Editing Richard III of England (section)

==Titles, styles, honours and arms==
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On 1 November 1461, Richard gained the title of Duke of Gloucester; in late 1461, he was invested as a Knight of the Garter.{{sfnp|Kendall|1956|p=44|ps=. "By early February 1462 a helm, crest and sword marked his stall&nbsp;... in the Chapel of St. George."}} Following the death of King Edward IV, he was made [[Lord Protector]] of England. Richard held this office from 30 April to 26 June 1483, when he became king. During his reign, Richard was styled ''Dei Gratia Rex Angliae et Franciae et Dominus Hiberniae'' ([[by the Grace of God]], King of England and France and Lord of Ireland).

Informally, he may have been known as "Dickon", according to a sixteenth-century legend of a note, warning of treachery, that was sent to the Duke of Norfolk on the eve of Bosworth:
{{poemquote|Jack of Norfolk, be not too bold,
For Dickon, thy master, is bought and sold.{{sfnp|Grant|1972|p=15}}}}

===Arms===
As Duke of Gloucester, Richard used the [[Royal Arms of France]] [[Quartering (heraldry)|quartered]] with the [[Royal Arms of England]], [[Cadency|differenced]] by a [[Label (heraldry)|label]] [[argent]] of three points [[Ermine (heraldry)|ermine]], on each point a [[Canton (heraldry)|canton]] [[gules]], supported by a blue boar.<ref name="heraldica-cadency">{{cite web |last=Velde |first=François R. |date=5 August 2013 |url=http://www.heraldica.org/topics/britain/cadency.htm |title=Marks of Cadency in the British Royal Family |website=Heraldica.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614121531/http://www.heraldica.org/topics/britain/cadency.htm |archive-date=14 June 2018 |url-status=live |access-date=20 August 2012}}</ref>{{sfnp|Brunet|1889|p=202}} As sovereign, he used the arms of the kingdom undifferenced, supported by a white boar and a lion.{{sfnp|Brunet|1889|p=202}} His motto was ''Loyaulte me lie'', "Loyalty binds me"; and his [[Heraldic badge|personal device]] was a [[white boar]].{{sfnp|Kendall|1956|pp=132–133}}