St Edward's Chronicle Summer 2018

15 ST EDWARD’S CHRONICLE

A New Coat of Arms A splendid ceremony was held in June to mark the granting of a new Coat of Arms to St Edward’s. In his opening address, John Michael Allen-Petrie, Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms, introduced a frisson of drama as he explained that our unofficial arms, drawn by the brother of the first Warden, Algernon Barrington Simeon, in 1875, could have, should the authorities have felt so inclined, despatched the Warden off to prison. Thankfully, generosity of spirit prevailed and the College of Arms was good enough to allow us to rectify the irregularity in our own time. In this we owe a great debt of gratitude to Sir David Lewis OSE who, as he explained in his address, first had the idea of righting this anomaly some 23 years ago. He kindly resurrected the idea recently and, thanks to his support, we have been able to make ourselves official – to the great relief of the Warden. We are grateful, too, to the St Edward's Society for framing the Letters Patent so magnificently as pictured below.

Enjoy the full splendour of the investiture ceremony on Teddies TV

Pictured above are John Michael Allen-Petrie, Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms with Ned Donovan OSE and Governor Mike Stanfield OSE; the Warden leading the investiture procession followed by Tim Stephenson, Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire, Richard Venables OSE, High Sherriff of Oxfordshire, John Michael Allen-Petrie, Sir David Lewis OSE and Rev Charlie Kerr; and Sir David Lewis OSE giving an address at the ceremony.