A History of the College of Arms: And the Lives of All the Kings, Heralds, and Pursuivants from the Reign of Richard III, Founder of the College, Until the Present Time. With a Preliminary Dissertation Relative to the Different Orders in England, Particularly the Gentry, Since the Norman ConquestT. Egerton, 1805 - 451 pages |
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... Clarenceux , Norroy , Ireland , and Acquitain . It is certain , that Ireland granted arms in England ; but this division seems fanciful . The French had kings at arms for every province ; Henry V. so far imitated them , that he ...
... Clarenceux , Norroy , Ireland , and Acquitain . It is certain , that Ireland granted arms in England ; but this division seems fanciful . The French had kings at arms for every province ; Henry V. so far imitated them , that he ...
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... Clarenceux heralds in the latter reign : Kings at the two former became Lancaster and Ireland kings at arms . In the Arms . reign of Edward IV . it was restored to the rank of king at arms , in favor of William Hawkeslow , who had the ...
... Clarenceux heralds in the latter reign : Kings at the two former became Lancaster and Ireland kings at arms . In the Arms . reign of Edward IV . it was restored to the rank of king at arms , in favor of William Hawkeslow , who had the ...
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... Clarenceux , and Norroy , in the incorporation charter . He was the favored king at arms ' of Richard III . , who gave him a salary of £ 20 for life ; and 4th January 1484 , with Garter and Clarenceux , had given him the custody of ...
... Clarenceux , and Norroy , in the incorporation charter . He was the favored king at arms ' of Richard III . , who gave him a salary of £ 20 for life ; and 4th January 1484 , with Garter and Clarenceux , had given him the custody of ...
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... Clarenceux , Carlisle , and a pursuivant , the re- maining half of January and all February ; March king of arms , Ches- ter , and Rouge - dragon , all March and half of April ; Richmond king of arms , York , and Falcon , half of April ...
... Clarenceux , Carlisle , and a pursuivant , the re- maining half of January and all February ; March king of arms , Ches- ter , and Rouge - dragon , all March and half of April ; Richmond king of arms , York , and Falcon , half of April ...
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... Clarenceux . PROVINCIAL KINGS AT ARMS . CLARENCEUX . Edw . IV . Sir THOMAS HOLME , Knt . He was appointed by Henry VII . , in the second year of his reign . Ilis Majesty highly trusted him . He was sent seven times to Philip Duke of ...
... Clarenceux . PROVINCIAL KINGS AT ARMS . CLARENCEUX . Edw . IV . Sir THOMAS HOLME , Knt . He was appointed by Henry VII . , in the second year of his reign . Ilis Majesty highly trusted him . He was sent seven times to Philip Duke of ...
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afterwards alias ancient Antiquaries appointed April Argent attended Blue-mantle Brooke buried Byshe Camden Charles Chester Chester herald church Clarenceux College of Arms coronation court created crown daughter death deputy Dethick died Dugdale Duke of Norfolk Earl Marshal Edward Edward IV eldest Eliz Elizabeth England English Esq.-See next reign France funeral Garter Garter Anstis gave Gent Gent.-See next reign gentleman gentry George GEORGE III Gules Henry VIII herald honor Ireland James June king at arms King's kingdom Knight Lancaster Lancaster herald London Lord Majesty March married Mary Monarch nobility Norroy officers of arms parish Parliament patent pedigrees person Portcullis Prince principal king Provincial Kings pursuivant extraordinary Queen regi armorum Richard Richmond Richmond herald Robert Rouge-croix Rouge-dragon royal Sable sent serjeants at arms Sir John Sir William Somerset Somerset herald Sovereign Suffolk surname tabard visitations whilst wife Windsor York
Popular passages
Page 426 - After this impartial account of his character, we shall only add, that, as he lived universally beloved, he has died sincerely lamented. Feb. 3. Suffocated, with fifteen other persons, in attempting to get into the pit at the Little Theatre in the Haymarket, aged forty-five, John Charles Brooke, Esq. Somerset Herald, and one of the lieutenants in the militia of the West Riding, Yorkshire. He was the second son of William Brooke, Esq.
Page 388 - By his last wife, our author had John Warburton, esq. who resided many years in Dublin, and was pursuivant to the court of exchequer in Ireland : he married, in 1756, Ann-Catherine, daughter of the rev. Edward-Rowe Mores, rector of Tunstal in Kent, and sister of Edward-Rowe Mores, esq. MA and FR and AS, so well known for his skill in antiquity, and the large collections of choice MSS. and books he left at his death, which were sold by Mr.
Page xxxviii - Books of entries of funeral certificates of the nobility and gentry, being attested accounts of the time of death, place of burial, and of the marriages and issue of the several persons whose funerals were attended by officers of arms, or their deputies.
Page 243 - Britannia," in which he had discovered faults, offering to submit the matter in dispute to the Earl Marshal, the College of Heralds, the Society of Antiquaries, or four persons learned in these studies. Irritated still more, he wrote a " second discovery of errors," which he pretented to James I., January 1, 1619-20, who, on the 4th following, prohibited its publication.
Page xxxvii - peruse and take knowledge, survey and view of all manner of arms, cognizances, crests, and other like devices, with the notes of the descents, pedigrees, and marriages of all the nobility and gentry therein...
Page 116 - Clarenceux have, in every condition, used themselves as faithfully, painfully, and diligently as ever did women in such a case...
Page 330 - Ocean, the first thing which strikes us is, that, the north-east and south-east monsoons, which are found the one on the north and the other on the south side of the...
Page xvi - Second, by the grace of God, of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, King defender of the faith, &c.
Page 150 - In 1555, the former London house of the Earls of Derby, between St. Paul's and the River Thames, was assigned to the Heralds by Charter, " to the end that the Officers of the College might be enabled to assemble together and consult and agree amongst themselves, for the good of their faculty, and that the Records and Rolls might be more safely and conveniently deposited.
Page 60 - St. George's cross, impaling the royal arms within the Garter, under the imperial crown of Great Britain ; the same on both sides. The arms of his office are, Argent, St. George's Cross...