Heraldry in the City of London

The first depiction of the arms of London on the second mayoralty seal, commisioned in April 1381. Image from Jewitt, Llewellyn, and John Hope, The Corporation Plate and Insignia of Office of the Cities and Towns of England and Wales, 6 vols. (London, 1895), ii, 244. The City of London has a long and illustrious relationship with heraldry, not least because it is home to the College of Arms, the heraldic authority for grants of arms in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Commonwealth Rea..