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A blue and gold flag (three gold crowns above each other on a blue field)
based on the coat of arms for the city was seen flying in Queen's Gardens, Hull.
This design was first seen on a seal dated 1331. The crowns have variously been
described as 'royal crowns' or 'ducal coronets' and 'crest crowns'. The present
blazon describes the arms as 'three crowns or in a field of azure'. There are a
number of traditions as to why there are three crowns. One tradition suggests
it's because of the three English monarchs involved in the founding and
development of the early town. (Edward I, Edward II and Henry VI). Another
suggests is to do with the three great lords responsible for the development of
the city. There is even tradition that links it to the Three Kings who acme to
visit the baby Jesus at his birth. Generally however it is accepted now that it
is most likely due to the town's devotion to the Holy Trinity. (For example, the
main church of the mediaeval town was ascribed to the Trinity.)
Paul Leaver, 6 September 2005
According to my copy of The Colours of the Fleet (created & compiled by
Malcolm Farrow OBE, FCMI and edited by David Prothero), Hull City Council has a
flag meriting "further research but when the council is sitting a red ensign
defaced with a shield (azure bearing three coronets in pale or) in the fly, is
flown above the city hall.
Keir Heath, 24 December 2009
When I saw this flag, it was flying on the flagpole on the Alfred Gelder
Street side of the Guildhall, rather than over the main entrance (which normally
flies two banners of arms). Such a flag has certainly been in use for over
thirty years, because the Flag Institute did a survey of British local
government flags in the late 1960s/early 1970s (not sure of the date - it was
certainly before the big reorganisation in 1973-74), and Hull City Council
reported using a defaced Red Ensign then.
Ian Sumner, 31 December
2009
image located by Valentin Poposki, 27 December 2019
Image extracted from a Letter Patent for a flag/pennant of the City of Kingston upon Hull.
Valentin Poposki, 27 December 2019