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    The College of Arms, or Heralds' College, is a royal corporation consisting of professional officers of arms, with jurisdiction over England, Wales, Northern...
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  • coat of arms is a heraldic visual design on an escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the last two being outer garments). The coat of arms on an...
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    The coat of arms of the United Kingdom, also referred to as the royal arms, are the arms of dominion of the British monarch, currently Charles III. They...
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    Herald (redirect from Herald of arms)
    herald of arms, is an officer of arms, ranking between pursuivant and king of arms. The title is commonly applied more broadly to all officers of arms. Heralds...
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  • of arms of Canada, also known as the Royal Coat of Arms of Canada or, formally, as the Arms of His Majesty The King in Right of Canada is the arms of...
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    of London), the College of Arms in London (a body of heralds enforcing heraldic law), an electoral college (to elect representatives); all groups of persons...
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    earliest granting of university arms was to King's College Cambridge by Henry VI in 1449. Arms are granted by the College of Arms and Lyon Court. It...
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    The coat of arms of England is the coat of arms historically used as arms of dominion by the monarchs of the Kingdom of England, and now used to symbolise...
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    The American College of Heraldry and Arms, Inc. was an American organization established in 1966 to promote heraldry in the United States. The corporate...
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    were restored as the arms of the independent Irish state in 1922, a late-medieval Gaelic harp (a cláirseach), the Trinity College Harp, was used as a model...
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  • independence. Some flags, such as the flags of Leicestershire and Warwickshire, were created by the College of Arms in the United Kingdom. Due to its size...
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    The coat of arms of King's College London in London, England, are blazoned: on a Pale Azure between two Lions rampant respectant Gules an Anchor Gold...
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  • coat of arms by the College of Arms in London. The establishment of graduate programs in law and medicine in 1779 makes it one of the first universities...
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    King of arms is the senior rank of an officer of arms. In many heraldic traditions, only a king of arms has the authority to grant armorial bearings and...
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    officer of the College of Arms (the heraldic authority of England), and is usually appointed from among the other officers of arms at the College. As the...
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    A roll of arms (or armorial) is a collection of coats of arms, usually consisting of rows of painted pictures of shields, each shield accompanied by the...
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    October 1961) is an officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. Since 2021, he has served as Garter Principal King of Arms. The senior herald and genealogist...
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    Norroy and Ulster King of Arms is the provincial King of Arms at the College of Arms with jurisdiction over England north of the Trent and Northern Ireland...
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    Each college and permanent private hall has its own arms, although in some cases these were assumed rather than granted by the College of Arms. Under...
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    designed by the College of Arms. The Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor was founded for the maintenance and consolidation of the Dignity of Knights Bachelor...
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    individuals by the English kings of arms of the College of Arms. An individual's arms may also be borne 'by courtesy' by members of the holder's nuclear family...
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    Principal King of Arms (also Garter King of Arms or simply Garter) is the senior king of arms and officer of arms of the College of Arms, the heraldic...
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    given a location". Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry III 2011, p. 311. College of Arms 2012, p. 63. Cokayne VIII 1898, p. 173. Venn 1922, p. 422. Mosley 1...
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    Heraldry (redirect from Coat of Arms motto)
    England's College of Arms, through which all new grants of arms would eventually be issued. The college currently consists of three Kings of Arms, assisted...
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    accession to the throne in 1485. He was a member of the Tudor family of Penmynydd. Jasper Tudor's coat of arms, granted to him by his maternal half-brother...
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    Ireland, in terms of awarding arms, is the College of Arms, which is a royal corporation and not a court of law. The High Court of Chivalry is a civil...
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    registration of arms by an official government agency, (e.g., Bureau of Heraldry in South Africa) does create and confirm new legal rights. The College of Arms issues...
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    of a large chantry chapel in York Minster with over 100 priests. He also founded the College of Arms. In 1483, a conspiracy arose among a number of disaffected...
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    Middleton". College of Arms. 1 May 2011. Archived from the original on 10 July 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2018. "Coat of Arms of Duchess of Cambridge". The...
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    of arms in Scotland are also members of the royal household. Heraldry King of Arms Herald Pursuivant Private officer of arms College of Arms Court of...
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