Irish harp in base all Proper. | |
Ireland (Royal), matriculated 11 October 1881
Escutcheon: Per saltire Ermine and Ermines an open book Proper clasped and surmounted by the royal crown Or between four escutcheons two in pale and two in fess the escutcheons in pale representing respectively the provinces of Leinster and Munster viz. Leinster Vert an Irish harp Or stringed Argent and Munster Azure three antique crowns Or the escutcheons in fess representing respectively the provinces of Ulster and Connaught viz Ulster Or a cross Gules on an escutcheon Argent a dexter hand couped also Gules and Connaught per pale Argent and Azure on the dexter a dimidated eagle displayed Sable and on the sinister conjoined therewith at the shoulder a sinister arm embowed Proper sleeved of the first holding a sword erect also Proper. | |
Victoria[13]
Escutcheon: Party per pale Argent and Gules a rose counterchanged between in chief a terrestrial globe semée of bees volant and a golden fleece and in base a cormorant holding in the beak a branch of seaweed called laver all Proper. | |
Manchester (Victoria) (granted 14 October 1871 as Owen's College, Manchester)[73]
Escutcheon: Argent, a serpent nowed vert on a chief nebulée azure, a sun issuant or. |
Universities formerly within the United Kingdom
Arms | University |
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Dublin, matriculated 28 March 1862
Escutcheon: Quarterly azure and ermine. First quarter a book open proper, bound gules, clasped or, and in fourth quarter a castle of two towers argent, flamant proper. Overall in the centre point the harp of Ireland ensigned with the royal crown. | |
Ireland (National), matriculated 1912
Escutcheon: Vert a harp Or with seven strings Argent in chief a five-pointed star of the second charged with a trefoil of the field. |
Former constituent colleges
Arms | College |
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Armstrong College, Durham[74]
Escutcheon: Argent, a cross pattée, quadrat in the centre gules, on a chief of the last three towers of the first, all within a bordure compony of the second and or, on a canton the arms of Baron Armstrong. | |
Bedford College, London (granted 13 August 1913)[64]
Escutcheon: Argent, between two flaunches paly bendy Or and sable a cross patee throughout gules voided of the field surmounted by an open book of the second; on a chief of the third, an antique lamp gold enflamed proper. | |
Bishop Cosin's Hall, Durham[13]
Escutcheon: Azure, a fret or. | |
Cardinall College, Oxford[75]
Escutcheon: Azure, on a cross engrailed argent a lion passant gules between four leopards' faces of the field, in the first quarter a griffon passant supporting a column or, in the second quarter an open book argent leathered gules, garnished or, on a chief of the last a Cardinal's hat of the third, between a torteau charged with two crosses in saltire of the fourth and a key of the second encircled by a crown of the fourth, and a hurt charged with a lion rampant argent, collared of the fourth, and a saltire of the last. | |
Queen Elizabeth College, London[67]
Escutcheon: Argent, a cross gules between four blazing hearths proper. | |
Queen Mary College, London[64]
Escutcheon: Azure upon three several clouds (the sun-beams issuing ) three ancient imperial, crowns tripled all proper on a chief gules an open book also proper embellished and clasped or and inscribed SOLI DEO HONOR ET GLORIA in letters sable between two mullets also or. | |
Royal Holloway College, London (granted 1 May 1944)[76]
Escutcheon: Ermine, on a cross gules another argent, over all in the fesse point an open book proper; on a chief of the second three crescents Or. | |
University of Durham College of Medicine[13]
Escutcheon: Argent, St Cuthbert's cross gules, a chief tierced in pale; (a) the arms of Bishop Hatfield; (b) Or, the rod of Eusclapius in pale proper; (c) Gules, a castle argent. | |
Westfield College, London[77]
Escutcheon: Sable, a cross quadrate Or; on a chief of the last an open book proper bound gules between two mascles that on the dexter enclosing a sinister hand couped appaumee, that on the sinister a lion's paw erased, all of the first. |
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