CLARENCEUX, the second king at arms, so called from the Duke of Clarence, to whom he first belonged; for Lionel, third son to Edward III. having by his wife the honour of Clare in the county of Thomond, was afterwards
declared Duke of Clarence, which dukedom subsequently escheating to Edward IV. he created this earl a king at arms. His office is to marshal and dispose of the funerals of all the lower nobility, as baronets, knights, and esquires, on the south side of the Trent; and hence he is sometimes called surroy or south-roy, in contradistinction to norry.