Heralds' College
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a royal corporation in England, instituted in 1483, concerned chiefly with armorial bearings, genealogies, honors, and precedence.
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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
Four officers of the Heralds' College, whose duty it is to attend the King-at-Arms on public occasions, and preside over certain departments of the Heralds' Office.
From The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science by Anonymous
The kings-at-arms, heralds, and pursuivants, form the Heralds' College, by whom all matters connected with the coats of arms of every gentleman in the kingdom are arranged and determined.
From The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science by Anonymous
Clarenceux King of Arms, an officer of the Heralds’ College, derives his style, through Clarence, from Clare.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" by Various
He is to be found at the Heralds' College, and he is the, par excellence, "Ulster King-at-Arms!"
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, May 20, 1893 by Sir F. C. (Francis Cowley) Burnand
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 William Hazlitt
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 Justin McCarthy
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