Heralds' College

American  

noun

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

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heralds' college British  

noun

1. another name for college of arms

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Example Sentences

The pedigree recorded at Heralds' College is as follows.

From A Memoir of Sir Edmund Andros, Knt., Governor of New England, New York and Virginia, &c., &c. by Whitmore, William Henry

Four officers of the Heralds' College, whose duty it is to attend the King-at-Arms on public occasions, and preside over certain departments of the Heralds' Office.

From The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science by Anonymous

Heralds' College.—Are the books in the Heralds' College open to the public on payment of reasonable fees?

From Notes and Queries, Number 238, May 20, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Various

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

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