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In addition, however, to the various and numerous official documents of the Heralds’ College, several examples of one particular class of heraldic record have been preserved, the value of which cannot be too highly estimated.
From The Handbook to English Heraldry by Utting, R. B.
The heraldic side of its duties are now vested in the earl marshal as head of the Heralds’ College.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various
Heralds' College.—Are the books in the Heralds' College open to the public on payment of reasonable fees?
From Notes and Queries, Number 238, May 20, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Various
Le Neve states, in his MSS. preserved in the Heralds' College, that he became a tapster in the King's Bench Prison, and was tried and imprisoned for cheating in 1711.
From International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 9, August 26, 1850 by Various
I am now procuring all the information and things required by the Heralds' College.
From Canada and the States by Watkin, E. W. (Edward William)
There are whole families who are born classical, and are entered in the heralds' college of reputation by the right of consanguinity.
From Table Talk Essays on Men and Manners by Hazlitt, William
A small army of soldiers guarded the remains of the greatest warrior of his age; a whole heralds' college clustered about the lofty funeral banner on which all the arms of the Churchills were quartered.
From A History of the Four Georges, Volume I by McCarthy, Justin
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