The head of it was the officer known to later centuries as
Norroy King-at-Arms!
Norroy House, which used to house the DVLA, is now occupied by Roomzzz serviced apartments.
For this was William Dugdale, knight of the realm, for one thing, proud owner of Blyth Hall, and the man's expertise in matters genealogical, scholastic and heraldic brought him a marvellous array of exotic titles: Pursuivant extraordinary, Blanch Lyon, Rouge Croix,
Norroy, and Garter Principal King of Arms.
"We've already found a left foot," DI
Norroy reminded them.
Woodcock,
Norroy and Ulster King of Arms at the College of Arms, has worked on the previous volumes.
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Norroy and Ulster, Rouge Dragon, Bluemantle and Portcullis are titles held by senior figures in which ancient institution of England and Wales?
Heralds, then as now, were usually referred to be their title (Garter,
Norroy, Chester) and it is difficult to trace the careers of these men through the ranks.
Le Neve was the
Norroy King-at-Arms, a royal official concerned with heraldry and family connections, and thus professionally preserved and annotated the collection.
[21] Glover's voice was added to this general chorus of ad hominem indictments when he offered the view that the initial cause of dissent in the College of Arms was the elder Dethick's policy of turning heralds against
Norroy and Clarenceux.
The heralds for these visitations were Richard St George,
Norroy King of Arms, and Henry St George, Gent., Bluemantle Pursuivant, though it is not clear which of them did the Hardware family.
William Oldys (1696-1761), an antiquary and
Norroy king-of-arms, was an avid collector who drew up voluminous notes for a life of Shakespeare.