Brentwood Preparatory School Magazine

The School Arms 4 Brentwood School Preparatory An explanation of the school badge The arms of Brentwood School are derived from those of our founder, Sir Antony Browne, and his wife. The shield is divided vertically into two halves. The arms of Sir Antony Browne are on the left-hand side. Of note, the crowned eagle, the Eagle of Sicily - top left corner - was granted to a relative of Sir Antony’s father by the King of Aragon for helping to fight against the Moors of North Africa in 1511. The arms of Sir Antony’s wife, Dame Joan, are on the right. She was the daughter of an heiress, Isabel Clayton, who married William Farington. Thus Dame Joan inherited the Farington and Clayton arms quartered on the same shield. In 1957, as part of the commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the school’s founding , a special variant of Sir Antony Browne’s Coat of Arms was granted to the school. A red border was added to the arms to distinguish them as the school’s, as opposed to those of Browne family. The logo used to represent Old Brentwoods and our Incipe magazine is the wing and claw, derived from the arms of Sir Antony Browne. A crown was added to the logo in 1957 to celebrate The Queen’s visit to the school.