A pursuivant or, more correctly, pursuivant of arms, is a junior officer of arms. Most pursuivants are attached to official heraldic authorities, such...
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"Witchsmeller Pursuivant" is the fifth episode of the first series of the BBC sitcom Blackadder (The Black Adder). It is set in England in the late 15th...
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Berwick Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary was an English office of arms created around 1460 for service on the Scottish Marches based at Berwick-upon-Tweed...
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Unicorn Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary is a current Scottish pursuivant of arms in Ordinary of the Court of the Lord Lyon. The title was created after...
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Bluemantle Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary is a junior officer of arms of the College of Arms in London. The office is reputed to have been created by King...
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Garioch Pursuivant of Arms is a private officer of arms appointed by the Chief of the Name and Arms of Mar – currently Margaret of Mar, 31st Countess of...
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Judge Keith Hilary Pursuivant is a fictional character and a supporting character in a series of stories (1938–41) by American author Manly Wade Wellman...
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March Pursuivant of Arms is a Scottish pursuivant of arms of the Court of the Lord Lyon. The office was first mentioned in 1515 and it is associated with...
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Slains Pursuivant of Arms is a private officer of arms appointed by the Chief of the Name and Arms of Hay – presently the Earl of Erroll, Lord High Constable...
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Kintyre Pursuivant of Arms was a Scottish pursuivant of arms of the Court of the Lord Lyon. The Kintyre Pursuivant was formerly a private officer of arms...
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Portcullis Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary is a junior officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. The office is named after the Portcullis chained...
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Court of the Lord Lyon (section Private Pursuivants)
These are styled Heralds or Pursuivants Extraordinary. Currently there are two Heralds of Arms Extraordinary and three Pursuivants of Arms Extraordinary. In...
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Falkland Pursuivant of Arms is a Scottish pursuivant of arms of the Court of the Lord Lyon. The title was first mentioned in 1493 and it is derived from...
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Fitzalan Pursuivant of Arms Extraordinary is a current officer of arms in England. As a pursuivant extraordinary, Fitzalan is a royal officer of arms...
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Toison d'or King of Arms (redirect from Fusil pursuivant)
In 1431, Philip the Good named a pursuivant to the Toison d'or King of Arms called Fusil. The first Fusil pursuivant was Georges Poucques, who left the...
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Rouge Dragon Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary is a junior officer of arms of the College of Arms, named after the red dragon of Wales. The office was instituted...
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Finlaggan Pursuivant of Arms is the private officer of arms of the Clan Donald in Scotland. The office of Finlaggan Pursuivant is held by Thomas Miers...
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Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary is a junior officer of arms of the College of Arms. He is said to be the oldest of the four pursuivants in ordinary...
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Hampnes Pursuivant of Arms Extraordinary was an office of arms in the sixteenth century. The office was named after Hampnes, now Hames, a village and castle...
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British officer of arms and vexillologist who currently serves as the March Pursuivant of Arms Extraordinary at the Court of the Lord Lyon in Scotland. He was...
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Carrick Pursuivant of Arms is a Scottish pursuivant of arms of the Court of the Lord Lyon. The title is derived from the Earldom of Carrick, one of the...
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Linlithgow Pursuivant of Arms is a Scottish pursuivant of arms of the Court of the Lord Lyon. This title is locative in origin, and is derived from the...
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Blanche Lyon Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary (sometimes Blanch Lyon) was an English office of arms created during the reign of King Edward IV. The title...
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Bute Pursuivant of Arms is a Scottish pursuivant of arms of the Court of the Lord Lyon. The title of the office derives from the Isle of Bute, which was...
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Athlone Pursuivant of Arms (or Athlone Pursuivant) was a junior officer of arms in Ireland, founded 1552 during the reign of Edward VI, King of England...
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Clan Lindsay (redirect from Endure Pursuivant)
Clan Lindsay is a Scottish clan of the Scottish Lowlands. The Lindsays were prominent in both England and Scotland from the late 11th century. The surname...
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Court as Unicorn Pursuivant. In April 2012, he was promoted to the position of Marchmont Herald. He was previously Finlaggan Pursuivant (private officer...
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Dingwall Pursuivant of Arms is a current Scottish pursuivant of arms of the Court of the Lord Lyon. Dingwall Pursuivant was formerly a private officer...
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Court, Moncreiffe held the offices of Falkland Pursuivant (1952), Kintyre Pursuivant (1953), Unicorn Pursuivant (1955), and (from 1961) Albany Herald. He wrote...
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Masonic lodge officer (section Pursuivant)
Assistant Grand Standard Bearer Deputy Grand Organist Grand Pursuivant Assistant Grand Pursuivant Grand Steward * Grand Tyler * Offices which are here marked...
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