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The Flag of Surrey is the flag of the traditional county of Surrey and is derived from the coat of arms of William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey (heraldic blazon: Chequy Or and Azur). The Surrey flag was officially registered as a "traditional design" by the Flag Institute on 11th September 2014 following research by Philip Tibbetts on behalf of the Association of British Counties which showed that the county was linked to an emblem of some antiquity. The flag is a banner of the arms originally used as a personal heraldic device by de Warenne earls of Surrey (between 1088 and 1347) and has since enjoyed an association with the county itself as attested in a 17th Century poem about the Battle of Agincourt. An early reference of the arms is found in the 13th century Glover’s Roll of Arms where an account of the siege of Caerlaverock Castle (from 1300) describes the actions of John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey and includes a reference to his banner of blue and gold cheques: "his banner with gold and azure, was nobly chequered”. The de Warenne family became extinct in the male line in 1347 but, importantly, there is evidence the design continued to be used by the men of the county, as found in a poem about the Battle of Agincourt in 1415 by Michael Drayton (written in 1627) which records the men of Surrey carrying a banner of gold and blue checks into battle in honour of their late earl, "The men of Surrey, Checky Blew and gold, (Which for brave Warren their first Earle they wore".〔(The Battaile of Agincourt, by Michael Drayton (1627), Project Gutenberg )]〕 The 'De Warenne Cheques' are also remembered in a map by John Speed of the county of Surrey dating from 1610〔(Map Collection, Surrey County Council Website )〕 and they were then adopted in various civic heraldic devices during the 19th and 20th Centuries including an ''heraldic badge'' in 1981 for the Surrey Herald Extraordinary.〔(British County Flags: Surrey Flag, (wordpress) )〕 == References == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Flag of Surrey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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