News from The College of Arms
Shakespeare Documents
19 January 2018
Shakespeare Documentary Heritage recognised by UNESCO’s International Memory of the World Programme The UNESCO International Memory of the World programme has recognised the immense significance to world culture of the ‘Shakespeare Documents’ – the key archival sources for William Shakespeare’s biography. This material now has equivalent status in the documentary…
An Evening with John Blanke
10 November 2017
An Evening with John Blanke at the College of Arms John Blanke ProjectFriday, 1 December 2017 from 18:30 to 20:30 (GMT)London, United Kingdom Through the imaginations of artists, poets, historians and musicians, spend an evening celebrating the life of John Blanke, the black trumpeter to the courts of Henry VII…
Chester Herald
27 September 2017
By Letters Patent under the Great Seal dated 22 September 2017, Her Majesty The Queen has been pleased to appoint Christopher John Fletcher-Vane, Esquire, (lately Portcullis Pursuivant of Arms) as Chester Herald of Arms, vacant by the promotion of Timothy Hugh Stewart Duke, Esquire, now Norroy and Ulster King of Arms,…
Barcelona attack: flag instructions
18 August 2017
Following the attack in Barcelona on 17 August 2017, instructions have been received that all buildings of Her Majesty's Government should fly the Union Flag at half-mast today. Other UK national flags flown alongside the Union Flag when it is at half-mast should also be at half-mast. If a flag…
Baldwin Lonsdale of Vanuatu: flag instructions
19 June 2017
Learning with sadness of the death of Baldwin Lonsdale, President of the Republic of Vanuatu, who died on 17 June 2017, special instructions have been received that all Union flags on the buildings of Her Majesty's Government should be lowered to half-mast as soon as possible today (19 June 2017)…
