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ROBERT BROWNE, Esq.

Lant's Roll gives his arms Gules, three Lion's Gambs Argent, the dexter in a Canton, Sable. This writer says he was created Guisnes and Rouge-croix pursuivants, by Edward IV.; Weaver, that the latter office was given him by Henry VII.; Mr. Dallaway, that he received it from Richard III. Weaver seems, in this instance, most accurate.

JOHN JOYNER, Esq.—See next reign.

LANCASTER.

This office was revived by Henry in his first year. Henry IV., who had been Duke of Lancaster, made it the name of a king at arms, in the person of Richard del Brugg. Edward IV., being a Yorkist, first reduced it to an heraldship, and then abolished it.

WILLIAM JENNINGS, Esq.

Lant's Roll calls him Chester herald; Weaver places him here, and justly. That Edward IV. created him Berwick both agree: perhaps he was made Rouge-croix by Henry VII. It appears that he had these arms granted him by Writh, Garter, and Benolt, Clarenceux; Azure, a Chevron between three Griffin's Heads erased, a Canton Chief, Or. May 5, following his accession, Henry, in consideration of the faithful services performed by Lancaster herald, granted him yearly £12: the next year he was sent into France. Henry, in his fourth year, because of the invalidity of wording his patent, gave him a new one, in a more legal form.

WILLIAM TYNDALL, Esq.

He bore, Argent, a Fesse Gules, between three Garbs, Sable. It is probable there might be more, who had this office during Henry's reign.

FALCO N.

The baptismal and surname of the herald bearing this appellation is not mentioned.

Falcon was sent ambassador to France, for which service he received £5. In March 1588, he went upon public business to Hamburgh, Lubeck, Dansic, and to the court of Poland. In the fifth year of this reign, he was sent to Bretagne. November 22, in the same year, he had a warrant for £5 for his reward...

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HEN. VII.

Heralds.

Lancaster,

Falcon.

HEN. VII.

Heralds.
Leicester.

LEICESTER.

As Mr. Edmondson says that Leicester herald was fined four nobles on New Year's day, in the twenty-second year of this reign, i. e. March 22, 1506, Henry must have had such an herald. Leicester was the name of an officer at arms in the preceding reigns: it was strictly Lancastrian. The herald, whatever might have been his name, probably survived this reign.

It must here be remarked, that Mr. Edmondson says, that this Sovereign, on All-Saints' day, November 1, 1494, at the request of the Marquis of Dorset, after the ceremonial of investing Arthur Prince of Wales, created an herald by the name of Dorset; but it is generally supposed this was that Nobleman's, and not the Sovereign's herald.

Henry, as has been observed, had few heralds after his first years. It was very injurious to the pursuivants; for what with the long lives of the kings at arms, and the vacancies in the heraldships, there were few ad

vancements.

Pursuivants.

Rouge-croux.

PURSUIVANTS.

ROUGE-CROIX.

Rich. 111. GEORGE BERRY, Gent.

It is most probable that Henry deposed him. He bore, Ermine, on a Bend Azure, three Fleur-de-lis Or.

RICHARD GRINWODE, Gent.

Anstis, senior Garter, is the only gentleman who mentions this officer.. He says, that he was sent to publish a truce in Bretagne,' 4. Henry VII.; and that he was assigned to wait upon Lord Brook, captain of the King's forces in that duchy. There are entries of his salary of £10 being paid. in the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th years of this reign.

ROBERT BROWNE, Gent.-See Richmond..
JOHN JOYNER, Gent.-See Richmond.
THOMAS WATERS, Gent.-See Carlisle.
WILLIAM JENNINGS, Gent.-See Lancaster..
THOMAS BENOLTE, Gent.-See next reign.

BLUE

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He also died in this place. His arms were Gules, six Pears, three, two, and one; a Chief Or.

JOHN YOUNCE, Gent.-See Somerset.

Hen. VII.-FRANCIS DYES, Gent.-See next reign.

These perhaps were not all who were Blue-mantle pursuivants appointed by Henry. As I have not seen any farther promotion of Ffranche and Alford, I have ventured to say that they died, as Coller certainly did, in this office. Owing to the few heralds, the pursuivants had much and important employment; but it is impossible to say which of them performed the services. 4. Henry VII., Blue-mantle had a salary of £10 for life, as Coller, pursuivant, lately deceased, had enjoyed. He was, in the same year, sent to the King of the Romans, to Flanders, and went with the Earl of Ormond and other ambassadors to France. 6. Henry VII. Blue-mantle attended the ambassadors to Flanders; as also upon those of Bretagne, who had lately come hither, having been before with the Emperor. He was next dispatched to that monarch, from whence he returned the following year, when he received his salary, and for his reward, for his services abroad. Blue-mantle was sent into Scotland with the Chancellor of the King of Denmark, who had been ambassador here. These articles are taken from a note of Garter Anstis..

ROUGE-DRAGON..

Henry VII., upon the vigil of his coronation, erected this office, in Rouge-dragon. memory of the banner bearing this device upon it, which he had at Bosworth, painted upon white and green silk. This he had offered, with

other

Pursuivants.

HEN. VII. other trophies of his victory, in St. Paul's church. The banner is represented upon his magnificent tomb in Westminster Abbey. Henry had such a fondness for this ensign, as the supposed bearing of Cadwallader, King of Wales, from whom he flattered himself he derived his descent, that he made it one of the royal supporters; but it gave place, at the accession of the Stuarts, to the unicorn of Scotland. Edmondson is singular in saying, that Henry VII. had no such pursuivant as Rouge-dragon. This we see contradicted by the order appointing their different attendances at the palaces, and that too so early as his third year; we may therefore well suppose, that Sandford's relation of what I have given is accurate, as he and King, Lancaster herald, compiled the Genealogical History of England. They were confessedly very skilful in their profession as heralds *. I am convinced that there was one, if not more Rouge-dragons, before Tyndal. An officer of this name attended an ambassador to the King of the Romans, in the sixth year of this reign.

Portcullis.

WILLIAM TYNDALL, Gent.-See Lancaster.

It is not reasonable to suppose that this office was left vacant after Tyndall's promotion; but I am not able to give the name of the next pursuivant, unless it was.

THOMAS MILLER, Gent.

Privy Seal, Nov. 2, 1506, 22. Hen. VII.-Appointed for life. Salary, £10.
CHRISTOPHER BARKER, Gent.-See next reign.

Whom Lant's Roll places here in this reign, and in which he is copied by Weaver.

PORT CULLIS.

The Portcullis was a badge derived from the Somersets: Henry was peculiarly fond of it. On the out, as well as the inside of his chapel at Westminster

*The fact is sufficiently established by an account of the coronation, written at the time, which Garter Anstis gives in his History of the Knights of the Bath. From that relation it appears, that upon "Symon and Jude's eveyn, the King proceeded to the “Tower, and on the following day, after creating several knights of the Bath, each of "whom having been preceded, when they went to the Sovereign, by a king of When the knyghtes were elle dubbed, the King create a pursivaunte, and "named hym Rouge-dragon, and then the King departed to his chambre. The new "knights wente to the chapell, and offered, as accustomed, and then they alle turned "into the halle ageyn, and satte at one table, and at one syde.'.

"armez.

HEN. VII.

Westminster Abbey, it constantly occurs, and upon his tomb it is seen, with the motto Altera Securitas, supposed to signify, that as the portcullis Pursuivants.. was an additional security to the gate, so his descent from his mother strengthened his other titles. Mr. Nayler, York herald, has obligingly given me a complete list of the pursuivants of this name, from their commencement in the person of Lagysse, down to Mr. Mawson, with their arms, from a MS in his possession. These two last offices were added to the old ones of Rouge-croix and Blue-mantle, and made pursuivants in ordinary.

RALPH LAGYSSE, Gent.-See next reign.

PURSUIVANTS EXTRAORDINARY.

FALCO N.

Pursuivants
Extraor-

dinary.

There had been a pursuivant of this name so early as the reign of Falcon. Henry V. Edward IV. had made it the name of an herald. Whether, when Richard III. raised Champney, Falcon herald, to be Gloucester king, he appointed him a successor as Falcon herald, or whether he let the title totally fail, is uncertain. Henry VII. had an officer of arms called Falcon pursuivant is evident, and so early as his third year; for he was then appointed to wait with the king and herald, according to his Majesty's regulation: we learn too, by Rymer's Foedera, that he was employed in Bretagne. He was so much in favor, that he received wages for his good services;" but I have never seen his name. badge of Falcon was strictly Yorkist, and upon his death the name was discontinued for these reasons I presume he was an officer whom Richard III. had appointed. This will account too for his not obtaining promotion.

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EAGLE.

The

This name was taken from the crest of Edward III., from whom this Eagle. Monarch descended. Henry VI. had also used it, sealing instructions with the signet of an eagle, as Mr. Edmondson observes: this badge was therefore Lancastrian. We see by this, how invariable Henry was in adopting whatever had been used by the Red Rose, in opposition to the White, though his best, and only legal claim, could be from having united

himself

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