Kent, White Horse & Headcorn Morris
The white horse of Kent or rampant white horse is a symbol of a county Kent in south-east England 1.
The figure of the Prancing or creeping in heraldic white horse can also be called which is the motto of Invicta Kent 1.
Kent White Horse is the old symbol for the United Jutish Kent 6th century 8th 2.
The white horse refers to the emblem of Horsa brother Hengest which according to legend defeated King Vortigern near Aylesford The first recorded reference to the white horse is in the restitution of decayed Antiques 1605 by Richard Verstegan although there is evidence possible that it was used much earlier the White Horse Inn, Boughton-under-Blean is mentioned in the Canterbury Tales; see the reference below originally Invicta The book shows a burning Hengist and Horsa landing in Kent in 449 under the banner of a rampant white horse Indeed, continental origins of this emblem is found in the Lower Saxony coat of arms Dutch Twente House of Welf who adapted to the late 14th century; before then the Welf coat of arms was a gold lion on a red background and the modern German state North Rhine-Westphalia, the Saxon Steed Some historians note that Jutes migrate to Kent across the continent have been associated with Rhine south of the Saxons the Invicta currency County unconquered often seen on parchment under the horse back to the 1060s when the county has won the right to keep its ancient symbol of the white horse and gave the currency by William the Conqueror the associated history that some time after the Norman invasion William was ambushed in the forest that existed outside Strood riding on the road to London escort A2 modern Wiliam were controlled and it was at the thank you a group of nobles Jutish outlaws in exchange for his freedom, they were pardoned and like men of Kent had defeated the winner of the county was given the right to use the em Haggard and the new motto Invicta Unconquered.
White Horse of Kent, white, horse, Kent.