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England: The Anthony Roll

The Anthony Roll - page 1 - an illustrated survey of Henry VIII's navy
The Anthony Roll - page 2
The Anthony Roll - page 3
The Ships

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England

The Anthony Roll

This page display flags shown on the Anthony Roll as documented by Knighton & Loades (2000). See the first page in the series for an introduction to this document.

Square blue flags with yellow emblems

There are five different flags which feature the fleur-de-lis but, apart from the Royal Standard, no flags with lions.

by Martin Grieve

One large fleur-de-lis occurs nine times, usually in association with a blue flag bearing the initials HR, on ships 12 to 19.

by Martin Grieve

Three gold fleur-de-lis, similar to the first and fourth quarters of royal standard, appears sixteen times on ships 4 to 11. These are the only ships, bar three, which have a square Royal Standard in a position, other than at the stern.

by Martin Grieve

reverse Initials HR.
David Prothero, 20 July 2004

Oblong Flags

While some oblong flags are similar to Tudor flags that are known from other sources, others seem rather fanciful. They may be depictions of real flags or t