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YARMOUTH, GREAT (Norfolk). Party per pale gules and azure, three demi-lions passant guardant or, conjoined to the bodies of as many herrings argent. Motto—"Rex et nostra jura."

This coat-of-arms (without the motto) appears in the visitation books, and is marked, " The usuall armes of the towne of Greate Yermouthe at this in chief three lions passant guardant in pale or, and in base three herrings p'sent." Another coat is also given, namely, "Party per fesse gules and azure, naiant argent two and one"; and this is described as "the owld and auncient armes." Berry says that the original arms, "as appears by the Seal," were azure three herrings in pale argent.

YARMOUTH, LITTLE. Burke give a coat argent, a chevron between three seals' feet, erect and erased sable. Berry gives the coat as argent, a chevron between three lions' gambs, but adds a not€ that these should most probably be seals' feet.

YARMOUTH (Hants), alias EREMUE. Has no armorial bearings. The seal represents upon waves of the sea a three-masted ship, all within the legend, "S. commu de Eremu."

YEOVIL (Somersetshire). Has no armorial bearings.

YORK (Yorkshire). Argent, on a cross gules, five lions passant guardant or. [Recorded in the College of Arms.]

YORK, See of Gules, two keys in saltire, wards upwards, argent, in chief the imperial crown or. Ancient arms—Azure, a crosier in pale or, surmounted of a pall argent fringed and ensigned with five crosses pattee fitchce of the of second. [Recorded in the College of Arms.] The coat now in use dates back to 1397-8, but the crown was formerly the papal tiara.

YORK, Dean of. Azure, two keys in saltire argent between in chief a royal crown and in base and flanks three bezants.

[Recorded in the College of Arms.]

YORK. See New York, U.S.A., and refer to St Mary's, York.

YORK HERALD. Badge— A rose argent en soleil.

YORKSHIRE. Has no armorial bearings. The arms of the city of York formerly did duty when County insignia were wanted, but upon the formation of the County Councils for the different Ridings of the County, the West Riding simply assumed the design of the White Rose of York for its seal. The North Riding invented a coat-of-arms for theirs, namely, argent, a cross gules on a chief azure three roses of the field.