Pursuivant

A Pursuivant is a minor herald. Most are attached to official heraldic authorities — in the United Kingdom, the College of Arms in London or Lyon Court in Edinburgh.

Related Topics:
Herald - Heraldic - United Kingdom - College of Arms - London - Lyon Court - Edinburgh

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However a few private pursuivants still remain, relics of a mediaeval era when many great nobles employed their own:

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• Slains Pursuivant, attached to the Earl or Countess of Erroll, Lord High Constable of Scotland
• Garioch Pursuivant, to the Earl or Countess of Mar
• Endure Pursuivant, to the Earl of Crawford & Balcarres
• Finlaggan Pursuivant, to the chiefs of Clan Donald, revived in August 2005 after five centuries
 
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