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by Graham Bartram
Source:
http://flags.net/UNKG11.htm
There are usually two flags on display at St John's Gate, Clerkenwell. This
was the southern gate of a large priory covering Clerkenwell in the 1600s and
now houses the headquarters of the Order, a shop and a museum. One of the flags
is a banner of arms, the other has an emblem in the middle of the cross, which I
no longer recall from memory, but I will try to find a photograph from my
archive or get a new one. A photo at
http://upload.wikimedia.org shows the two flags atop the gatehouse, the
unknown flag on the left and the Order of St John flag on the right. As far as I
recall, the curator of the Museum told me the other flag belonged to one of the
officers of the order.
Colin Dobson, 3 July 2007
The 2003 regulations, at http://www.orderofstjohn.org/pdf/regs2003.pdf, contain in Appendix I "Rules for the use of the Arms, Badge, and Banners of the Order". In particular, sections 3, 4 and 5 focus on flags of the Order:
The order claims to be following in the
tradition of the original Order of Hospitallers, and as such is a Christian
Order, with Christian ethos and values. It requires the Great Officers to
profess the Christian faith and all members (of the Order, not its foundations)
to promise to "endeavour always to uphold the aims of this Christian Order",
however, the Order no longer has separate clerical grades of membership. The
Prelate must be a bishop in the Church of England, and in many places, whenever
there is a religious aspect to the Order's activities, an Anglican church is
involved, but this is not always the case. Any other time official regulations
and so on refer to religion they speak simply of "the Christian faith" or "a
minister of the Christian religion".
Jonathan Dixon, 6 July 2007
This flag was offered for sale on eBay earlier this year. This is what the seller had to contribute: "On offer a large vintage well made flag representing the UK in very good condition. I'm not sure if this is a made up flag or if it does represent some country or county, there is a small image of the crown in the top, against a background of red and white, while the bottom half of the flag is mustard yellow with a large image of a lion's claw on it. Measuring approximately 71" x 48" this flag has been well stitched. It has been designed to fly from a pole and still has its toggles and rope attached. Made from a fine wool this flag has is in very good condition."
Mattias Hansson, 29 May 2016
Is it not the banner of arms of an officer
of the Order of St John?
"A Bailiff or Dame Grand Cross being armigerous shall be entitled to have
carried immediately after him or her a Personal Banner depicting his or her Arms
with those of the Order in chief." The arms of the lion's leg appear in
Papworth's
Ordinary, where they are attributed to a prince of Powis, in Wales, and to a family named
Eyton in Denbighshire.
Ian Sumner, 3 June 2016
A personal banner of a Bailiff Grand Cross in the Order of St John (the British version, that is - formally the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem),
showing the arms of
a href="http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/lp1958%20c.htm?zoom_highlight=caccia">Harold Caccia, titled Baron Caccia of Abernant in the county of Breconshire. He was
Lord Prior of the Order from 1969-1981.
Jonathan Dixon, 5 June 2016
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