| 单词 | ross herald of arms |
| 释义 | > as lemmasRoss Herald of Arms (in Ordinary) More fully Ross Herald of Arms (in Ordinary). One of the senior heraldic Scottish officers of arms. Cf. Lyon n., Rothesay Herald n. at Rothesay n. 1, Snowdon n.Before the Lyon Court Act of 1867 the Ross Herald was one of six heralds. The Act reduced the number of heralds to three, but did not exclude any of the original six heralds from holding the office. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldry > herald > [noun] > Scottish heralds Rothesay Herald1402 Bluemantle1504 Rothesay1506 Ross Herald1515 1515 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1903) V. 46 To pas for Ilay herald and Ros herald to my lord governour. 1566 Cal. Sc. Papers (1900) II. 250 Lettre..caried by Wm. Steward alias Ros harald of armes to the Q. of Scottes. 1641 Reg. Privy Council Scotl. 2nd Ser. I. 405 Befoir..Johne Malcome, Ross Herald. 1710 J. Chamberlayne Present State 414 There are six Heralds, Albany, Rothesay, Snadoun, Marchmont, Yla, and Ross. a1725 A. Nisbet Syst. Heraldry (1742) II. iv. xvi. 171 Rosse Herald, so named from the County of Ross, which was of old an Appendage of the Crown. 1846 D. Laing Wks. John Knox I. 440/1 ‘Maister Robert Foirman’, in 1551, was Ross Herald. 1863 G. Seton Law Heraldry in Scotl. 37 The Heralds attached to the Lyon Court are six in number, viz., Islay, Rothesay, Marchmont, Albany, Ross, and Snowdon. 1901 Mod. Lang. Notes 16 51/2 He supposes that Ramsay may have held the office of Ross Herald. 1925 Times 31 Mar. 12/4 On the death recently of Mr. Andrew Ross, who was Ross Herald, Mr. J. H. Stevenson, Unicorn Pursuivant, was appointed in his place, but with the title of Marchmont Herald. 1997 Renaissance Q. 50 687 (title) ‘Outward Signs of Majesty, 1535–40’, Charles J. Burnett, Ross Herald of Arms. < as lemmas |
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