COLLEGE of HERALDS

COLLEGE of HERALDS, commonly called the Herald's Office, a corporation founded by charter of Richard III., who granted them several privileges, such as freedom from subsidies, tolls, officers, &c. They had a second charter from Henry VI.; and a house built near Doctors' Commons by the Earl of Derby in the reign of Henry VII. was given them by the Duke of Norfolk in the reign of Mary. This house has now been rebuilt.

This college is subordinate to the earl marshal of England, and the members are assistants to him in his court of chivalry, usually held in the common hall of the college.