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College of Arms. The College of Arms is a corporate body regulating heraldic matters and granting new armorial bearings for England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The heralds are a part of The Queen's Household, and have royal duties such as publicly reading royal proclamations at the succession of a new Sovereign.
The College of Arms is on the north side of Queen Victoria Street, and is directly south of the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral. The nearest underground stations are Blackfriars (the District and Circle Lines), and St. Paul's (the Central Line). Buses numbers 4, 11,15, 17, 23, 76, and 172 all stop not far from the College.
Garter King of Arms is the senior of the three English Kings of Arms. The office takes its name from the Order of the Garter. Henry V instituted the office of Garter in 1415 just before sailing for France. Official arms in use by circa 1520: Argent a Cross Gules on a Chief Azure a crown enclosed in a Garter between a lion passant guardant and a ...
Artwork and Scrivening. The official records of the College of Arms and Letters Patent granting armorial bearings are written and painted by hand by specialist scriveners and heraldic artists. The College maintains an ancient English tradition of manuscript writing and illumination which can be traced back to the monastic scriptoria of the dark ...
College of Arms har offentlig myndighet over heraldiske spørsmål i England, Wales og Nord-Irland. I Skottland hører disse spørsmål under et tilsvarende embete, Lord Lyon King of Arms. College of Arms utarbeider – på anmodning – også våpenskjold og flagg for myndigheter og private i andre land, særlig tidligere britiske kolonier.
Flag Flying Days 2024. Flag-flying news by email. Flags on churches. Impaling Arms of Office. Peerages and Baronetcies. Resources. Royal Cyphers. The Arms of Individuals in Same-Sex Marriages. The conjugal arms of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
Grants of Arms to Commercial Companies: The College of Arms has published a booklet on the subject of corporate grants of arms. An online version of it may be seen here. Enquiries about grants to companies should be addressed to the Officer in Waiting in the first instance. Commercial firms have been granted coats of arms by the College of Arms ...
