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Heralds' College

American  

noun

  1. a royal corporation in England, instituted in 1483, concerned chiefly with armorial bearings, genealogies, honors, and precedence.


heralds' college British  

noun

  1. another name for college of arms

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Clarenceux King of Arms, an officer of the Heralds’ College, derives his style, through Clarence, from Clare.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" by Various

In the Heralds' College there is a pedigree of Sir Isaac Newton, signed by himself, in which he traces his descent to the brother of the ancestor of the second baronet.

From Notes and Queries, Number 190, June 18, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George

It is a certificate of good birth more satisfactory than any which the Heralds' College or the Genealogical Association can furnish.

From My Unknown Chum by Fairbanks, Charles Bullard

Le Neve states, in his MSS. preserved in the Heralds' College, that he became a tapster in the King's Bench Prison, and was tried and imprisoned for cheating in 1711.

From International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 9, August 26, 1850 by Various

The Shield represented in No. 158 is drawn from an original example of the age of Edward I. in the Heralds’ College.

From The Handbook to English Heraldry by Utting, R. B.