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The armorial of British universities is the collection of coats of arms of universities in the United Kingdom. Modern arms of universities began appearing in England around the middle of the 15th century, with Oxford's being possibly the oldest university arms in the world, being adopted around the end of the 14th century. The earliest granting of university arms was to King's College Cambridge by Henry VIII in 1449. Arms are still granted by the College of Arms to universities today, with new universities continuing to register arms, which has been seen as an attempt to appear more traditional or legitimate. As corporations, older university arms have historically been granted without a crest, however newer institutions use crests with mantling, including new colleges at older universities. The first crest granted to a university was to Leeds in 1905 while the first British university to be granted supporters was Sussex in 1962, although both Oxford and Cambridge have used angels as supporters and Cambridge has used the 'alma mater' emblem as a crest without these components being officially granted.

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Prior to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005, nearly all Lord Chancellors were peers of the realm and the principal presiding officer of the upper house of Parliament - now taken by the Lord Speaker. Shields of arms of former Chancellors are painted on the coving of the chamber interspersed with the shields of arms of the monarchs whom they served.

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The official and historical coats of arms for English primary and secondary education schools are presented below, grouped by region.

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The Catholic Church in Scotland is divided into two provinces while the Catholic Church in England & Wales is divided into five.

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England has a long tradition of ecclesiastical heraldry. An Anglican bishopric is considered a corporation sole, and most have been granted official arms. Incumbents may impale their personal arms with those of their see.

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The House of Plantagenet was the first truly armigerous royal dynasty of England. The arms of this noble, later royal, family, Gules, three lions passant guardant or , termed colloquially "the arms of England" signifying the "arms of the royal house of England", were first adopted by King Richard the Lionheart (1189–1199), son of King Henry II of England (1154–1189), son of Plantagenet founder, Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou. The various cadet branches descended from this family bore differenced versions of the arms of England.