Clarenceux

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Clarenceux

(ˈklærənsuː)
n
(Heraldry) heraldry the second King-of-Arms in England
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Of the four plates the most interesting are 3 and 4, illustrating part of the inventory of books bequeathed to his successors by Thomas Benolt, Clarenceux King of Arms, in 1534 (College of Arms, MS Heralds, vol.
Nigel Ramsay and James M. W. Willoughby, Eds.: Hospitals, Towns, and the Professions
Camden's authority in heraldry of which the 1594 Britannia provided convincing evidence, together with his association with the advocates of armorial reform (Fulke Greville, Sir Edward Hoby, and Baron Burghley as well as the queen) made him a logical choice, over Ralph Brooke, for elevation to Clarenceux King of Arms in October 1597.
Britannia, Ralph Brooke, and the Representation of Privilege in Elizabethan England [*]
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