 | 1868 - 860 pagina’s
...supplied to them, and entered them in the books which contain the records of their official proceedings. Royal commissions were issued under the Great Seal to the two provincial kings-of-arms, empowering them to visit in turn the several counties of England, in order to collect... | |
 | 1868 - 854 pagina’s
...supplied to them, and entered them in the books which contain the records of their official proceedings. Royal commissions were issued under the Great Seal to the two provincial kings-of-arms, empowering them to visit in turn the several counties of England, in order to collect... | |
 | Lemuel Cushing - 1877 - 152 pagina’s
...were found to have crept into all matters appertaining to descent ani arms, in consequence whereof commissions were issued under the Great Seal to the...Arms, authorizing and commanding each by himself or his deputy to visit the whole of his province as often as he should deem it necessary ; to convene... | |
 | Bernard Burke - 1864 - 1348 pagina’s
...called aloud for reformation, and gave rise, in tho early part of the sixteenth century, to the HBRALDS' VISITATIONS, documents of high authority and value....the Great Seal to the two Provincial Kings of Arms, Clareuceux and Norroy, authorising and commanding each, by himself or his deputy, to visit the whole... | |
 | 1897 - 898 pagina’s
...distinction as could be supplied to them, and entered them in the books which contain their official records. Royal commissions were issued under the Great Seal to the two provincial kings-of-arms, empowering them to visit in turn the several counties of England, in order to collect... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck - 1898 - 998 pagina’s
...supplied to them, and entered them in the books which contain the records of their official proceedings. Royal commissions were issued under the great seal to the two provincial kingsof-arms, empowering them to visit in turn the several counties of England, in order to collect... | |
 | National Americana Society - 1921 - 718 pagina’s
...and disorders were found to have crept into matters pertaining to descent and arms. To overcome this, commissions were issued under the Great Seal to the two Provincial Kings of Arms, authorizing each to visit the whole of his province as often as necessary (about once every thirty years) "to convene... | |
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In the course of the 16th c., the heralds obtained copies of all such accounts of the English families of any distinction as could be supplied to them, and entered them in the books which contain the records of their official proceedings. Royal commissions... 