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===Coat of arms=== [[File:Bloye shield on Fountain Court, Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham 2.JPG|thumb|Arms of the Inner Temple]] The coat of arms of the Inner Temple is, in [[blazon]], "[[Azure (heraldry)|Azure]] a pegasus [[Attitude (heraldry)#Salient|salient]] [[argent]]", or a [[Pegasus]].<ref name="peg">{{cite web|url=http://www.innertemplelibrary.org.uk/temple-history/inner-temple-history-pegasus.htm|title=Inner Temple History β Pegasus|last=Baker|first=John|publisher=Inner Temple|access-date=8 November 2009}}</ref> [[Gerard Legh]] is normally given the credit for having suggested the Pegasus as a coat of arms, having given an account of [[Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester|Robert Dudley]] playing the part of Prince Pallaphilos, a patron of the Honorable Order of Pegasus in the 1561 Christmas [[revels]].<ref>Pearce (1848) p.220</ref> It may alternately have come about because of the tiles in Temple Church, which show a knight on horseback with a shield and sword raised. From this point onwards, the arms were considered the Temple's property, and they were confirmed by the [[College of Arms]] in 1967.<ref name="peg"/>
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