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High Court of Chivalry:
on 7 December the website of the records of the High
Court of Chivalry in the years 1634-40 went live at
www.court-of-chivalry.bham.ac.uk. This period
was the busiest in the court's history, largely due
to the popularity of actions for scandalous words
likely to provoke a duel, essentially a civilian
species of action for defamation brought by members
of the gentry or nobility. Many of the cases relate
to questions of status, including disputes over
social rank and the right to arms. The case papers
and the stories behind them constitute a rich source
for the study of the language of status, of the long
drawn-out attempt to prevent duelling, of the
relationship between different branches of the
law, and of early modern social, sexual and
scatological insult. They also offer insights into gender relations, processes of
litigation and dispute settlement, as well as a
wealth of biographical detail on plaintiffs,
defendants and witnesses. They have considerable
genealogical potential.
Left:
a statement by a notary public from the bundles of
court records at the College of Arms, with the
notary’s mark in the form of a portrait. |
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The
website, prepared by a Centre for Reformation
and Early Modern Studies project on the Court,
publishes detailed abstracts, in a fully searchable
form, of all surviving material from the 738 cases
of which we have information, of over 1000 cases
which went before the court in the period in
question; the material is held largely at the
College of Arms, with some additional records at
Arundel Castle. The online version of the
project also represents the first stage in a College
of Arms plan to create a website for the High Court
of Chivalry, exploring the history of the court and
introducing the legal and heraldic questions
connected with it and the Law of Arms.
Work on this project has been carried out by Dr
Richard Cust and Dr Andrew Hopper of the Centre for
Reformation and Earl Modern Studies, University of
Birmingham, with funding provided by the Arts and
Humanities Research Council.
A companion volume to this web site, containing an account of
the court’s history and summaries of the cases for
this period will be published by the
Harleian Society in spring 2007 as Cases in
the High Court of Chivalry, 1634-1640 edited by
R. P. Cust and A. J. Hopper.
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The Kings of Arms at the
College of Arms,
with the approval of the Earl Marshal, have resolved, with effect
from 1 January 2007, to make grants of Arms to Parish Councils
according to a specially reduced scale of official fees. A great
number of District, Borough and Town Councils are already entitled
to Arms. It is hoped that the introduction of a new, specific rate
for Parish Councils will enable and encourage the wider use of
authorized heraldry by the smaller municipal authorities of England,
Wales and Northern Ireland, both locally and to represent themselves
in a wider context.
A very small
selection of those recently receiving grants or exemplifications
from the English Kings of Arms:
ARBIB, Sir Martyn, of
Henley on
Thames, Oxfordshire, DL. Arms, Crest and Badge. Garter and
Clarenceux Kings of Arms.
1/8/2006. College
reference: Grants 171/325.
BARHAM,
Catherine Patricia, of the London Borough of Islington and of
Darwen, Lancashire. Arms. Garter, Clarenceux and Norroy and
Ulster
Kings of Arms. 14/6/2006. Grants 171/294.
BEAVIS, Sir
Michael Gordon, of the Republic of Cyprus, KCB, CBE. Arms and Crest.
Garter, Clarenceux and Norroy and Ulster Kings of Arms. 10/7/2006.
College reference: Grants 171/313.
BRYANSTON SCHOOL
Incorporated (Governors of). Alteration to Arms originally granted
by Letters Patent dated 28 February 1928. Garter, Clarenceux and
Norroy and Ulster Kings of Arms. 1/9/2006. College reference: Grants
171/343.
BURDEN,
Susan Jane, of the City of Westminster. Arms. Garter and Clarenceux
Kings of Arms.
7/6/2006. College reference: Grants 171/329.
BURGESS,
Beatrice May, of Weavering, Kent, OBE. Arms and Badge. Garter and
Clarenceux Kings of Arms. 30/5/2006. College reference: Grants
171/272.
FAULKNER OF WORCESTER,
Richard Oliver (Faulkner), Baron, of the London Borough of Merton.
Arms, Crest, Badge and Supporters. Garter King of Arms. 8/6/2006.
College reference: Grants 171/300.
FORREST,
John Richard, of Ewhurst, Surrey, CBE. Arms and Crest. Garter and
Clarenceux Kings of Arms. 15/5/2006. College reference: Grants
171/252.
GARNER, The
Revd. Martin Wyatt, of Oxfordshire. Arms, Crest and Badge. Garter
and Clarenceux Kings of Arms. 28/7/2006. Grants 171/319.
HEWETT,
Derek William, of Johor Bahru in the Federation of
Malaysia.
Arms, Crest and Badge. Garter, Clarenceux and Norroy and Ulster
Kings of Arms. 21/4/2006. College reference: Grants 171/232.
MARSHALL,
Sir Denis Alfred, of Dartmouth, Devon. Arms, Crest and Badge. Garter
and Clarenceux Kings of Arms. 1/6/2006. College reference: Grants
171/246.
PAISLEY OF ST GEORGE’S,
Eileen Emily (Paisley), Baroness, of St George’s, co. Antrim. Arms
and Supporters. In the same Patent Arms, Crest and Badge were
granted to her husband Ian Richard Kyle Paisley of the City of
Belfast, PC. Garter and Norroy and Ulster Kings of Arms. 10/11/2006.
College reference: Ulster Grants 4/215.
POTTS,
Michael Stuart, of Parkgate Neston, Cheshire, DL. Arms and Crest.
Garter and Norroy and Ulster Kings of Arms. 2/9/2004. College
reference: Grants 171/236.
ROE,
James Kenneth of the London Borough of Bromley. Arms, Crest and
Badge; in the same Patent Arms were granted to his wife Dame Marion
Audrey Roe, DBE. Garter and Clarenceux Kings of Arms. 15/7/2005.
College reference: Grants 171/257.
SUTHERS,
John David, of Cardiff, South Glamorgan. Arms, Crest and Badge.
Garter and Clarenceux Kings of Arms. 2/3/2006. College reference:
Grants 171/262.
VESTBIRK,
Steven William, of the Colony of Bermuda. Limitations of grant
extended to include descendants of his late grandfather, Jens Anthon
Vestbirk of Copenhagen in the Kingdom of Denmark, deceased. Arms and
Crest. Garter, Clarenceux and Norroy and Ulster Kings of Arms.
16/3/2006. College reference: Grants 171/240.
ZACHARY,
Stefan Hedley, of Naphill, Buckinghamshire. Arms, Crest and Badge.
Garter and Clarenceux Kings of Arms. 2/5/2006. College reference:
Grants 171/255.
 The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and
Commerce,
which was established in 1753, incorporated by Royal Charter in
1847, and given the addition of the word ‘Royal’ to its title in
1908, was
granted Arms, Crest and Supporters, by Garter, Clarenceux and
Norroy and Ulster Kings of Arms. The Letters Patent were dated 10
July 2006.
The Arms,
illustrated left, are blazoned Vert issuing from the base
an
Arcade thereon
the Façade of the House of the Royal Society of Arts Or encircled by
five Mural Crowns Argent.
The Crest is Upon a Helm Within an Ancient Crown Or a Terrestrial
Globe proper on its stand Or, Mantled Vert doubled Argent. The
Supporters are On either side A Pegasus wings inverted Or about
the neck a Torse Azure and Gules pendant therefrom by a Chain a
Lozenge Sable.
College
reference: Grants 171/307.
Installation at Westminster Abbey: Peter Gwynn-Jones,
Garter King of Arms and Genealogist of the Order of the Bath,
participated in the ceremony of installation for the
Very Reverend John Hall as the new Dean of Westminster Abbey on
2 December 2006.
Liverpool
Hope
University:
Peter O’Donoghue, Bluemantle Pursuivant presented Letters Patent
granting Arms to this ecumenical Christian university on 17 October
2006, in a ceremony attended by Dame Lorna Muirhead, DBE, Her
Majesty’s Lord Lieutenant of Merseyside.
Clerk of the Records:
Keith Evans, MVO, Clerk of the Records and chief scrivener at the
College of Arms, celebrates in December 2006 fifty years of service
to the College. He arrived at the very end of 1956 as assistant to
W. T. Lovegrove, MVO, then clerk to the registrar of the College
(the post later redesignated Clerk of the Records), who had been at
the College since 1931. The longest-serving officer of arms when Mr
Evans was appointed was Sir Gerald Woods Wollaston (1874-1957),
Norroy and Ulster, and formerly Garter, who had been made Fitzalan
Pursuivant Extraordinary for the Coronation of Edward VII in 1902,
and Bluemantle in 1906.
EDWARDS:
a pedigree of three generations is headed by Edward ab David of
Tregeiriog in the parish of Llangadwaladr, co. Denbigh (died 1691).
It ends with the children of Thomas Edwards otherwise Thomas Edward
David otherwise Tho. Edd. app dd’, of Rhiwlas, co. Denbigh.
Cross-referenced to Surrey 31/111. College reference: Surrey 31/261.
LORRIMER:
a three-generation pedigree headed by Walter John Lorrimer of the
City of Leicester, afterwards of Barrow on Soar, co. Leicester (died
1971). Cross-referenced to Surrey 17/174 and Norfolk 38/28. College
reference: Surrey 31/254.
RIVETT-CARNAC:
a
seven-generation pedigree headed by Sir James Rivett-Carnac of Upper
Harley Street co. Middlesex and of Derby, baronet, MP, Governor of
Bombay and Chairman of the East India Company (Born 1784). Descends
to the children and grandchildren of the present baronet, Sir Miles
James Rivett-Carnac. Connected with the
GUINNESS
family. Cross-referenced to Baronets 5/17. College reference:
Norfolk 51/83.
STAMP:
a pedigree of three generations shows the descendants of John Joseph
Stamp and of Jacqueline May his wife, daughter of Edward Ray Fisk.
Cross-referenced to Norfolk 46/121. College reference: Surrey
31/262.
VYVYAN:
a pedigree of five generations showing a descent from Thomas Hutton
Vyvyan of Penzance, co. Cornwall, latterly of Harwich, co. Essex,
who married Mary Willyams otherwise Williams Grenfell in 1835.
Cross-referenced to Baronets 3/253. College reference: Norfolk
51/79.
 Her Royal
Highness Princess Beatrice of York:
Her Majesty The Queen granted Arms to Her Royal Highness by a
Warrant dated 18 July 2006.
The Arms, illustrated right, are blazoned Within a Lozenge
ensigned by a Coronet composed of four Crosses formy and four
Strawberry Leaves Our Royal Arms differenced by a Label of five
points Argent the centre and the exterior points each charged with a
Bee volant proper.
The Supporters are to be Our Royal Supporters charged with the
like Coronet and Label.
Ordered to be recorded at the College of Arms, where it has the
reference I.85/188.
Lord Speaker of the House of Lords:
following a Resolution of the House of Lords on 12 July 2005, and a
further Resolution on 31 January 2006, by which the office of Lord
Speaker was established, Her Majesty The Queen issued a Warrant
dated 4 July 2006 establishing the rank and precedence of the Lord
Speaker of the House of Lords as being immediately after that of the
Speaker of the House of Commons. College reference:
I.85/194. |
