Jo Cox, MP: a commemorative shield bearing the Arms of Helen Joanne Cox, late Member of Parliament for Batley and Spen, was unveiled in the House of Commons on 24 June 2017, in the presence of her family, the Speaker of the Commons and other guests including Garter King of Arms. The ceremony was part of the first 'Great Get Together' organized by the Jo Cox Foundation. The Arms were granted to her widower Brendan Cox of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, to be placed on monuments to her memory, by Letters Patent of Garter and Clarenceux Kings of Arms dated 6 March 2017. College reference: Grants 180/149. They are blazoned:
Arms: Barry wavy Vert and Purpure a Chevronel Argent between in chief a White Rose and a Red Rose proper both barbed seeded and slipped the stalks conjoined Or and in base a Red Rose and a White Rose proper both barbed seeded and slipped the stalks conjoined Or.
Motto: MORE IN COMMON
The rationale for the design is as follows: green, violet or purple and white are the colours adopted by the Women's Social and Political Union in 1908, better known as the Suffragettes. The wavy bars of the field are a reference to the country and fields and rivers for which Jo Cox felt an affinity. The chevronel refers to the Lake District and hills where she loved to walk. The white roses refer to Yorkshire of which Jo Cox was a native and where her constituency was situated and the red roses refer both to the Labour Party and to Lancashire which is Brendan Cox's county of origin. The motto expressed Jo Cox's belief that people have more in common than separates them. Brendan Cox and the children were involved in the development of this design.
A grant of Arms and Crest (illustrated left) was made to James Gerald DOHERTY of Evesham, Worcestershire, MBE, byLetters Patent of Garter and Clarenceux Kings of Arms dated 20 February 2017. College reference: Grants 180/147. The blazon reads:
A grant of Arms, Crest and Badge was made to Jonathan Mark KENDRICK of Claverley, Shropshire by Letters Patent of Garter and Clarenceux Kings of Arms dated 31 January 2017. College reference: Grants 180/137. The Arms (illustrated right) are blazoned:
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