Coat of arms of Sussex

rdf:langString Coat of arms of Sussex

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rdf:langString The modern Arms of Sussex with gold martlets on a blue background

rdf:langString Raynden coat of arms on the gatehouse of 14th century Bodiam Castle.

rdf:langString Part of John Speeds 17th century map of the heptarchy. Ælle of Sussex is shown with a shield with silver martlets on a blue background.

rdf:langString The modern Arms of Sussex are thought to have been derived from that of John de Raynden

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rdf:langString Arms of Sussex.svg

rdf:langString Ella - John Speed.JPG

rdf:langString Radynden_coat_of_arms.png

rdf:langString A heraldic shield has been associated with the historic county of Sussex since the seventeenth century. The device, displaying six martlets or heraldic swallows on a shield, later formed the basis of the flag of Sussex and the armorial bearings granted to the county councils of East and West Sussex. The six gold martlets on a blue shield is the official heraldic shield of Sussex, very much the same as the Yorkshire Rose is for Yorkshire. Under English Heraldic law this heraldic shield has been granted to the county by the new administrative body. Sussex hasn't had an administrative body since 1086, the year of the Domesday Book, but in October 2018 the device has been reclassified as the counties heraldic shield by the administrative body for the county.