ARMS: Gules a Base barry wavy enarched Argent and Azure issuant therefrom a Sunburst in chief two Ancient Crowns enfiled by a pair of Arrows in saltire points downwards all Or.
*CREST: Within an Ancient Crown Or upon Water barry wavy Azure and Argent a Viking Ship sail set Or.

Motto 'GUIDE OUR ENDEAVOURS'.
Granted 1978.

The central sunburst design comes from a poem by Michael Drayton in 1627. This talks of the men of Suffolk, at the Battle of Agincourt, bearing the device of a "sun half risen from a brake". It also relates to the easterly situation of the County. The crowns pierced by arrows recall Saint Edmund the Christian King of East Anglia martyred by the Danes in 849, who gave his name to Bury St. Edmunds. The water symbolised at the base of the arms, reflects the importance to the County of the sea and rivers which form its boundaries.
The main feature of the crest is a Viking ship recalling the strong Norse associations of East Anglia.
The motto "guide our endeavours" is the English version of the Latin motto of the former East Suffolk County Council.

ARMS: Azure on Water in base an Ancient Ship of three masts in full sail a Ladder affixed to the side amidships proper the mainsail charged with a Lion rampant the fore and aft sails and pennons each charged with a Cross Gules.

Granted 20th October 1561 as a seal (untictured); Certified (with tinctures) as Arms by the King of Arms 5th February 1951.

The arms are based on a seal granted to the Borough in 1561. The emblems are appropiate for an ancient port, fishing and shipbuilding centre.

ARMS: Azure a Bend wavy between two Ancient Crowns each enfiling two Arrows in saltire points downwards all Or.
CREST: On a Wreath of the Colours in front of a Clump of Rushes proper issuant therefrom a demi Lion Azure a Dolphin Argent.
SUPPORTERS: On the dexter side a Dragon wings inverted and addorsed Gules gorged with a Mural Crown and supporting a Staff Or flying therefrom a Banner Argent charged with a Cross pommée Gules and on the sinister side a like Dragon Or gorged with a Mural Crown Gules and supporting a Staff Or flying therefrom a Banner also Gules charged with two Keys in saltire Or.

Motto 'PROSPERITY THROUGH FIDELITY'.
Granted 23rd February 1956.

The blue and gold of the shield are the colours of Bury Abbey, from whose arms come the familiar crowns and arrows of St. Edmund. The manor and rule of Beccles were granted to the monastery by King Edwy, about 960, and Stephen confirmed the gift. At the Dissolution, the manor went to the Rede family, from whose arms the gold wave is taken. This also refers to the River Waveney, which has played such an important part in the town's history.
The rushes recall the fact, that the women of Beccles had the right "to carry away rushes at their pleasure" from the Fen, and these were of considerable value for roofing and flooring. The dolphin, which is appropriate to the town's riverside interests, is from the arms of Sir John Leman, who founded the Grammar School in the early seventeenth century, and the blue lion is from the arms of the Fauconberg family, one of whose members originated the Fauconberg Educational Foundation at about the same time.
The supporters are derived from the royal Tudor dragons of Henry VIII and Elizabeth, who confirmed previous Charters. Henry bore the dragon in red and his daughter in gold, as supporters to the Royal Arms, an example of which can be seen in the Council Offices. Here the dragons' wings are folded like those of the dragon in this panel, dated 1589. The mural crowns are appropriate to a borough, and the banners of the pommelled cross of St. Michael and the keys of St. Peter refer to the parish church and the ancient Fishermen's Church of St. Peter, whose site is now occupied by St. Peter's House.

ARMS: Barry wavy of six Vert and Argent a Norfolk Wherry in full sail proper pennon flying Gules a Chief Or thereon a Port between two Towers Sable the port ensigned with an Escutcheon Gold charged with a Cross also Gules.
CREST: On a Wreath of the Colours a representation of the Black Dog of Bungay courant proper upon a Ray of Lightning fesswise Gules.

Motto 'MORIBUS ANTIQUIS PAREAMUS' - Let us ever hold fast to the old virtues.
Granted 6th July 1953 to the Bungay Urban District Council, transferred 1974.

The green and white waves represent the River Waveney and floating on the river is a wherry as a reminder of the water-borne trade which used to be carried on by these Norfolk craft upstream as far as Bungay, a town then well known as a boat-repairing centre. On the chief is a pictorial representation of Bungay Castle, above the gateway is the shield of Hugh Bigod, Norman builder of the castle in about 1164.
The crest shows the Black Dog of Bungay running along a flash of lightning, as seen in the great storm of August 4th, 1577, when the Devil was said to have appeared in this form in the Priory Church of St. Mary.

ARMS: Azure three open Crowns Or each transfixed with two Arrows in saltire [points downward] Argent.
CREST: On a Wreath of the Colours a Wolf sejant proper holding a King's Head couped at the neck of the last crowned Or; Mantled Gules doubled Argent.

Motto 'SACRARIUM REGIS CUNABULA LEGIS' - The shrine of a the King and the cradle of the Law.
Granted 29th November 1606.

The arms are based on those assigned by the medieval heralds to the Kingdom of East Anglia, whose last king was St. Edmund.
The crest refers to the story of his martyrdom. In 870 King Edmund was overthrown and captured by the Danes in battle at Hoxne. Choosing martyrdom rather than renounce his Christian faith, he was shot to death by arrows and later beheaded. When his followers discovered the body they we unable to find the head until they heard the King's voice crying out, directing them to a spot where the head was being guarded by a wolf.

*ARMS: Vert between six Cross Crosslets fitchy Argent a closed Book fesswise bound Or on a Chief embattled vairy a Lion passant guardant Or.

Granted ?.

Picture by R.Young, Framlingham, 2003.

The six crosslets fitchy are from the arms of Sir Thomas Howard, whose tomb is within St Michael's Church in Framlingham. The Lion is to acknowledge the role of Mary Tudor who heard of her accession while at Framlingham castle. The golden book at the base is to show the Town's connection with Framlingham College. The emballed edge of the chief represent the battlements of the castle and its blue and white "vairy" pattern are from the arms of Coucy le Chateau the French town twinned with Framlingham.

*ARMS: Azure a Chevron Erminois between three Woolpacks Argent.
*CREST: On a Wreath Or and Azure upon a Mount Vert a Paschal Lamb Argent supporting a Cross-Staff Or flying a Pennant Azure charged with a Woolpack Argent; Mantled Gules doubled Argent.

Granted 18th February 1618 to the former Borough of Hadleigh. Used unofficially by the Hadleigh Urban District Council.

These arms were granted in 1618, the year in which Hadleigh, then famous for woollen-cloth production, was incorporated. The woolpacks and Paschal lamb are emblems of this trade. Borough status was lost in 1685 owing to mal-administration.

ARMS: Per pale Gules and Azure in the first a Lion rampant Gold armed and langued Azure in the second three demi Boats of the third.
CREST: On a Wreath Or and Gules a demi Lion Or supporting a Ship Sable.
SUPPORTERS: Two Horses of the Sea commonly called Neptune's Horses maned and fined Gold.

Arms confirmed and crest and supporters granted 29th August 1561.

The arms appear to have been based on those of the Cinque Ports. A ship appears on a 13th century seal.

ARMS: Azure a representation of the Sword in its Scabbard of the St Edmundsbury Borough Council proper between in fess two pairs of Arrows each in saltire points downwards Argent enfiling an Ancient Crown Or.
CREST: On a Wreath of the Colours upon a Grassy Mount a Wolf sejant proper resting the dexter paw upon a King's Head couped at the neck also crowned Or; Mantled Gules doubled Argent.
SUPPORTERS: Dexter a Lion chevronny Or and Gules charged on the shoulder with a Roundel Gules fretty Or sinister an Ounce Sable bezanty gorged with a Collar compony counter compony Argent and Azure and charged on the shoulder with a Roundel Or fretty Sable.

Motto 'SACRARIUM REGIS CUNABULA LEGIS' - Shrine of the King, cradle of the law.
Granted ?.

The Borough of St. Edmundsbury was formed by the amalgamation of Borough of Bury St. Edmunds, the Haverhill Urban District, the Clare Rural District and the Thingoe Rural District.

The blue background and the ancient crowns and crossed arrows are from the arms of the former Borough of Bury St. Edmunds . They depict the crown of Edmund, the Martyr King of East Anglia from whom the town takes its name; the arrows refer to the manner of his death in 869 at the hands of the Danish invaders for refusing to renounce his Christian faith. Similar crowns are contained in the arms of the diocese of St. Edmundsbury and Ipswich and were also included in the Arms of the former West Suffolk CC. According to traditional accounts King Edmund went with his army and fought a battle with them but was defeated and captured. The Danes tied him to a tree and shot him to death with arrows.
The possession of a mace is usual for every corpora­tion, a right granted by the Charter of Incorporation. Rare is the right to have a Sword and has always been more sparingly granted. Bury St. Edmunds was one of a limited number of towns to receive such a Grant to the Alderman, Chief Burgesses and Burgesses of the Common Council of Bury St. Edmunds by Charles II on 3rd July 1684. The former Corporation's Minute Book records that on 2nd October 1684 thanks were given to Sir Thomas Hervey for the gift of the Mayor's Sword which he presented upon the King creating Bury St. Edmunds a "Mayor Town". Although Charles II Charter of 1684 was declared null and void when his brother James II fled the country in 1688, the sword continued to form part of the insignia of the Borough and is thus represented in the current arms.
The crest recalls the legend that after the Danes had killed Edmund and left, the King's subjects returned to bury him and found his body, but the head was missing. Searching for the head they heard a voice in the forest cry out "Here I am". Moving towards the voice they saw a wolf standing over the head, as if guarding it. On their approach the wolf disappeared and they took up the head which was afterwards miraculously joined to the body, which was eventually brought to Bury St. Edmunds for burial. The story is told in the writings of Abbot of Fleury, a French scholar who died in 1004 so it must have been believed soon after it is said to have happened. Hence the crest of a wolf guarding a crowned head of a King. The grassy mount or hill may be taken as a reference to Haverhill.
The gold lion is a royal beast and its red chevrons are inspired by the arms of the de Clares, a family from whom the town of Clare derived its name. The Clare RDC used a similar device. The other supporter is derived from the crest of the former Thingoe RDC, where it was taken from the arms of the Marquis of Bristol of Ickworth. The roundels on each supporters' shoulders with a fretty design are an allusion to Haverhill - a fret being reminiscent of weaving - an industry which was once carried on in the town to a greater extent than at present.

ARMS: Or three Crowns Gules on a Chief Azure a Mitre Argent garnished Or.

Motto 'SIT ANIMA MEA CUM CHRISTO' - May my Soul be with Christ.
Granted 1970, to the Stowmarket Urban District Council. Transferred 1974.

The three red crowns on gold are derived from the arms of the Abbot of St. Osyth in Essex. The significance of this is that the Town and Manor of Stowmarket, with the royalties and the church living, were held by the Augustine Abbey of St. Osyth from 1348 until the dissolution of the monasteries in 1536. St. Osyth or Ositha, daughter of King Frithwald and married to Sighere, King of the East Saxons. It is said that she lived as a religious person and was beheaded by the Danes in 653 AD, in one of their bloody ravages, because she would not worship their idols, and the Priory was built in her honour. It is also claimed that the Monastery adopted the arms of St. Osyth to honour her memory – three bloody crowns which spoke of the painful death of the pious virgin Queen and the gold shield of rich inheritance in heaven.

ARMS: Sable a Talbot sejant Argent on a Chief Gules a Lion passant guardant between two Fleurs-de-Lis Or.
CREST: On a Wreath of the Colours a Talbot's Head erased Or between two Ostrich Feathers erect Argent.

Granted 20th September 1576, to the Borough of Sudbury.

The talbot is from the arms of the Sudbury or Sudberry family, and is said to have been adopted in particular reference to Simon of Sudbury, in the fourteenth century successively Bishop of London, Archbishop of Canterbury and Chancellor of England. Simon, a native of Sudbury, was a benefactor of the town, and it was natural that the townsmen should remember him when obtaining arms; but Burke credits him with a different coat, namely: Silver, on a blue cross a gold crowned M. The lion, fleur-de-lis and ostrich feathers are of a royal character. The talbot's head in the crest is sometimes represented as red or sometimes as black.

ARMS: Barry wavy of eight Azure and Argent a Lymphad sail set Or flying flags and pennon of St. George on a Chief Or three Pellets that in the centre charged with a Cross engrailed and the others each with an Escallop of seven lobes Or.
CREST: On a Wreath of the Colours in front of a Port between two square Towers proper issuant therefrom a rising Sun of seven rays a Mitre Or.
BADGE: A Heptagon Azure fimriated Argent and charged with a Lymphad as in the Arms.

Motto 'NEW VIEWS TO LIFE'.
Granted 10th December 1975.

The Suffolk Coastal District was formed by the amalgamation of the Borough of Aldeburgh, the Felixstowe Urban District, the Leiston-cum-Sizewell Urban District, the Saxmundham Urban District, the Woodbridge Urban District, the Blyth Rural District and the Deben Rural District.

The basic pattern of the shield - stylized blue and white waves with a chief - follows that of the Deben RDC arms and the shield used by Woodbridge UDC. The waves represent the sea and the main rivers of the area - the Orwell, Deben, Alde and Blyth. The lymphad or ancient galley representing the shipping of the coast and rivers and also the boatbuilding industry. The ship is gold with pennon and flags of St. George and recalls the ship in the arms of the Deben RDC and the Borough of Aldeburgh and the East Suffolk CC, while the waves are also seen in the shield used by the Felixstowe UDC. The chief indicates the name of the authority. "Suffolk" is suggested by the gold engraild cross on black, being the main emblem of the former East Suffolk CC and representing the de Ufford Earls of Suffolk, seen also in Deben's crest. The "Coastal" is denoted by two gold scallop shells, each with seven lobes for the seven former council areas. These emblems are also from the arms of the Seckford family, and are seen in the Deben crest and the Woodbridge device, and also that of Felixstowe.
The castle refers to the historic associations with the castles of Framlingham and Orford. The mitre, like that in the Felixstove device, recalls the ancient bishopric founded at Dunwich by St. Felix. The mitre also alludes to other important monastic and ecclesiastical associations with Leiston, Felixstowe, Woodbridge and Blythburgh. The rising sun is indicative of the easterly situation it also predicts the dawn of a new era for the seven communities in one, symbolized by its seven rays.
The motto carries on the theme of a new era for the Suffolk Coastal area and is from "The Library" by the famous local poet George Crabbe.

ARMS: Per bend Argent and barry wavy Argent and Azure a Bend Gules charged with three Escallops Argent in sinister chief a Rose of the species Rosa Damascena Var Omar Khayyam flowered slipped and leaved proper.
CREST: On a Wreath Argent and Gules on the Stump of an Oak Tree sprouting proper a Cock Vert head to the dexter in front of a Cock Or head to the sinister both beaked legged combed and wattled Gules.

Motto 'PRESERVATION AND PROGRESS'.
Granted 12th May 1975.

Picture and information thanks to Woodbridge Town Council.

The blue and white waves symbolise the River Deben and were seen on the device previously used bt the Town Council, as were the silver scallop shells on red. These are taken from the arms of Thomas Seckford, who was Woodbridge’s most influential citizen and greatest benefactor, rising to power in the reign of Mary Tudor. In 1575 he built the Shire Hall in Market Hill, which now houses the offices of Woodbridge Town Council. They can also been seen as a reference to the Town’s maritime interests and its long history as a port. The rose commemorates Edward Fitzgerald’s residence in Woodbridge during the 19th century, he is most famous for his translation of the 11th century Persian poem "The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam". He was buried in Boulge churchyard and the rose tree over his grave came from hips brought from Omar Khayyam's grave at Naishapur.
The oak stump refers to the wooden bridge from which the Town is said to derive its name. It is also a reference to the building of warships and pleasure craft over the centuries. The cockerels are taken from the ancient crest recorded for the Seckford family at the visitation of Suffolk in 1561 and 1577.