Cornish corporate heraldry

Coats of arms and seals of the County and Duchy of Cornwall, the Diocese of Truro, and of Cornish boroughs and towns.

[7] The arms of Cornwall County Council were: Sable fifteen bezants in pile within a bordure barry wavy of eight Argent and Azure.

The crest was: On a wreath Argent and Azure a chough proper resting the dexter claw upon a ducal coronet Or.

[8] Mark Antony Lower noted in 1845 that "In general the arms assigned to a county are those of one of its chief, or most antient, boroughs.

a camel passing through a ford of water all proper with the legend "Sigillum Vill de Camillford".

[8] The seal of Falmouth was An eagle displayed with two heads and on each wing with a tower (based on the arms of Killigrew).

thereon surmounting the tail of the eagle a staff also proper flying therefrom a pennant Gu.

[8] The seal of the town of Fowey was on a shield a ship of three masts on the sea her topsail furled with the legend "Sigillum oppidi de Fowy Anno Dom.

a triple circular tower in a pyramidical form Or the first battlements mounted with cannon of the last, all within a bordure Az.

[11] The seal of East Looe was An antique one-mast vessel in it a man and boy against the side of the hulk three escutcheons each charges with three bends, with the legend "Si: comunetatis de Loo".

[11] The seal of West Looe was An armed man holding a bow in his right hand and an arrow in his left, with the legend "Por-tu-an other wys Westlo".

[11] The seal of the borough of Marazion was on a shield the arms three castles triple turreted, with the legend "Semper Eadem".

[11] The seal of the borough of Millbrook was A mill with waterwheel in a stream of water amid trees and hounds, with the legend "Sigillum de Millbrookia".

[13] The old arms of Penzance were the head of St John the Baptist on a charger, with the legend "Pensans anno Domini 1614".

an ivy branch overspreading the whole field Vert, with the legend "Sigillum Burgi St. Ives in Com.

and a ship with three masts the sail furled in the dexter base of the second, with the legend "Commune Sigillum Burgi de St. Mawes al Mauditt.

[14] Borough seal: A castle with two towers embattled and domed and joined to each other by a circular wall all on a mount, in the base water.

[8] Another description: King Arthur's castle twin-turreted with drawbridge lowered over the water, with the legend "Sigillum Maioris et Burgiensiu Burgi de Tintaioel".

thereon an ancient ship of three masts under sail on each topmast a banner of St George, on the waves in base two fishes of the second.