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March Pursuivant

March Pursuivant

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March Pursuivant of Arms is a Scottish pursuivant of arms of the Court of the Lord Lyon.

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The office was first mentioned in 1515 and it is associated with the part of the Border area that was known as the Marches, i.e. the whole border area.[1]

The badge of office is a demi lion rampant holding a rose Gules and gorged with a coronet of four fleur de lys (two visible) and four crosses pattée (one and two halves visible) Or.[2]

The office is currently held by Philip Tibbetts, Esq. He took part in the Royal Procession at the 2023 Coronation.[3]


Holders of the office

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References

  1. [1]
    "Heraldic Titles from the Middle Ages and Renaissance: Dictionary of Period Forms". Julia Smith. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
  2. [2]
    Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland, Vol.88 Fol.61
  3. [3]
    "Coronation order of service in full". BBC News. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  4. [4]
    Grant, Sir Francis James (1945). Court of the Lord Lyon: List of His Majesty's Officers of Arms and Other Officials with Genealogical Notes, 1318-1945. Society.
  5. [5]
    "New Appointments at the Lyon Court". New Appointments at the Lyon Court. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  6. [6]
    "march". www.courtofthelordlyon.scot. Retrieved 1 September 2021.


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