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3 days ago · After the sacring of the King's mass, he went to the Pages' chamber, nigh to the King's Great Chamber, and "did on his surecote and hoode," and was led between the earl of Hertford, in habit of estate, and the lord Admiral, in his Parliament Robe; "and his habit called the mantell having ij barres and a halfe of lectues" was borne by lord Delaware, and Garter, principal king of arms, bore his ...
5 days ago · He procured a grant from Sir Thomas Wriothesley, garter principal king at arms, reciting, that not being willing to bear arms in prejudice to the other branches of his family, he had petitioned for a coat, with a proper difference, which the said king at arms, in 1529, granted, under his hand and seal, viz. Sable, a fess engrailed between three fleurs de lis, within a bordure or, the fess ...
5 days ago · No. 23 Poland Street: Ye Old King's Arms Public House This house was built and occupied by 1706 and though periodically repaired and altered, has probably not been completely rebuilt. (fn. 9) It has been a public house since at least 1718 when the name of Edward Creusdon or Crusdon, the first occupant known to have been an innkeeper, appears in the ratebooks.
4 days ago · The Gentlemen at Arms also attend The Queen's garden parties, where their task is to form the lanes through which the members of the Royal Family walk. The Honourable Corps consists of five Officers (the Captain, the Lieutenant, the Standard Bearer, the Clerk of the Cheque and the Harbinger) and 27 Gentlemen. The senior Officer is the Captain ...
3 days ago · Principal Garter King of Arms. In the year 36 Hen. VIII. the king, as lord of the manor of Poplar, granted a house and an acre of land in that hamlet to his father Sir Gilbert Dethick, then Richmond Herald, afterwards Principal Garter King of Arms. Court Rolls of Poplar manor in the Augmentationoffice.
4 days ago · On 9 April 2021 Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh the husband of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and the other Co
3 days ago · The Garter King of Arms also suggests a ratio of 3:5 as the suitable proportion for a Union Flag flown on land. The King's Harbour Master's flag, like the Pilot Jack, is a 1:2 flag that contains a white-bordered Union Flag that is longer than 1:2.
