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![[Flag of Tenterden, Kent]](../images/g/gb-e-tntd.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 October 2019It is a light blue trapezium flag with the coat of arms at its bottom.
Source:
I spotted this flag on 12 September 2019 in front of the local town
hall.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 October 2019
![[Flag of Tenterden, Kent]](../images/g/gb-e-tntd).gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 October 2019
Shield Gules in base waves of the sea proper, thereon a ship of three masts
Or ,the sail on the foremast furled, the mainsail per pale Gules and Azure,
thereon three demi lions passant guardant Or, conjoined to as many hulks of
ships Argent, the mizzen charged with the arms Argent, on a bend Sable between
four lions' heads erased Gules three 6-point stars Or.
Meaning:
The arms on the mainsail are those of the Cinque Ports, but with the ships'
hulls coloured silver. Tenterden had been a member of the Port of Rye. A ship
bearing these arms on its sail and a banner of St George at the stem stands on
the 15th-century seal of Tenterden. On the reverse of the same seal, beneath a
figure of St Mildred, the patron saint of the town, is a shield bearing the arms
on the mizzen. These are the arms of the Pillesden or Pitlesden family, one of
whom was the first Bailiff of Tenterden. The arms are now used by the town
council.
Source:
https://heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Tenterden
The arms were officially described during the Heraldic Visitations of 1574,
maintained by Robert Cooke (ca. 1535 – 1592 or 1593), Clarenceux King of Arms,
who is the senior of the two provincial Kings of Arms. The colours were
described in 1619. Heraldic Visitations were tours of inspection undertaken by
Kings of Arms.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 October 2019