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The College of William and Mary


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This certifies that the heraldic arms of The College of William and Mary are registered as an original design and described by the blazon below

Arms: Vert a Colledge, or Edifices mason'd Argent in Chief a Sun rising Or the Hemisphere proper.


Grant

1694 College of Arms (London)

Sources

The college's website: http://www.wm.edu/vitalfacts/seventeenth.php
"The Armorial Ensigns of the College of William and Mary in Virginia," William and Mary Quarterly Historical Magazine, 2nd Ser., Vol. 10, No. 2 (April 1930), pp. 161-163 (provided by Joe McMillan)

Historical note

1694, May 14. The coat of arms of the College was granted by the College of Arms in London. The arms were described as: "Vert a Colledge, or Edifices Mason'd Argent in Chief a Sun rising Or the Hemisphere proper, as in the margent hereof is more plainly depicted."

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Michael Swanson

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