Editing House of Lancaster (section)

===Lancaster badges===
{{see also|Royal badges of England}}

The [[Red Rose of Lancaster]] derives from the gold rose badge of [[Edward I of England]]. Other members of his family used variants of the royal badge, with the king's brother, the Earl of Lancaster, using a red rose.<ref>Henry Bedingfeld and Peter Gwynn-Jones, Heraldry, Chartwell Books, 1993, page 130.</ref> It is believed that the Red Rose of Lancaster was the House of Lancaster's [[Heraldic badge|badge]] during the [[Wars of the Roses]]. Evidence for this "wearing of the rose" includes land tenure records requiring service of a red rose yearly for a manor held directly from [[Henry VI of England]].<ref>Guy Cardogan Rothery, Concise Encyclopedia of Heraldry, Brackten Books, 1915, page 183</ref> There are, however, doubts as to whether the red rose was actually an emblem taken up by the Lancastrians during the Wars of the Roses. Adrian Ailes has noted that the red rose "probably owes its popular usage to [[Henry VII of England|Henry VII]] quickly responding to the pre-existing Yorkist white rose in an age when signs and symbols could speak louder than words."

It also allowed Henry to invent and exploit his most famous heraldic device, the [[Tudor Rose]], combining the so-called Lancastrian red rose and the [[White Rose of York]]. This floral union neatly symbolised the restoration of peace and harmony and his marriage in January 1486 to Elizabeth of York. It was a brilliant piece of simple heraldic propaganda."<ref>Adrian Ailes, "Heraldry in Medieval England: Symbols of Politics and Propaganda", in Heraldry, Pageantry, and Social Display in Medieval England, ed. Peter Cross and Maurice Keen (Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell, 2002), 83–104 (101).</ref> The [[Tudor Rose]] is used as the plant badge of England (Scotland uses the [[thistle]], Ireland uses the [[shamrock]], and [[Wales]] uses the [[leek]]).

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Red Rose Badge of Lancaster.svg|Red Rose Badge of Lancaster.
Monogram SS Badge of Henry IV.svg|Monogram SS Badge of Henry IV.
Chained Antelope Badge of Henry V & VI.svg|Chained Antelope Badge of Henry V & VI.
Hereford Swan Badge of Henry V.svg|Hereford Swan Badge of Henry V.
Fire Beacon Badge of Henry V.svg|Fire Beacon Badge of Henry V.
Crossed Feather Badge of Henry VI.svg|Crossed Feather Badge of Henry VI.
Panther Badge of Henry VI.svg|Panther Badge of Henry VI.
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