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St George’s Chapel, Windsor:
an exhibition of black and white photo-graphy by
Eleanor Curtis opened at Windsor on 16 September
2008. The images provide a glimpse behind the scenes
at this Royal chapel, and include Garter Day. They
are taken from her book St George’s Chapel,
Windsor: a Portrait.
The exhibition will transfer to the College of Arms,
where it opens on 17 October and runs until 31
October. Opening hours Monday to Friday, 10 am to 4
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Welcome to the eighteenth edition of the
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Dering Roll:
this very early English roll of arms, dating from circa
1270-1280, has been acquired by the British Library following a
successful fundraising campaign. The roll relates specifically to
those owing feudal service to the Constable of Dover Castle, then
Stephen of Penchester. It depicts 324 coats of arms, approximately a
quarter of the entire English baronage during the reign of King
Edward I, making it a vital record for the study of knighthood in
medieval England. The Dering Roll was acquired with the aid of the
National Heritage Memorial Fund (£100,000), The Art Fund, the UK's
leading independent art charity (£40,000), Friends of the British
Library (£10,000), Friends of the National Libraries (£10,000) and
numerous donations from individual supporters. The roll, which takes
its name from a seventeenth-century owner Sir Edward Dering, was
later owned by Victorian collector Sir Thomas Phillipps, and was
subsequently in the possession of Sir Anthony Wagner, Garter King of
Arms. The College of Arms holds Elizabethan copies of the roll in
its archives.
 New
coinage of the United Kingdom:
approximately 4,000 designs for the new coinage were examined by the
Royal Mint Advisory Committee, which includes Peter Gwynn-Jones,
Garter King of Arms. Their preferred design was recommended to the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Master of the Mint, and finally
approved by Her Majesty The Queen. The new design is founded in
heraldry: each coin bears part of the Royal Arms, and the set when
brought together makeup the whole shield; the design is unified in
the £1 coin. The new coinage is to be marked by an
exhibition at the British Museum: Designing Change: the Coins
of Elizabeth II, opening on 18 September 2008. Clive Cheesman,
Rouge Dragon Pursuivant, has contributed a chapter to the
accompanying book, published by the Royal Mint.
A
very small selection of those recently receiving grants or
exemplifications from the English Kings of Arms:
AMLOT,
Roy Douglas, of the Temple, City of London. Arms, Crest and Badge.
Garter and Clarenceux Kings of Arms. 26/7/2007. College reference:
Grants 173/110.
BATHURST,
Sir David Benjamin, of Chilton Polden, Somerset, GCB. Supporters.
Garter King of Arms. 7/2/2008. College reference: Grants 173/121.
BURLEY,
John Roland James, Rector of Loxwood, West Sussex. Arms and Crest.
Garter and Clarenceux Kings of Arms. 30/1/2008. College reference:
Grants 173/108.
EVANS,
Martin John Crossley, of Clifton, Bristol and of Willaston, Wirral,
Cheshire, MBE, JP. The limitations of the grant were extended to
include the other descendants of his father Stanley David Evans,
late of Willaston. Arms, Crest and six Badges. Garter, Clarenceux
and Norroy and Ulster Kings of Arms. 5/2/2008. College reference:
Grants 173/144.
EXLEY,
Margaret, of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, CBE and
her husband Malcolm Hartas GRANT.
Arms, and Arms, Crest and Badge. Garter and Clarenceux Kings of
Arms. 28/1/2008. College reference: Grants 173/96.
GREEN,
Sir Philip, of the City of Westminster, Knight. Arms, Crest and
Badge. Garter and Clarenceux Kings of Arms. 8/1/2008. College
reference: Grants 173/112.
GREENSTOCK,
Sir Jeremy Quentin, of Enstone, Oxfordshire, GCMG. Arms, Crest and
Supporters. Garter and Clarenceux Kings of Arms. 20/3/2008. College
reference: Grants 173/148.
GROSE,
Sir Alan, of Simon’s Town, Western Cape Province, Republic of South
Africa, KBE, Vice-Admiral RN. Arms and Crest. Garter, Clarenceux and
Norroy and Ulster Kings of Arms. 5/2/2008. College reference: Grants
173/102.
GUEST,
Adrian Mark Hedley, of Paddington, State of Queensland, Commonwealth
of Australia. Arms, Crest and Badge. Garter, Clarenceux and Norroy
and Ulster Kings of Arms. 10/3/2008. College reference: Grants
173/140.
LONGLEY,
Michael, of Walton-on-the-Hill, Surrey. Arms and Crest. Garter and
Clarenceux Kings of Arms. 18/2/2008. College reference: Grants
173/129.
MCINTYRE,
Thomas Joseph, of Arlington, Commonwealth of Virginia, USA, grandson
of Thomas McIntyre of Newark, State of New Jersey, who was born in
Ireland. Honorary Arms and Crest. Garter, Clarenceux and Norroy and
Ulster Kings of Arms. 8/1/2008. College reference: Grants 173/91.
SUTHERLAND,
Mark Richard Charlton, of the Special Administrative Region of Hong
Kong, People’s Republic of China. Arms, Crest and two Badges.
Garter, Clarenceux and Norroy and Ulster Kings of Arms. 14/3/2008.
College reference: Grants 173/118.
UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH.
Arms, Crest, Badge and Supporters. Garter, Clarenceux and Norroy and
Ulster King of Arms. 10/4/2008. College reference: Grants 173/189.
 EVANS,
Myron Wyn, of Craigcefnparc, Swansea: a grant of Arms was made by
Letters Patent of Garter and Clarenceux Kings of Arms dated 7 July
2008. College reference: Grants 173/252.
The
Arms are blazoned: Per fess dancetty acute Gules and Sable a Lion
rampant Or holding between the forepaws a Garb of hay Argent banded
Vert a Bordure engrailed Or.
Crest: Upon a Helm with a Wreath Or Gules and Sable Two Dragons
respectant Gules holding between them a representation of the Celtic
cross of Nevern sans pedestal Sable fimbriated Vert.
Badge
(not illustrated): A Norman Helm affronty Or quadrinimbed Sable
and charged with two Gouttes in fess Azure.
College of Arms Books:
The College of Arms has for many years had a small bookstall in the
Earl Marshal’s Court, selling books and pamphlets on heraldic
subjects, including its own publications, as well as our Christmas
cards and postcards. it is now also possible to buy certain
publications of the College of Arms on the internet. Titles
currently available are:
Louise Campbell, Francis Steer and Robert Yorke,
A Catalogue of Manuscripts in the College of Arms. Collections.
Volume 1 (London 1988). Hubert Chesshyre,
Garter Banners of the Nineties (Windsor 1998). Clive
Cheesman,
The Armorial of Haiti. Symbols of Sovereignty in the Reign of Henry
Christophe (London 2007). The last volume is also available
from the College of Arms
website.
Swansea Metropolitan University:
a ceremony was held at the Brangwyn Hall, Swansea on 4 September
2008 to celebrate the new status of this university, in the presence
of First Minister for Wales Rhodri Morgan. The occasion was attended
by Robert Noel, Lancaster Herald, who oversaw the presentation of
the university’s new Arms.
Birmingham Civic Society:
at a ceremony marking its nineteenth birthday this organization
became the first civic society to receive a grant of Arms. The
Letters Patent were presented by Robert Noel, Lancaster Herald, on
10 June 2008 at the Council House, Birmingham.
HOWARD:
a
pedigree of eight generations shows a descent to the present day
from John Howard of Sculcoates, Yorkshire, merchant, formerly of
Cottingham in the East Riding of Yorkshire. He married in 1773 Jane
daughter of Isaac Broadley of Brantingham, Yorkshire. The pedigree
descends via their grandson John Broadley Howard of Warrnambool in
the Colony of Victoria, Australia, collector of customs (born 1809).
College reference: Norfolk 51/111.
STEWART:
a pedigree records the marriage and issue of Alexander Davenport
Stewart of Manila, Philippines (born 1908). Cross-referenced to
Norfolk 50/160. College reference: Surrey 31/307.
WINBY:
a pedigree shows the children and grandchildren of Paul George
William Winby of Hurstbourne Tarrant, Hampshire, OBE (born 1933).
Cross-referenced to Surrey 20/180. College reference: Surrey 31/303.
WOOD:
a pedigree of four generations is headed by Arthur Thomas Wood of
Epping, Essex, who married in 1914 Ellen daughter of John Robert
William Parker of Wood Green, Middlesex. College reference: Surrey
31/311.
 Flag
of the Governor-General of New Zealand:
the
new Flag of the Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of New
Zealand, illustrated left, has been approved by her Majesty,
and was announced by the Prime Minister of New Zealand on 2 June
2008. The Flag bears the Arms of New Zealand, ensigned with a Royal
Crown.
College reference: Standards 5/116.
Royal Licence for Change of Name:
a
Royal Licence dated 21 May 2007 was granted by Her Majesty to
Christopher James Carver
SHARMAN-CRAWFORD,
formerly Christopher James Carver
LONG,
of Crawfordsburn, Co. Down, and of Binfield Heath, Oxfordshire,
permitting him to adopt the Arms of Sharman Crawford. This was in
accordance with the will of Robert Gordon Sharman Crawford. College
reference: I.85/208.
An exemplification of the Arms of Sharman Crawford was accordingly
granted to him by Garter, Clarenceux and Norroy and Ulster Kings of
Arms, by Letters Patent dated 10 December 2007. College reference:
Grants 173/86.
University of Leicester:
following a petition, a Royal Licence was granted on 2 April 2008 to
the University of Leicester, to transfer to that body the Arms
granted to a predecessor body, the Leicester, Leicestershire and
Rutland College, by Garter, Clarenceux and Norroy Kings of Arms in
1922. College reference: I.85/228.
A certificate of the three Kings of Arms was duly issued
exemplifying the Arms to the University of Leicester, dated 15 July
2007. College reference: Grants 173/227.
Women’s Land Army and Timber Corps:
a Crown Badge, illustrated right, has been designed by Peter
Gwynn-Jones, Garter King of Arms, who as Inspector of Regimental
Colours has authority over the insignia of veterans’ associations,
acknowledging the service given during the Second World War by ‘Land
Girls’ and ‘Lumber Jills’.
The
award of the Crown Badge was marked by a ceremony on 23 July at
Downing Street, London, at which a number of veterans were presented
with their badges by the Prime Minister and Hilary Benn, Environment
Secretary. |
