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Culture, England, Chivalric Orders, Officer of Arms, Bluemantle Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary
Bluemantle Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary is, probably, the Pursuivants in Ordinary for the Order of the Garter.
On 18th June 1536 William Harvey (age 26) was appointed Bluemantle Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary.
On 9th December 1558 John Hollingworth was appointed Bluemantle Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 9th December 1558. The ix day of Desember was creatyd at Somersett plasse [Map], wher the quen('s) (age 25) grace lys, master Rychmond Norroy, and Rysbanke creatyd Bluw-mantyll.
On 8th January 1559 Richard Turpin was appointed Bluemantle Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 8th January 1559. The sam day was creatyd of my lorde of Norfolk a pursewantt, Bluwe mantyll, and creatyd Rychemund, [who] cam latt over the see owt of Franche.
Culture, England, Chivalric Orders, Officer of Arms, Portcullis Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary
Portcullis Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary is the Pursuivants in Ordinary for the Beaufort family one of whose emblems is the Portcullis. It was instituted around 1485 around the time of the Coronation of Henry VII whose mother was Margaret Beaufort Countess Richmond.
On 22nd July 1559 Edward Merlin was created Portcullis Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary.
The London Gazette 25183. Whitehall, December 27, 1882. The Queen has been pleased to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland granting unto William Alexander Lindsay (age 36), Esq., the office of Portcullis Pursuivant of Arms, vacant by the promotion of Arthur Staunton Larken, Esq., to the office of Richmond Herald
Culture, England, Chivalric Orders, Officer of Arms, Rose-Blanche Pursuivant Extraordinary
Henry Machyn's Diary. 25th January 1562. The 25 day of January was appointed Master Robert Cooke (age 27), Blanch-Rosse pursewant at armes, my lord Robart Dudley's (age 29) servant, the wyche he never servyd in no plase a-for.
Note. P. 272. Robert Cooke, afterwards Clarenceux king of arms, was created Rose-Blanch pursuivant Jan. 25, and Chester herald Jan. 29, 1561; his patent for the latter office is printed in Rymer's Fœdera, &c. vol. xv. p. 620; followed by that advancing his predecessor, William Flower, to the office of Norroy (see the ceremony of creation mentioned in p. 276).
Culture, England, Chivalric Orders, Officer of Arms, Rouge Dragon Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary
Rouge Dragon Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary is a Pursuivants in Ordinary for Wales.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
In 1553 William Colbarne was appointed Rouge Dragon Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary which position he held until 1564.
On 17th January 1690 Peter Le Neve (age 28) was appointed Rouge Dragon Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary.
In Thomas William King was appointed Rouge Dragon Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary which office he held until 1848.
Culture, England, Chivalric Orders, Officer of Arms, Rouge Rose Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary
On 22nd February 1616 Augustine Vincent (age 32) was appointed Rouge Rose Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary. He was invested on 22nd March 1616.
Culture, England, Chivalric Orders, Officer of Arms, Wallingford Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary
In 1489 Thomas Wriothesley (age 1) was appointed Wallingford Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary in the service of Prince Arthur Tudor (age 2).