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five Purfuivandi armorum, qui pro tempore fuerint, in perpe- 
tuum Jint urtum corpus corporatum, in re, faElo, et nomine ; ha- 
beant.que fucce/Jionem perpeluam, nec non quoddam figillum com¬ 
mune, £Sc. Dat. £Sc. See Spclm. Glo/f. Herald’s Court of 
.Honouri The arms of the corporation are: Argent, a 
cfojs of St. George between four doves, their right wings elevated, 
azures in allufion to the miniftry of peace which the 
heralds perform, and to the branch of olive brought to 
the ark after the deluge by the dove. The circtim- 
ftance of the wings being one uplifted and the other 
clofe, alludes to the choice of war or peace, which thefe 
officers were employed to propofe. 
The three chief heralds are called Kings of Arms ; of 
which Garter is the principal, inftituted by Henry V. 
His office is to attend the knights of the garter at 
their loleninities, and to marffial the funerals of the no-' 
bility : and Edward IV. granted the office of king of 
heralds to one Garter, cum feudis et prqficuis ab antiquo, 
&c. His duty is to grant fupporters to the nobility, 
knights of the royal orders, proxies of the princes of 
the blood royal at inftallations; to attend the knights of 
the garter, to marffial the folemnities at the funerals of 
the highest nobility, and to carry the garter to kings 
and princes beyond the fea; on which occafion he was 
tifually jpined in commiffion with fome principal peer of 
the realm. The arms of his office are : Argent ; a crofs 
of St. George ; on a chief azure, within a garter of the order, 
between a lion of England and a feur-de-lys of France, a ducal 
coronet or. —[The defeription in Edmond (on is erroneous, 
as the chief is blazoned gules inftead of azure. ]—The 
prefent worthy gentleman, iir Ifaac Heard, knight, 
(who for thefe twenty-four’ years has difeharged the 
duties of Garter with as much honour to himfelf as dig¬ 
nified attention to the" duties of his office,) bears im¬ 
paled with the above: Argent; a Neptune with an eafern 
crown of gold, his trident fable headed or, if icing from the 
ocean, the left hand grafping the head of a flip's majl appear, 
ing above the waves as part of a wreck proper ; on a chief 
azure an ejloile offix points argent-, with the motto, Nau- 
fragus in portion, alluding,to his having been ffiipwrecked 
on the coaft of Guinea, and carried overboard with the 
maimnaft of. his majeily’s ffiip Blandford, the fzd of 
Aug lift, 1751, as he was, as midffiipman of that (hip, 
(landing on the toplail-yard encouraging the feamen to 
their duty. 
Clarenceux king of arms, ordained by Edward IV. is fo 
called, from the duke of Clarence, to whom he firft be¬ 
longed. His office is to marffial and difpofe the funerals 
of all the inferior nobility, as baroners, knights, efquires, 
and gentlemen, on the Couth fide of the Trent. The 
badge of Clarenceux king of arms is : Argent ; a crofs of 
St. George ; on a ckief gules a lion of England crowned or. 
The prelent Clarenceux, George. Harrilon, elq. bears im¬ 
paled with the above : Azure three demi-lions crazed or 
with eafern crowns argent. 
Norroy king of arms, holds a fimilar department on the 
north fide ot,the river Trent. The badge of Norroy king 
of arms is : Argent-, a St. George's crofs-, on a ckief per pale 
azure and gules a lion of England crowned between a jleur-de-tys 
and a key or. The prelent Norroy, Ralph Bigland, eiq. 
bears impaled with the above : Azure two ears of big ereFl 
or. Thefe two laft are denominated provincial heralds, 
becaufe they divide the kingdom between them into 
, provinces. By charter, they have power to vifit fami¬ 
lies to fet down their pedigrees, diftinguiffi their arms., 
grant arnts, and with Garter to diredt the other heralds. 
Anciently the kings of arms were created and foleinnly 
crowned by the kings of England themfelves; but in 
later days the earl marffial received a fpecial commifiion 
at every creation to perfonate the king. The arms of 
the kings of arms are engraved on their refpebiive leads', 
and the badges are worn around their necks, that of 
Garter being pendent from a gold chain or blue ribbon, 
and thofe of the two provincial kings from gold chains. 
The tabards of thefe heraldic officers of the crown were 
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the military habits or coats of arms of their fovereigns. 
Their form, which is like the dalmatic ,or fureoat worn 
by kings and emperors at their coronation, and by dea¬ 
cons and fubdeacons of the Roman church, are in form 
and fa fit ion fo ffiort, the openings on the fides (o large, 
and the wings or manches fo wide, that the habit"or 
livery under them may be plainly feen. 
The tabards of the kings of arms are of velvet, the 
heralds have them of fatin, and the purfuivants of 
farcenet, richly embrojderCd with the royal arms in the 
proper colours : over this garment they wear a collar 
of SS with two portcullilfes of filver gilt for the kings 
of arms, and of filver for the heralds; the purfuivants 
do not wear any : from the collar are pendent the union 
badge on the bread, and the white horfe of Hanover on 
the back.— : See the Plate of Badges. 
The crown of the kings of arms is a circle of gold, 
inferibed with part of tiie (irft verfe of the 51ft Pfalm .- 
Miferere mei Deus, fecundum magnum mtfericordiam tuam 
(“ Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy great 
kindnefs in allufion to the dangers they might incur 
in going amidft enemies to treat of peace ;)- and is 
furmounted with fixteen upright leaves, nine of which 
are only to be, feen in common reprefentations. This 
coronet was anciently adorned with frhall leaves or 
fleurons, and refembled the coronets of the prefent 
dukes; but fince the Eeftora.ti.on; it has been compofed 
of leaves in (hape fimilar to thofe of odk. Within the 
crown is a cap of crimfon filk, and at top a gold taftel ; 
the bottom of the ring is lined with ermine. Anciently 
the kings of arms wore their crowns at the.four high 
feafts of the year, Chriftmas, Eafter, Whit.funtide, and 
All-Sain(s-day, when their attendance was required near 
the per.fon ot the fovereign; they (till wait on thofe 
and other days of the year -at St. James’s palace ; but 
never wear their crowns, except at the ceremony of the 
coronation. 
Lord Lion's office in Scotland, and Uljler king of arms o£ 
Ireland, are cliftiiitt and independent from the Heralds’ 
College of London; which by its priority of time, and 
importance, is often called upon to function their 
grants.. 
Belides the kings of arms, there are fix fubordinate 
heralds, according to their original, as they were created 
to attend dukes and great lords, in martial expeditions, 
i.e. York, Lancafer, Chefer, Windfor, Richmond, and Som&fet j 
the four former were inftituted by Edward III. and the 
two latter by Edward IV. and Henry VllI. To thefe, 
upon the aeceffion ot George I. to the crown, on ac- 
connt ol iiis Hanoverian dominions, a new herald was 
added, called Hanover herald ; and another (tiled Glouccfer 
king of arms. Anno 11 Geo. I. A deputy is appointed, 
with the royal approbation, when the duke of Norfolk 
is a Roman-catholic. To the fuperipr and inferior he¬ 
ralds are added four others, called marfals ox purfuivants 
of arms, who commonly fucceed in tne places of Inch 
heralds, as die, or are promoted ; they are denominated 
blue-mantle, rouge croix, rouge dragon, and portcullis. Thefe 
offices are now (j une i8ot() filled as follows : 
Hereditary Earl Marshal, his Grace the Duke 
of’Noifulk, F.R. and A.S. 
Kings of Arms. — Garter Principal, Sir Ifaac Heard, 
knt. Clarenceux, George Harrifon, efq. Norroy, Ralph 
Bigland, elq. 
Six Heralds. — Windfor, Francis Townfend, efq. 
F.S.A. Chefer , G. Martin Leake, efq. Lancafer, Ed¬ 
mund Lodge, efq. F.S.A. Somerfet, John Atkinfon, efq. 
York, George Naylor, efq. F.S.A. Richmond , Jofeph 
Hawker, elq. F.S.A. 
Four Pursuivants .— Portcullis, J. Doding ton Forth, 
gent. Rouge Dragon, James Catln ow, gent. Blue Mantle, 
Francis Martin, gent. F.S.A. Rouge Croix, William Rad- 
clyffe, gent. F.S.A. 
Regifer, George Harrifon, efq. Earl Marfal's Secre¬ 
tary, Rev. James Dali away, M.B. F.S.A. 
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