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Registered: The
International Register
of Arms, 12th August
2022 Registration No.
0647 (Vol.4).
Arms:
Sable, a Great Horned
Owl displayed Or on
either side and
surmounting the wings a
Unicorn's Horn grasped
in the dexter foot and a
Narwhal's Tusk grasped
in the sinister foot
both erect and points
upwards Argent in chief
an Ancient Crown Or.
Crest:
Within
an Ancient Crown Or
a Grassy Mount Sable
thereon a Unicorn
couchant Argent
armed and collared
Or supporting with
the dexter forefoot
a closed Book Sable
leaved garnished
clasped and linked
to the collar by a
Chain Or.
Motto:
Think Freely.
Honorary
Grant:
College of Arms 23
March 2022. Agent:
John Petrie, Windsor
Herald.
Artist
on the Letters Patent:
Robert Parsons. Vector
artist: Vadym Burla.
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The
crown (a kingly symbol)
above an owl (a symbol of
the forest) is a pun on
the armiger's surname
Kingsley, which roughly
means "from the king's
wood, glade or meadow,"
and derives from the Old
English words Cyning
(King) and leah
(woodland clearing). It
also represents the
sovereignty of knowledge.
Furthermore, the owl, as a
symbol of academic wisdom,
represents the armiger's
profession as an educator
and researcher; his
passion for knowledge and
its constant pursuit; and
his direct descent from a
United Empire Loyalist
founder of the University
of New Brunswick, Canada's
oldest English-language
university. The unicorn
horn and the narwhal tusk
may look identical, but
only true knowledge
(represented by the owl)
can tell them apart.
Continuing the theme of
the shield, the crest is
an allegory of
superstition and fantasy
being reined in by reason
and knowledge. Once
contextualized, the
unicorn alludes to Mr.
Kingsley's love of
medievalism, history,
romanticism, creativity,
and imagination. The book
also symbolizes the
armiger's vocation as an
educator and researcher.
As well, the unicorn as a
symbol of medicine alludes
to the armiger's husband
as an emergency room
nurse; that the unicorn is
chained to a book is a
reference to Western
medicine being grounded in
science and evidence.
The Motto, "Think Freely",
affirms Mr. Kingsley's
belief in steadfastly
maintaining and defending
his own convictions
despite pressure to
blindly conform to
orthodoxies he might
disagree with.
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