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Illustrated left
is a scene from an illuminated pedigree of Christ,
showing his descent from Adam, which is amongst the
archives of the College of Arms.
The pedigree dates from the fourteenth century,
shows the judges, kings and conquerors of Israel,
and is illuminated with biblical incidents in
roundels.
The scene left is of the nativity of Christ:
Christ is shown at the top of the image in the
manger, overseen by oxen. Mary and Joseph look away,
seeming to regret the inferior accommodation
available.
Welcome
to the twenty-seventh edition of the College of Arms
Newsletter, which is produced every three months and
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It has been
announced that the National Archives of Scotland, and the
General Register Office for Scotland, are to merge. The merger
builds upon the existing close working relationships between the two
organizations, and will permit increased efficiency through the
further sharing of central services. This move follows discussions
in the Republic of Ireland regarding the merger of the National
Archives of Ireland, the Irish Manuscripts Commission, and the
National Library of Ireland.
On 1 June 2004 a Royal Warrant was issued which required the
creation and maintenance of a Roll of the Peerage. The
responsibility for this now rests with the Lord Chancellor and
Secretary of State for Justice. Under the terms of the Royal Warrant
any person who succeeds to a Peerage must prove his or her
succession and be placed on the Roll, otherwise that person may not
be legally recognized as a Peer in official documents. The Roll of
the Peerage is an officially compiled and maintained list, intended
to contain the names of all living peers. Peers are enrolled in it
in the following circumstances: Hereditary Peers who have proved
succession in accordance with the terms of the 2004 Royal Warrant;
Hereditary Peers who up to 1999 received a Writ of Summons;
Hereditary Peers who from 1999 have proved their succession in order
to be eligible either for election to a vacant seat amongst the
remaining 92 hereditary peers in a House of Lords 'by-election', or
to vote in such a by-election; Life Peers. The Roll comprises all
those Peers who have proved succession to an English, Scottish,
Irish, Great Britain or United Kingdom Peerage. Those peers who have
not proved their succession are therefore not included on the Roll.
The Roll itself is maintained by the Registrar of the Peerage, an
official of the Crown Office, part of the Ministry of Justice. It is
now published on the
website of the College of Arms, together with the text of the
Royal Warrant, explanatory notes, and information about proving
succession. The published Roll of the Peerage will be revised every
month.
A very small selection of those
recently receiving grants or exemplifications from the English Kings
of Arms:
BARDSLEY,
Roland, of Stanthorne, Cheshire. Arms and Crest. Garter and Norroy
and Ulster Kings of Arms. 222/3/2010. College reference: Grants
175/7.
BLACK,
Daniel William, of the State of Western Australia, Australia. Arms,
Crest and Badge. Garter, Clarenceux and Norroy and Ulster Kings of
Arms. 16/4/2010. College reference: Grants 175/39.
BYLLAM-BARNES,
Joseph Charles Felix, of Ashtead, Surrey, eldest son of Cyril
Charles Byllam-Barnes late of Ashtead, deceased, eldest son of
William Charles Byllam-Barnes late of Streatham, co. London,
deceased. Arms, Crest and Badge. The limitations of the grant were
extended to include the other descendants of the late William
Charles Byllam-Barnes. Garter and Clarenceux Kings of Arms.
20/2/2010. College reference: Grants 175/51.
FALCONER OF THOROTON,
Charles Leslie (Falconer), Baron, of Thoroton, Nottinghamshire, PC.
Arms, Crest and Supporters. Garter King of Arms. 6/4/2010. College
reference: Grants 175/25.
FROST,
Alan John, of Bournemouth, Dorset. Arms, Crest and Badge. Garter and
Clarenceux Kings of Arms. 6/10/2009. College reference: Grants
175/3.
HALLGARTEN,
Anthony Bernard Richard, of the London Borough of Camden, QC. Arms,
Crest and Badge. Garter and Clarenceux Kings of Arms. 20/5/2010.
College reference: Grants 175/47.
HICKINBOTTOM,
Sir Gary Robert, of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea,
Knight. Arms, Crest and Badge. Garter and
Clarenceux Kings of Arms. 7/4/2010. College reference: Grants
175/17.
KAILE,
Gillian, of the London Borough of Bromley. Arms and Badge. Garter
and Clarenceux Kings of Arms. 30/3/2010. College reference: Grants
175/49.
LAWRENCE,
Ronald Charles, of Colton, Staffordshire. Arms, Crest and Badge. In
the same Patent, Arms for his wife Gay, daughter of Cecil Joseph
Outhwaite late of Hornchurch, Essex, deceased. Garter and Norroy and
Ulster Kings of Arms. 27/4/2010. College reference: Grants 175/30.
 LETCHWORTH
GARDEN CITY TOWN COUNCIL.
Illustrated right are the Arms and Crest granted to this town
council by Letters Patent of Garter, Clarenceux and Norroy and
Ulster Kings of Arms dated 17 May 2010.
Arms: Vert on a Pall reversed between three Horseshoe Magnets the
poles to the centre Argent three Roundels Vert each charged with a
Rose Argent.
Crest: Upon a Helm with a Wreath Argent and Vert A Squirrel sejant
erect Sable holding between the forepaws a Rose Argent and crowned
with a Garland of oak leaves Vert
Badge (not illustrated): A Rose Stem Or flowered Argent leaved Vert
enfiling four two-bar fences conjoined in a square Pen Or
College reference: Grants 175/41.
MORRIS,
Roy Alfred, of Formby, Merseyside, CBE, DL. Arms, Crest and Badge.
Garter and Norroy and Ulster Kings of Arms. 14/4/2010. College
reference: Grants 175/23.
NASH,
Eric Stanley, of Whitchurch, South Glamorgan, OBE. Arms, Crest and
Badge. Garter and Clarenceux Kings of Arms. 27/5/2010. College
reference: Grants 175/45.
RAWLINGS,
Keith John, of Hythe, Kent. Arms, Crest and Badge. Garter and
Clarenceux Kings of Arms. 21/12/2009. College reference: Grants
174/285.
REBUCK,
Dame Gail Ruth, of the London Borough of Camden, DBE. Arms and
Badge. Garter and Clarenceux Kings of
Arms. 30/3/2010. College reference: Grants 175/11.
ROE-EVANS,
Joyce Alison, of the parish of Charlesworth, Derbyshire. Arms and
Badge. Garter and Norroy and Ulster Kings of Arms. 8/4/2010. College
reference: Grants 175/21.
TOOLEY,
Peter John Hocart, of the Island of Guernsey. Arms, Crest and Badge.
Garter and Clarenceux Kings of Arms.29/3/2010. College reference:
Grants 175/5. The Arms are illustrated
here.
Sir Peter Gwynn-Jones, KCVO:
a
service of thanksgiving for the life of Sir Peter Gwynn-Jones,
former Garter King of Arms (died 21 August 2010), was held at St
Martin-in-the-Fields church, London, on 16 November 2010. Her
Majesty The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh were represented by
Thomas Woodcock, Garter King of Arms. The Earl and Countess of
Wessex were represented by Colonel Alastair Bruce of Crionaich,
Fitzalan Pursuivant Extraordinary. The Princess Royal was
represented by Lady Carew Pole. The Princess Alexandra was
represented by Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon Birchwood. The Duke of
Norfolk attended, as did the Officers of Arms, Lord Lyon King of
Arms, representatives of the Order of St John, and other bodies and
societies with which Sir Peter was associated, as well as many
relatives, friends and colleagues. The lessons were read by Patric
Dickinson, Clarenceux King of Arms, and by Alan Dickins, Arundel
Herald Extraordinary; and addresses were given by David White,
Somerset Herald and David Gurney.
Events in the City of London:
His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh presented the
Worshipful Company of Marketors of the
City of London with a Royal Charter, in a ceremony at
Guildhall in the City of London, on 19 October 2010. William Hunt,
Windsor Herald, took part in the ceremony, as did the Master of the
Company, Alderman and Sheriff Fiona Woolf, and others. On 7 October
at Wax Chandler’s Hall, the Guild of
Public Relations Practitioners held an Installation
Dinner, at which William Hunt presented the Herald’s Award for
Excellence in Communication to representatives of the Museum of
London.
Lecture at University of
Trento, Italy:
Clive Cheesman, Richmond Herald, delivered a paper entitled
‘History, genealogy, and historical genealogy’ at the medieval
history seminar there on 18 November.
Some aspects of the
‘Crisis of Heraldry’:
An article by Clive Cheesman with this title appears in the Autumn
2010 issue of The Coat of Arms, journal of the Heraldry Society. The
title refers to an article by Michel Pastoureau of 1982, and offers
some reactions to the thesis that Western European elite society
ceased in the early modern period to find heraldry a meaningful
means of communicating what was essential about themselves, their
social position, and their ideology.
 The
gates of the College of Arms:
when Queen Victoria Street was constructed in the nineteenth
century, the southern wings of the College building were demolished;
the space was filled by a Victorian railing with two gates. These
were requisitioned and removed in 1942.
The present gates were originally constructed during the nineteenth
century for Goodrich Court, Herefordshire. When that house was
demolished in 1949, the gates and railings were bought by the
Crowthers of Syon Lodge, collectors and dealers in architectural
pieces. They were given to the College of Arms through the
generosity of Mr Blevins Davis, and erected in 1956, being opened by
the American Ambassador, Mr Winthrop W. Aldrich.
The photograph left dates from the late 1950s and shows the
gates very much as they are today. Of great interest is the view
beyond the gates: note the large space left by buildings destroyed
during the London Blitz of 1940-41, and now filled by City of London
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