The society of heralds in England, consists of four kings of arms, who are called Garter King at arms, Clarencieux, Norroy, and Bath, whereof the first and last derive Their Dames from the two orders of knighthood to which they owe their establishment ; and the other two are provincial kings of arms, Clarencieux having power over all the east, west, and south provinces, as far as the river Trent ; and Norroy, in like manner, over all parts of England north of the Trent ; six heralds, viz. Somerset, Chester, Windsor, Richmond, Lancaster, and York ; four nursuivants, who may be considered as the apprentices of heraldry, viz. Ronge•dragon, Portcullis, Blue-mantle, Rouge-croix. All these persons, (kings, heralds, and pursuivants) are by the King himself, or Earl Marshall, " crowned with crowns, graced with colours, attired with coats, named by names of addition, and with other ceremonies created." In Scotland there is one king at arms, who derives his name or Lyon from the bearing of our kings. Under him are six heralds distinguished by local names, viz. Snawdon, .9lbany, Rosse, Rothesay, Marchmont, and Ray ; and five pursuivants, viz. Unicorn, Carrick, Kintyre, Ormond, and
Bute. Besides these, the great nobility in England and Scotland had formerly heralds and pursuivants attached to their own service : as Blanche Lyon, the herald to the Duke of Norfolk ; Lion d'or to the Dudleys ; Percy herald to the Earls of Northumberland, &c. Le Laboureur is of opinion, that counts and high barons, who are not princes, may have heralds and pursuivants ; and that knights ban nerets may have pursuivants only, unless they be invested with some high dignity, as mat'shal of general of the army : (See Origine des ../Irmoiries, p. 121.) The king of arms in France, was always known by the name of Mont-joye St Denis. His heralds, to a considerable number, derived their names from the different provinces of France ; and his pursuivants were called, Plain chemin, Vcir disant, Haut•le-pied, La verdure, Gaillard-bois, &c.
See ./Eneas Sylvius De Officio Heraldorunr. Dc l'Of flee des Rois &c. par Marc de V ulson de la Co lombiere, Paris, 1645 ; and particularly the Traite du Roi Rene, which is there printed ; Le Theatre d'Honneur, par Andre Favin ; and Edmonstone's Heraldry, vol. i.