List of English flags

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This is a list of flags used exclusively in England. For other flags used in England, and the rest of the United Kingdom, see List of British flags.

National Flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	c1300	Flag of England, also known as the St George's Cross	A red cross on a white field

Royal Standards

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Standard of the Duke of Cornwall	15 golden circles on a black field
		Standard of the Duchy of Lancaster	The Royal Standard of England, with a three point label, each containing three fleurs-de-lis
		Standard of the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports	A banner of the Lord's coat of arms featuring three Lions passant guardant con-joined to these hulls, all in gold

Government

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Flag of the Metropolitan Police	The Badge of the Metropolitan Police on a blue background, with white squares at the edge

Church

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Flag of Westminster Abbey	Tudor arms between Tudor roses, above Edward the Confessor's arms

Regional

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Flag of Bedfordshire
		Saint Piran's Flag, the Flag of Cornwall	A white cross on a black field
		Flag of Devon, St Petrock's flag	A white cross with a black border on a green field.
		Flag of Durham	A red cross with white trimming on a black field
		Flag of East Anglia
		Flag of Essex
		Flag of Hampshire
		Flag of Kent
	2005-	Flag of Lincolnshire	A red cross with yellow trimming on a blue and green field, and a yellow fleur de lys in the middle of the cross.
		Flag of the City of London	A red cross on a white field, with a red sword in the canton
		Flag of Mercia	A gold saltire on a blue field; the historic flag of the Kingdom of Mercia, still flown on Tamworth Castle.
		Flag of Northumberland	Eight yellow rectangles on a red field, note that the canton (top corner nearest the flagpole) should be gold.
		Flag of Oxfordshire
		Flag of Somerset
		Flag of Staffordshire
		Flag of Wessex	A gold wyvern on a red field.
		Flag of the Isle of Wight	detail taken from the shield in island's Arms
		Flag of Yorkshire	A White Rose on a dark blue field.

Historical Flags

National Flags and Ensigns

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	c1600	English Blue Ensign	A blue ensign with the Flag of England
	1649 - 1658	Flag of the Commonwealth of England	St. George's Cross and an Irish Harp juxtaposed.
	1658 - 1660	Flag of the Commonwealth of England	The 1606 Union Jack defaced with an Irish Harp.

Royal Standards

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1406 - 1603	Royal Standard of England, used first by King Henry IV	The Coat of Arms of England quartered with the Royal Standard of France, the Fleur-de-lis representing the English claim to the French throne.