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Lyon
shortened form, with an early spelling retained, of Lyon King of Arms (see King-of-Arms), the title of the chief herald in Scotland; so named from the lion on the royal shield. Also Lyon Herald (see herald n. 1 e), Lyon King.
[1377in Exch. Rolls Scotl. (1880) II. 553 Et in solucione facta magistro Nicholao cementario, de mandato regis, Leoni heraldo [etc.]. ]1381in Cal. Docum. Scotl. (1888) IV. 67 [Warrant for licence for 40 days to] Leon Heraud [of the K. of Scots]. 1502Ibid. 336 Lion the haroulde. a1548Hall Chron., Edw. IV 245 The forsayd Lyon desired an abstinence of warre to be taken. 1592Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1816) III. 555/1 Þe said lyoun and his brether herauldis. 1596[see herald n. 1 e]. 1633Dell in Coronation Jas. I (1685) 19 The Earls..put on their Crowns, and the Lyon his. 1755Chamberlayne's St. Gt. Brit. ii. iii. x. 147 Lion, and his Brethren the Heralds, have Power to visit the Arms of Noblemen and Gentlemen. 1808Scott Marm. iv. ix, Strict was the Lion-King's command. 1900A. Lang in Longm. Mag. Aug. 383 The office of Lyon has ever been highly respectable.
attrib.1847Gloss. Terms Her. 82 The Lyon Office, Edinburgh, and the Office of Arms, Dublin, have cognizance of the heraldry of Scotland and Ireland respectively. |