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The
opening ceremony of the Congress at
St Andrews was attended by a number of officers of arms from
official bodies around the world. The photograph,
left, shows most of these officers, including
Hubert Chesshyre, Clarenceux King of Arms, (far
left, standing); Clive Cheesman, Rouge Dragon
Pursuivant (third from right, kneeling); and
Alastair Bruce, Fitzalan Pursuivant Extraordinary
(third from left, kneeling). It is reproduced
courtesy of the Congress website,
www.congress2006.com.
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The 27th International Congress of
Genealogical and Heraldic Studies
was held in St Andrews, Scotland between 21 and 26 August 2006. The
opening ceremony took place on Monday 21 August in the presence of
Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal. A number of Officers of Arms
from heraldic authorities around the world were in attendance,
including several officers from the College of Arms. The conference
was based in St Salvator’s College in the University of St Andrews.
The theme was ‘Myth and Propaganda in Heraldry and Genealogy’ and
more than fifty lectures on related subjects were delivered. Clive
Cheesman, Rouge Dragon Pursuivant, served on the Scientific
Committee.
A very small
selection of those recently receiving grants or exemplifications
from the English Kings of Arms:
BURSLEM,
Dame Alexandra Vivien, of the parish of Rostherne, co. Chester, DBE,
DL, JP. Arms. Garter and Norroy and Ulster Kings of Arms.
30/11/2005. College reference: Grants 171/180.
CHARNAUD,
Harold John, of Felstead, co. Essex. Arms, Crest and Badge.
Limitations extended to include descendants of his father Harold
John Charnaud, late of Dunmow, co. Essex. Garter and Clarenceux
Kings of Arms. 15/11/2005. College reference: Grants 171/203.
ENGLISH,
Sir Terence Alexander Hawthorne, KBE. Arms and Crest. Garter and
Clarenceux Kings of Arms. 10/2/2006. College reference: Grants
171/170.
FRITCHIE,
Irene Tordoff (Fritchie), Baroness, of Gloucester, co. Gloucester,
DBE. Arms, Badge and Supporters. Garter King of Arms. 20/3/2006.
College reference: Grants 171/211.
HALE,
Rita Vivienne, of the London Borough of Islington, OBE. Arms. Garter
and Clarenceux Kings of Arms. 6/4/2006. College reference: Grants
171/219.
HARDY,
Paul; Jonathan, of the City of Tokyo, Japan. Arms, Crest and Badge.
Garter, Clarenceux and Norroy and Ulster Kings of Arms. 16/2/2006.
College reference: Grants 171/172.
MAJOR,
Sir John, of the parish of Great Stukeley, co. Cambridge, KG, CH.
Supporters. Garter King of Arms. 5/3/2006. College reference: Grants
171/192.
MILLER,
Richard Bruce Bernadotte, of Cape Town, Republic of South Africa.
Honorary Arms and Crest. Garter, Clarenceux and Norroy and Ulster
Kings of Arms. 23/12/2005. College reference: Grants 171/205.
RAINE’S FOUNDATION SCHOOL TRUST.
Arms and Crest. Garter, Clarenceux and Norroy and Ulster Kings of
Arms. 22/6/2006. College reference: Grants 171/266.
ROBERTS,
Nigel, of the Island of Alderney. Arms, Crest and Badge. Garter and
Clarenceux Kings of Arms. 1/3/2006. College reference: Grants
171/162.
SOLOMON,
Norman Stafford, of the City of Nassau, Commonwealth of Bahamas,
CMG. Arms, Crest and Badge. Garter, Clarenceux and Norroy and Ulster
Kings of Arms. 27/3/2006. College reference: Grants 171/214.
TITCHMARSH,
Alan Fred, of Holybourne, co. Hampshire and of Cowes, co. Isle of
Wight, MBE, DL. Arms, Crest and Badge. Garter and Clarenceux Kings
of Arms. 2/2/2006. College reference: Grants 171/228.
WILSON,
James Arthur Filmer, of Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China. Arms
and Crest. Limitations extended to include descendants of his
grandfather Arthur Stanley Wilson late of Cottingham, co. York.
Garter, Clarenceux and Norroy and Ulster Kings of Arms. 7/12/2005.
College reference: Grants 171/201.
WILSON,
Patricia Frances, of Broughton, co. Lancaster. Arms and Badge.
Garter and Norroy and Ulster Kings of Arms. 10/8/2005. College
reference: Grants 171/176.
 LIVERPOOL
HOPE UNIVERSITY:
Illustrated left are the Arms, Crest, Badge and Supporters
granted by Garter, Clarenceux and Norroy and Ulster Kings of Arms,
to this new ecumenical Christian university, by Letters Patent dated
10 April 2006.
The Arms are
blazoned
Gules a Cross engrailed of one point on each limb Argent surmounted
by an open Book proper bound Azure and in the first quarter a mullet
radiated Argent.
The Crest is Upon a
Helm with a Wreath Argent and Gules Upon the Capital of an Ionic
Column a Lamb passant Argent supporting with its dexter forefoot
over the shoulder a Staff Or entwined with Sprigs of
Laurel and Olive
alternately both proper and terminating in an Escallop Or
Mantled Gules doubled Argent.
The Badge is
blazoned A Liver Bird volant to the dexter Sable beaked and
membered Or holding in the beak a Mullet radiated Argent.
College
reference: Grants 171/223.
The Order of the
Bath:
the service of the Order is held every four years, in the chapel of
the Order in Westminster Abbey. It took place this year on 17 May in
the presence of Her Majesty The Queen, and of His Royal Highness The
Prince of Wales, Great Master. The heraldic banners, crests and
stallplates of seven Knights Grand Cross were already in place in
the chapel; the ceremony of installation of these seven Knights took
place during the service.
Peter Gwynn-Jones, Garter King of Arms and Genealogist of the Order, was part
of the procession. He is responsible for the oversight of all
heraldic matters related to the Order, including the preparation of
trappings for the stalls in Westminster Abbey.
St Andrews:
Clive Cheesman, Rouge Dragon Pursuivant, delivered a lecture
entitled ‘Penyston,
Hatton, and three English Kings of Arms in search of Quarterings’ on
the first full day of the Congress.
The Heraldry Society:
David White, Somerset Herald and President of the Society, will
address a meeting on Wednesday 15th November, on the
subject of ‘The Heraldry of the Seven Years’ War’.
The Coat of Arms:
an
article entitled ‘Heralds at the Delhi Durbars’ by Peter O’Donoghue,
Bluemantle Pursuivant was published in the September issue of The
Coat of Arms, journal of the
Heraldry Society. It discusses the rôles and significance of the
four heralds who served at the great Imperial Durbars of the British
Empire in India. In the same issue David Gelber discusses the
biographies of Tudor and Jacobean heralds in the
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Approximately 3,000
written enquiries are received by the College of Arms each year and
each receives the individual attention of an Officer of Arms and is
answered by them. A similar number of telephone enquiries are
received. Records of these enquiries are maintained, which suggest
that a significant minority of them are from the USA, with
considerable numbers also originating in Canada, Australia, New
Zealand and many other parts of the world. Those wishing to submit
an enquiry can send an e-mail to
enquiries@college-of-arms.gov.uk.
 The
heralds and pursuivants of the College of Arms are on duty or ‘in
waiting’ in succession for a week at a time, in continuation of a
rotational system in place since the sixteenth century, and derived
in part from systems of waiting upon the King that date from before
the establishment of the College of Arms. The College archives
include records of these waits, which give details of enquirers, and
for most periods information about the work done and fees received.
They cover nearly all of the period from the late sixteenth century
to the present day. As well as answering enquiries, the Officer in
Waiting has final responsibility for the preservation of the records
and the building.
For much of the
College’s history, each wait was performed jointly by a herald and a
pursuivant. Illustrated left is a page from a manuscript
which records the work done and sums received by the waiting
officers of March 1597/8, who were Thomas Lant, Windsor Herald, and
William Smith, Rouge Dragon Pursuivant. The total fees received that
month for work that was done ‘in waiting’ amounted to £5 2s 6d,
which after costs of 2s 4d had been subtracted, was divided
according to the custom of the time between all the officers of the
College. [Coll Arm Ms L16/49]
FOX:
a pedigree of eight generations shows a descent from Francis Fox of
St Germains, co. Cornwall, buried 1670. The entry ends with the
children of Francis Ker Fox of Brislington, co. Somerset (died
1883). Cross-referenced to Irish Record Pedigrees 20/191-6;
20D14/187; 19D14/54-7; Norfolk 51/7. College reference: Norfolk
51/69.
GOLD:
a pedigree showing a descent from Henry Gold of St Pancras, co.
London and of Maidenhead, co. Berkshire (died 1900). Connected to
the families of Fraser and Judd. Cross-referenced to Surrey 29/349.
College reference: Surrey 31/252.
GREENWOOD:
A pedigree shows four generations of the Greenwood family of the
islands of Fano, Malta, Corfu and Cyprus. Descents are shown from
two daughters of this family, which connect to the Wilson and
Maclaughan families of Cyprus, and thence to the Roe, Russell,
Addington, Walker, Carpenter and Motherwell families.
Cross-referenced to Norfolk 50/237. College reference: Norfolk
51/77.
HENLEY:
a pedigree of five generations showing a descent from Robert Henley
of Putney, co. London (Born 1831). Cross-referenced to Peers 9/277.
College reference: Surrey 31/230.
WASHBOURNE
of Worcestershire, Gloucestershire and of Canterbury, New Zealand. A
pedigree of eleven generations descending to the present day and
headed by Giles Washbourne of Bengeworth, co. Worcester, buried
there in 1636. Cross-referenced to C30/39. College reference:
Norfolk 51/73.
WILLIAMS of
Jamaica and of
Huron County, Ontario, Canada. A pedigree of six generations
descending to the present day and headed by Charles White Williams
of the County of Surrey, on the Island of Jamaica, baptized in 1769.
Cross-referenced to 9D14/229. College reference:
Surrey 31/257. |
