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ANDOVER (Hampshire). Has no armorial bearings. Its seal, recorded in the College of Arms, represents upon a mount a lion statant guardant, in front of a tree. The legend is "Sigill. commvne ville de Andever," and this is all that appears to be claimed for the said town in Debrett's "House of Commons," but Burke's "General Armory" quotes it as a coat-of-arms, namely, "Ar. on a mount vert a lion statant guard, gu. against a tree ppr."

ANDREWS, ST. See St Andrews.

ANDREWS, ST, University of. See University of St Andrews.

ANGERS (France). Gules, a key in pale wards upwards and to the sinister argent, on a chief azure, two mullets of five points or.

ANGLESEY, County of. Has no armorial bearings, but the seal of the County Council exhibits the following:—Gules, a chevron between three lions rampant or. Motto—"Mon mam Cymru." The arms are quoted in Burke's "General Armory" as those of Awfa ap Cynddelw, Founder of the I Noble Tribe. The legend upon the seal is "Cynghor Sirol Môn, 1889."

ANGLIA, East. Refer to East Anglia.

ANHALT, Duchy of. Per pale, argent an eagle displayed gules armed or, dimidiated with the arms of Saxony. Supporters—Two bears regardant sable crowned and collared or. Motto "Fuerchte Gott und befolge seine befehle."

[The arms are usually borne upon a coat of numerous quarterings, as shown in the illustration.]