Drew University
Registration number 20061025E
This certifies that the heraldic arms of
Drew University
which marshal the arms of Oxford University, Lincoln College (Oxford) and Cardinal Thomas Wosley
are registered and described by the blazon below
Arms: Tierced in pall inverted.
(1) Azure, on an open book Argent between three crowns Or the words DOMINUS ILLUMINATIO MEO Sable. (Oxford University)
(2) Tierced per pale. (a) Barry of six Argent and Azure, in chief three lozenges Gules, on the second bar of Argent a mullet pierced Sable. (b) Argent, thereon an escutcheon of the See of Lincoln (i.e. Gules two lions passant guardant or, on a chief Azure the Blessed Virgin Mary ducally crowned seated on a throne issuant from the chief, on her dexter arm the infant Jesus and holding in her sinister hand a sceptre, all Or, the escutcheon ensigned with a mitre Azure garnished and stringed Or). (c) Vert, three stags statant two and one Or. (Lincoln College, Oxford University)
(3) Sable, on a cross engrailed Argent, between four leopards' faces Azure a lion passant Gules; on a chief Or between two Cornish choughs proper a rose Gules barbed Vert and seeded Or. (Thomas Wolsey and Christ Church)
Motto: "Freely have you received; freely give" (in Greek from Matthew 10:8)
Source
1961 Presidential Inauguration Program, provided by the Drew University Archives
Marshalling note
The Drew University arms marshal the arms of Oxford University, Lincoln College (Oxford) and the personal arms of Cardinal Thomas Wosley (adopted by Christ Church). The Lincoln College arms further marshal the arms of Bishop Fleming, the resident Bishop of Lincoln College, and Bishop Rotherham.
Historical note
The university was founded in 1866 as Drew Theological Seminary (Methodist). The arms were officially adopted in 1961 as the primary emblem of the University, supplanting a 1928 seal.
Design rationale
The arms honor Methodism's founder John Wesley and his academic career. He was an undergraduate at Christ Church, a fellow at Lincoln College, and the recipient of a master's degree from Oxford.
Registered by
Michael Swanson
Categories
Education, US, D