Heralds' College And Coats of Arms : Regarded From a Legal Aspect
The book Heralds' College And Coats of Arms : Regarded From a Legal Aspect was written by author Phillimore, W. P. W. (William Phillimore Watts), 1853-1913 Here you can read free online of Heralds' College And Coats of Arms : Regarded From a Legal Aspect book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Heralds' College And Coats of Arms : Regarded From a Legal Aspect a good or bad book?
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The officers of arms receive from the King's l^riv)' Purse fixed salaries, which are now almo.st nominal,! so that their income is mainly deri\ed from fees, and to a ver)' large extent depends on their own individual industry and reputation as genealogists. The rights and duties of each officer rest on the letters patent granted to him individually by the Sovereign, from time to time, upon being created King, Herald or Pursuivant, as the case may be. The very existence of the College as a bod\-... corporate wholely depends on the King's pleasure, for if he ceased to create any more * The Right io Hear Arms, by X., which has reached a second edition, contains copies of many docnnients relating to tlie history and constitntion of the College and Ofticers of Arms in each of the three kingdoms. t E.g., tlie annual salary of a pursuivant of arms is only £\}) 195. officers of arms it would obviously come to an end, and at the same time it would cease to be possible, except by- direct grant from the Crown, to create any more nobiles minorcs with hereditary coats-of-arms.
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