Heralds' College

American  

noun

1. a royal corporation in England, instituted in 1483, concerned chiefly with armorial bearings, genealogies, honors, and precedence.

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heralds' college British  

noun

1. another name for college of arms

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Example Sentences

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

The MS. on vellum, preserved in the Heralds' College, is a copy of the History, transcribed, as the Author conceives, by a very ignorant copyist.

From Henry of Monmouth, Volume 1 Memoirs of Henry the Fifth by Tyler, James Endell

"I've told you already, not being in the know of the Heralds' College, I'm not in a position to say anything about it."

From A Poached Peerage by Magnay, William

If the knights were entitled to armorial bearings, no fees whatever were demanded by or paid to the Heralds' College.

From Notes and Queries, Number 210, November 5, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George

The pedigree of it may be commended to the examination of the Heralds' College.

From The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by Burgon, John William