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The College is exclusively empowered to petition the Crown for grants of arms, and is also responsible for preparing grants of knighthood and nobility at the direction of the Crown.
The College is exclusively empowered to petition the Crown for grants of arms, and is also responsible for preparing grants of knighthood and nobility at the direction of the Crown.
 
==Members of the College==
The College is staffed by Heralds (senior members), Pursuivants (members who have achieved standing), and Fellows.  Each member of the College holds and is known by a named seat or fellowship.  The current faculty of the College is:
The College is staffed by Heralds (senior members), Pursuivants (members who have achieved standing), and Fellows.  Each member of the College holds and is known by a named seat or fellowship.  The current faculty of the College is:


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** The Oblivious Auditing Fellow [[Pôl d'Aurìbuérg]]
** The Oblivious Auditing Fellow [[Pôl d'Aurìbuérg]]


===Eligibility for Grants of Arms===
==Eligibility for Grants of Arms==


Every citizen of Talossa, by the fact of his or her citizenship, is a Gentleman or Lady, and is held for all purposes to be "of gentle blood" and thus entitled to arms as a member of the Talossan gentry.
Every citizen of Talossa, by the fact of his or her citizenship, is a Gentleman or Lady, and is held for all purposes to be "of gentle blood" and thus entitled to arms as a member of the Talossan gentry.
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Coats of arms are granted on behalf of the King by Letters Patent from the senior herald, Squirrel King of Arms. A right to arms can only be established by making application through the College of Arms for a grant of arms, or by the registration in the official records of the College of Arms of a pedigree showing direct male line descent from an ancestor already appearing therein as entitled to arms. Grants may be made to corporations as well as to individuals.
Coats of arms are granted on behalf of the King by Letters Patent from the senior herald, Squirrel King of Arms. A right to arms can only be established by making application through the College of Arms for a grant of arms, or by the registration in the official records of the College of Arms of a pedigree showing direct male line descent from an ancestor already appearing therein as entitled to arms. Grants may be made to corporations as well as to individuals.


===The Armorial===
==The Armorial==
*[[Arms of the Nobility]]
*[[Arms of the Nobility]]
*[[Arms of the Knights and Dames]]
*[[Arms of the Knights and Dames]]

Revision as of 12:04, 24 August 2014

Royal College of Arms
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Current Head: Ma la Mha
Dean: Sir Mick Preston
Function: To maintain the heraldric armorial, determine protocol, and otherwise administer official symbology.

The Royal Talossan College of Arms maintains the heraldic armorial of the Kingdom, assists petitioners for arms in designing and obtaining arms from the Crown, and determines protocols of state and for peers and knights of the realm.

The Royal Academy of Vexillology, an arm of the College, maintains the official flags and other seals of the Kingdom.

The College is exclusively empowered to petition the Crown for grants of arms, and is also responsible for preparing grants of knighthood and nobility at the direction of the Crown.

Members of the College

The College is staffed by Heralds (senior members), Pursuivants (members who have achieved standing), and Fellows. Each member of the College holds and is known by a named seat or fellowship. The current faculty of the College is:

Eligibility for Grants of Arms

Every citizen of Talossa, by the fact of his or her citizenship, is a Gentleman or Lady, and is held for all purposes to be "of gentle blood" and thus entitled to arms as a member of the Talossan gentry.

Coats of arms are granted on behalf of the King by Letters Patent from the senior herald, Squirrel King of Arms. A right to arms can only be established by making application through the College of Arms for a grant of arms, or by the registration in the official records of the College of Arms of a pedigree showing direct male line descent from an ancestor already appearing therein as entitled to arms. Grants may be made to corporations as well as to individuals.

The Armorial


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