Derbyshire
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Above a rose gules seeded or, barbed vert, a Royal Crown or. Inscribed beneath on a scroll vert DERBYSHIRE lettered or.
A crowned red rose has always been the badge of the Duchy of Lancaster and as such it was used by Henry IV as the Lancastrian emblem in the War of the Roses. Henry Iv was also Earl of Derby through inheritance from his father John of Gaunt.
