Arms
The arms of the company are blazoned:
Shield: Azure upon a Chevron Argent three Roses Gules seeded Or between three Royal Mortars Or.
Crest: A Maiden in a Courcoat of cloth lined Or furred Ermine kneeling among divers Flowers Proper making in her Hand a Garland of the Same Flowers mantelled Azure double Ermine.
Supporters: Unicorns Argent gorged with a Garland of various Flowers Proper, the Horn wreathed Or and Gules.
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