Monarch
(Reign) |
Badges |
Examples |
House of Plantagenet 
(1154–1399) |

King Henry II
(1154–1189) |
- a golden escarbuncle
- a sprig of broom or planta genista
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King Richard I
(1189–1199) |
- a golden star and crescent
- a sprig of broom
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King John
(1199–1216) |
- a golden star and crescent
- a sprig of broom
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King Henry III
(1216–1272) |
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King Edward I
(1272–1307) |
- a golden rose, the stalk green
- a sprig of broom
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King Edward II
(1307–1327) |
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King Edward III
(1327–1377) |
- a golden rose, the stalk green
- a Sunburst, or rays Or issuing from a cloud
- a Sprig of broom, "Planta genista" (first used by Geoffrey of Anjou as a personal symbol)
- a Stock (stump) of a tree eradicated and couped (for Woodstock)
- a Falcon Argent
- a Gryphon
- an Ostrich feather (for his wife; Philippa of Hainault)
- a Fleur-de-lis Or (For France; and his mother Isabella of France)
- a Sword
- a Sword erect on a chapeau, its blade enfiled with three crowns
- a Boar
- a Dragon Or, "clothed with the king's arms ... nicknamed 'Drago'"
- a Leopard
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King Richard II
(1377–1399) |
- a Sunburst
- a Hart Argent lodged, ducally gorged and chained Or (from his mother; Joan of Kent)
- a Stock (stump) of a tree eradicated and couped Or (from his father; Edward of Woodstock; or the Black Prince)
- a Falcon Argent
- a Sprig of broom, Planta genista, the cods open and empty
- a Sun in splendour
- an Ostrich feather
- the Sun clouded
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House of Lancaster 
(1399–1461) |

King Henry IV
(1399–1413) |
- the Monogram SS
- a Crescent
- a Fox's tail
- a Stock of a tree
- an Ermine, or gennet, between two sprigs of broom
- an Eagle, crowned
- an Eagle displayed
- a Panther, crowned
- an Ostrich feather encircled by a scroll bearing the word "SOVEREYGNE"
- a Columbine flower
- the Red rose of Lancaster
- a Sun in splendour
- a Rose en soleil (a combination of the last two badges)
- a White swan (from the Bohun swan, from the de Bohun family of Mary de Bohun; Henry IV's first wife)
- an Antelope Argent (also from the De Bohun family)
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King Henry V
(1413–1422) |
- an Ostrich feather Argent
- an Ostrich feather erect Argent with a small scroll across the lower part of the quill inscribed "Ich dien"
- an Antelope, chained
- a Swan, chained
- a Fire beacon or cresset
- a Stock of a tree
- the Red rose of Lancaster
- a Fox's tail
- a Trunk of a tree eradiated Or (for the Dukedom of Hereford)
- a Swan, wings elevated Argent, beaked and legged Gules, ducally gorged and a chain reflexed over the back Or (of Hereford)
- a Swan and antelope lodged, both chained to the fire-beacon and conjoined into one device
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King Henry VI
(1422–1461) |
- an Antelope, chained
- a Swan, chained
- a Spotted panther
- two Ostrich feathers in saltire, Or and Argent
- the Red rose of Lancaster
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House of York 
(1461–1485) |

King Edward IV
(1461–1483) |
- a Black bull of Clarence (from Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence the second son of Edward III, from which the Yorkists are also descended)
- a Black dragon (for the Earldom of Ulster)
- a White lion of Mortimer (for the Earldom of March)
- a White wolf of Mortimer
- a Hart Argent (to reinforce his succession from Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March the heir of Richard II)
- a Falcon Argent, in a fetterlock Or (for York)
- a Sun in splendour
- the White rose of York
- a Rose en soleil (a combination of the last two badges)
- a Rose Gules or a Rose Gules en soleil (referring to his marriage with Elizabeth Woodville, of the Lancastrian party)
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King Edward V
(1483) |
- a Falcon Argent, in a fetterlock of gold
- a Rose Argent
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King Richard III
(1483–1485) |
- a Boar Argent, armed and bristled Or
- the White rose of York
- a Sun in splendour
- a White falcon with a virgin's face holding a white rose
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House of Tudor 
(1485–1603) |

King Henry VII
(1485–1509) |
- a Portcullis Or, crowned (from his mother; Margaret Beaufort)
- a Greyhound Argent, collared Gules (for the Earldom of Richmond)
- a Red dragon of Cadwaladr
- a Dun cow (of Warwick)
- a Crowned hawthorn bush with the cypher H.R. (recalling the story after Bosworth, when the crown was found under a hawthorn bush)
- the Tudor rose; a rose Gules, with a rose Argent superimposed, crowned
- a Fleur-de-lis, Or, crowned
- Flames of fire
- a Sunburst
- Falcon standing on a fetterlock, with a virgin's face (a harpy)
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King Henry VIII
(1509–1547) |
- a Fleur-de-lis Or
- a Red dragon of Cadwaladr
- a Greyhound Argent, collared Gules
- a Silver cock with red comb and wattles
- Flames of fire
- a Dun cow of Warwick
- a Harp Or, stringed silver, crowned (For Ireland)
- a Portcullis Or, crowned; as used with motto Altera securitas
- the Tudor rose
- a Rose Gules, dimidiated with a pomegranate (for his first wife; Catherine of Aragon; the pomegranate is the symbol of Granada in the royal arms of the Kingdoms of Castile and Aragon)
- a Demi-rose Gules, impaled with a demi-roundel parted palewise Argent and Vert, charged with a bundle of arrows Argent, garnished Or (also for his first wife)
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King Edward VI
(1547–1553) |
- a Fleur-de-lis Or
- a Red dragon of Cadwaladr
- a Greyhound Argent, collared Gules
- a Harp Or, stringed silver, crowned
- a Portcullis Or, crowned
- the Tudor rose
- a Rose Gules, crowned
- a Sun in splendour
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Queen Mary I
(1553–1558) |
- a Pomegranate (for her mother; Catherine of Aragon)
- a Pomegranate and rose conjoined (also used by her mother personally)
- a Rose Gules within a white one, impaled with a demi-roundel parted palewise Vert and Azure, charged with a bundle of arrows Argent, ensigned with a crown, surrounded by rays Or
- a Winged Time drawing Truth from a Pit, with the inscription "Veritas temporis filia"
- an Altar, thereon a sword erect, with the words "Arae et Regne Custodia"
- the Tudor rose
- a Harp Or, stringed silver, crowned
- a Portcullis Or, crowned
- a Fleur-de-lis Or
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Queen Elizabeth I
(1558–1603) |
- a Falcon Argent, crowned and holding a sceptre Or (for her mother; Anne Boleyn)
- a Tudor rose, crowned with the motto "Rose sine Spina"
- a Sieve
- a Phoenix
- a Harp Or, stringed silver, crowned
- a Portcullis Or, crowned
- a Fleur-de-lis Or
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House of Stuart 
(1603–1649) |

King James I
(1603–1625) |
- the Tudor rose; Rose Gules, with a rose Argent superimposed, crowned (for England)
- a Thistle, slipped and headed Proper, royally crowned (for Scotland and the House of Stuart)
- a Fleur-de-lis Or, crowned (for France)
- a Rose Gules, with a rose Argent superimposed, dimidated with a thistle in its Proper colours, crowned (for the Union of the Crowns)
- a Harp Or, stringed silver, crowned (for Ireland)
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King Charles I
(1625–1649) |
- the Tudor rose; Rose Gules, with a rose Argent superimposed, crowned (for England)
- a Thistle, slipped and headed Proper, royally crowned (for Scotland)
- a Fleur-de-lis Or, crowned (for France)
- a Rose Gules, with a rose Argent superimposed, dimidated with a thistle in its Proper colours, crowned (for the Union of the Crowns)
- a Harp Or, stringed silver, crowned (for Ireland)
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Interregnum 
(1649–1660) |
House of Stuart (Restored) 
(1660–1707) |

King Charles II
(1660–1685) |
- the Tudor rose; Rose Gules, with a rose Argent superimposed, crowned (for England)
- a Thistle, slipped and headed Proper, royally crowned (for Scotland)
- a Fleur-de-lis Or, crowned (for France)
- a Rose Gules, with a rose Argent superimposed, dimidated with a thistle in its Proper colours, crowned (for the Union of the Crowns)
- a Harp Or, stringed silver, crowned (for Ireland)
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King James II
(1685–1688) |
- the Tudor rose; Rose Gules, with a rose Argent superimposed, crowned (for England)
- a Thistle, slipped and headed Proper, royally crowned (for Scotland)
- a Fleur-de-lis Or, crowned (for France)
- a Rose Gules, with a rose Argent superimposed, dimidated with a thistle in its Proper colours, crowned (for the Union of the Crowns)
- a Harp Or, stringed silver, crowned (for Ireland)
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King William III and Queen Mary II
(1689–1694) |
- the Tudor rose; Rose Gules, with a rose Argent superimposed, crowned (for England)
- a Thistle, slipped and headed Proper, royally crowned (for Scotland)
- a Fleur-de-lis Or, crowned (for France)
- a Rose Gules, with a rose Argent superimposed, dimidated with a thistle in its Proper colours, crowned (for the Union of the Crowns)
- a Harp Or, stringed silver, crowned (for Ireland)
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King William III
(1689–1702) |
- the Tudor rose; Rose Gules, with a rose Argent superimposed, crowned (for England)
- a Thistle, slipped and headed Proper, royally crowned (for Scotland)
- a Fleur-de-lis Or, crowned (for France)
- a Rose Gules, with a rose Argent superimposed, dimidated with a thistle in its Proper colours, crowned (for the Union of the Crowns)
- a Harp Or, stringed silver, crowned (for Ireland)
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Queen Anne
(1702–1707) |
- the Tudor rose; Rose Gules, with a rose Argent superimposed, crowned (for England)
- a Thistle, slipped and headed Proper, royally crowned (for Scotland)
- a Fleur-de-lis Or, crowned (for France)
- a Rose Gules, with a rose Argent superimposed, a thistle in its Proper colours, growing from the same stalk, crowned (for Great Britain, after the Acts of Union)
- a Harp Or, stringed silver, crowned (for Ireland)
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