DONCASTER (Yorkshire).

DONCASTER (Yorkshire). Has no armorial bearings. The following are in general use, however, and are given in Burke's " General Armory " : Gules, a castle with loophole, gateway and portcullis, each tower surmounted by a cupola, and thereon a pennon waving argent, in chief a royal crown or. Crest — (which is the design upon the Corporation seal) — Upon a cushion ermine, a lion sejant erect or, supporting between his forepaws a staff argent, thereon a banner azure, fringed and tasselled also or, charged with a castle as in the arms, skirted by a river proper, and thereon in capital letters the word DoN. Motto —

" Confort et Hesse." (Burke quotes it " Son confort et liesse.")

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