[HPFGU-OTChatter] Gryffins...

[Amanda Lewanski]

Scott wrote:

> I know that there are pictures of Gryffins on the back of some 1 GBP
> coins.  I also remember that there are statues of Gryffins around
> London when one is entering and exiting The City, especially when
> entering into Westminster. I can remember that the Gryffin has some
> connection to London but I can't put my finger on what. Also can you
> clarify whether the Gryffin statues are surrounding The City or
> Westminster as I can't remember that either.

Well, are you quite sure they're griffins? Not dragons? Because I looked
up some of London's civic heraldry in the book I grabbed from the baby's
room, and it says that London once used lions as supporters, but never
registered them, and that the dragons they currently use are rank new
things, only dating back to the seventeenth century. Imagine!

Check out this URL for some of the heraldry of the city livery companies
of London.

http://www.kwtelecom.com/hmedia/info/livery/index.html

Back to my book--no griffins mentioned, but it was just a quick scan.
The arms of the city of Westminster are borne as a quartering by the
Duke thereof, but it didn't give a blazon or supporters, just a
discussion of the quarters.

I can probably find you more stuff later. Unless somebody Over There
knows.

--Amanda Binns
(husband working late, should go to sleep, will be very droopy tomorrow)
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