MAKE A MEME View Large Image York City Council.png Coat of arms of York City Council The so-called Cap of Maintenance is here correctly shown in the reversal of its usual position in heraldry Explanatory text per Wikipedia WP Cap of Maintenance The City of York claims ...
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Keywords: York City Council.png Coat of arms of York City Council The so-called Cap of Maintenance is here correctly shown in the reversal of its usual position in heraldry Explanatory text per Wikipedia WP Cap of Maintenance The City of York claims to possess an original medieval Cap of Maintenance which is kept and displayed in the Mansion House; whatever its origin it is in fact a Robin Hood style of cap with ermine trimmings forming into a split peak at the back and was copied from an heraldic drawing and not from a genuine Cap of Maintenance Caps of this style are still worn by the York Swordbearers The City of York claims the grant of a Cap of Maintenance from the Yorkist King Richard III 1483-1485 <ref>The Mansion House York website claims this as a grant from King Richard II in 1393 - almost 90 years earlier than Richard IIIhttp //www mansionhouseyork hostyork co uk/DynamicPageT1 asp PageID 27 The Mansion House York</ref> and incorporates this into its Coat of Arms as a quasi-crest but reverses it so that the tail or peak faces to dexter viewer's left thus further compounding the confusion own en wikipedia Hanhil CommonsHelper 2008-02-16 ; 2006 11 06 last version R carroll wikipedia en / coat of arms R carroll Original upload log page en wikipedia York_City_Council png 2008-02-16 18 51 Yorkshirian 309×340× 88928 bytes 2008-02-16 18 49 Yorkshirian 309×340× 88928 bytes 2008-02-16 18 47 Yorkshirian 309×340× 88928 bytes 2008-02-16 18 46 Yorkshirian 309×340× 88928 bytes <nowiki>Coat of arms of York I created this </nowiki> 2007-12-19 01 12 Yorkshirian 160×92× 30245 bytes 2007-06-12 20 36 Tivedshambo 160×91× 4078 bytes <nowiki>Replacement with colour version</nowiki> 2006-11-06 23 16 R carroll 276×119× 5538 bytes <nowiki>Taken from York City Council's website http //www york gov uk</nowiki> Symbols of York Coat of arms of York Caps of maintenance
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