Show see ee britain S past fast j in IT heraldry JL 59 5 I 1 IT heraldry 9 Ler aldry show C relics of history opened 16 to public for first time london for F or the first firof time in history the public was admitted to the sacred precincts of the college or of heralds when that thai institution haldan held an exhibition heraelto here to celebrate the four our hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the gi granting of its charter by king richard III the heralds ong king of arms lancaster herald Rou rouge geDra dragan under the direction of the hereditary earl marshal of N Un gland are inextricably linked with the spacious days of british history when men were all brave and jousts and tourneys journeys tour occupied that place in public affection now filled by ball games and the ilia gridiron even today the college Is an extremely busy institution particularly when a coronation or some other magnificent state unction function la Is in prospect its everyday work calls for the qualities ot artist and lawyer poet and magistrate master of and nd arbitrator heraldry Is a fine art which Is also an exact science and it Is one ond of the duties of the college to direct and control the design of the crests and coats of arms arm with which the most newly created to emblazon hla his automobile and household silverware further the college renders indispensable 1 service to students of history chivalry and genealogy with its ancient ore records cords had and its deep knowledge of precedent and custom stresses value of tradition in ili times when many disruptive tendencies are antwork at work the value of tradition Is brought home to those chose who have stability and continuity of our civilization at heart said the foreword of the catalogue of the commemorative exhibition and that sentence may help to give sonic some understanding of one of the most 1 amazing and fascinating shows ever eer seen been in london the colle college 9 a of heralds Is so old it was probably it IL existence long before its charter was granted in 1448 that it refers to centuries as lightly as others speak of year ears s in this exhibition were seen pedigrees pedigreed grees of the fifteenth century which trace the origin of tho the saxon kings back to adam and eve this magnificent vellum makes the intriguing suggestion that adani adam dyed of tile the gonte 11 earl of lemonade recorded y the college of heralds touches at so many points in the history of these islands that it was hot sur to see a prayer book of king charles II 11 lent by king george while nearby near by was the pedigree of i admiral lord nelson and signed in tile the admirals own shaky hand band this tree la Is of very modern size elze i compared with some of the vast charts which were on dl display splay tho the negro slave elate henri chresto p phe he who became king of haftl created abed a nobility of his own which included two peers with the high sounding titles of tho duke of marmalade mai aae and tho the earl of lemonade the original register of arms of this exotic nobility was in the exhibition among grants of arm arms was tile the draft of a grant to john Slit shakespeare ilce of stratford on avon father of the poet and an interesting note in defense of his granting these chese arms by the garter king of arms of that day when it was claimed that they too closely r resembled a the arms of lord mauley of particular american interest was the picture of heralds pro cial ming the peace of versailles in 1783 by which the independence of the thirteen colonies was recognized by the mother country |