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The banner of arms of Clare College, University of Cambridge (GB) may be seen at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidalderson/2447792187/, a Flickr photo made
by David Alderson, uploaded on 27 Apr 2008. Another sighting is at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/descensus_in_cuniculi_cavum/2221040706/, a
Flickr photo made by �london_emigre�, uploaded on 26 Jan 2008.
The blazon
was found here (grateful quote follows):
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=66644, �Or three
chevrons gules (for Clare) impaling or a cross gules (for de Burgh) all within a
border sable with golden drops.�
An old rendition of the arms can be
found at
http://www.ngw.nl/catalogue/tobaccocards/wills/willsoxcam_clip_image003.jpg.
According to the college�s official website, Clare is the oldest but one
of the Cambridge University colleges (http://www.clare.cam.ac.uk/index.html):
�(�) founded in 1326, and generously endowed a few years later by Lady Elizabeth
de Clare (Lady de Burgh), a granddaughter of King Edward I (�). In 1336 King
Edward III (�) granted licence �to his cousin Elizabeth de Burgo� to establish a
collegium (the word originally meant �a corporation of scholars��) although it
was in the first instance referred to nonspecifically as �the House of the
University of Cambridge�, it became known as Clare Hall as early as 1339 (the
present simplified title, �Clare�, dates from 1856).�
Jan Mertens, 16
April 2009
image by Ant�nio Martins-Tuv�lkin, 5 September 2009
At
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clare_crest.png is the image I used
as a base to make the image at the top of this page. There seems to be some
representations of these arms showing white/Argent drops. At
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clare_Hall%2C_Cambridge, the colors of Clare
College are given as black and yellow, taken from the arms.
Ant�nio Martins-Tuv�lkin,
5 September 2009