Lyon Clerk and Keeper of the Records

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heraldic office judicial office official position

The Lyon Clerk and Keeper of the Records is a senior official of the Court of the Lord Lyon responsible for maintaining Scotland’s official heraldic and genealogical records and supporting the administration of heraldic law.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Lyon Clerk	2
Lyon Clerk and Keeper of the Records canonical	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T856686 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Lyon Clerk and Keeper of the Records
Context triple: [Lord Lyon King of Arms, oversees, Lyon Clerk and Keeper of the Records]

A. Clerk of the Acts
The Clerk of the Acts was a senior administrative officer of the English Navy Board responsible for overseeing naval records, correspondence, and the day-to-day management of naval affairs.
B. King's Commissioner
The King's Commissioner is the monarch's appointed representative who heads the provincial government and oversees administration in a Dutch province such as Groningen.
C. Surveyor of the King’s Works
Surveyor of the King’s Works was a senior royal architectural post in England responsible for overseeing the design, construction, and maintenance of the monarch’s buildings and palaces.
D. Jacques de Maleville
Jacques de Maleville was a French jurist and politician who played a key role as one of the principal drafters of France’s Civil Code under Napoleon.
E. Charles-Michel Trudaine de la Sablière
Charles-Michel Trudaine de la Sablière was an 18th-century French aristocrat and influential patron of the arts known for supporting major Enlightenment-era artists and intellectuals.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Lyon Clerk and Keeper of the Records
Target entity description: The Lyon Clerk and Keeper of the Records is a senior official of the Court of the Lord Lyon responsible for maintaining Scotland’s official heraldic and genealogical records and supporting the administration of heraldic law.

A. Clerk of the Acts
The Clerk of the Acts was a senior administrative officer of the English Navy Board responsible for overseeing naval records, correspondence, and the day-to-day management of naval affairs.
B. King's Commissioner
The King's Commissioner is the monarch's appointed representative who heads the provincial government and oversees administration in a Dutch province such as Groningen.
C. Surveyor of the King’s Works
Surveyor of the King’s Works was a senior royal architectural post in England responsible for overseeing the design, construction, and maintenance of the monarch’s buildings and palaces.
D. Jacques de Maleville
Jacques de Maleville was a French jurist and politician who played a key role as one of the principal drafters of France’s Civil Code under Napoleon.
E. Charles-Michel Trudaine de la Sablière
Charles-Michel Trudaine de la Sablière was an 18th-century French aristocrat and influential patron of the arts known for supporting major Enlightenment-era artists and intellectuals.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	heraldic office ⓘ judicial office ⓘ official position ⓘ
appliesTo	Scottish genealogy ⓘ Scottish heraldry ⓘ
appointedBy	Lord Lyon King of Arms (in heraldic aspects) ⓘ surface form: Lord Lyon King of Arms
associatedWith	Scottish clans ⓘ Scottish heraldic tradition ⓘ Scottish nobility ⓘ
authorityOver	registration of coats of arms in Scotland ⓘ registration of pedigrees in Scotland ⓘ
country	Scotland ⓘ
duty	maintain official genealogical records of Scotland ⓘ maintain official heraldic records of Scotland ⓘ maintain registers under the control of the Court of the Lord Lyon ⓘ prepare and issue extracts from the Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland ⓘ prepare and issue extracts from the Public Register of All Genealogies and Birthbrieves in Scotland ⓘ record determinations of the Court of the Lord Lyon ⓘ record grants of arms ⓘ record matriculations of arms ⓘ support administration of heraldic law in Scotland ⓘ
fieldOfWork	archival science ⓘ genealogy ⓘ heraldry ⓘ legal administration ⓘ
governmentBranch	Scottish civil administration ⓘ
hasFunction	custody of genealogical registers ⓘ custody of heraldic registers ⓘ record-keeping for heraldic court proceedings ⓘ
hasTitle	Keeper of the Records ⓘ Lyon Clerk and Keeper of the Records self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lyon Clerk
jurisdiction	Scotland ⓘ
language	English ⓘ Scots law terminology ⓘ
legalSystem	Scots law (to a limited extent) ⓘ surface form: Scots law
location	Edinburgh ⓘ
partOf	Court of the Lord Lyon ⓘ
reportsTo	Lord Lyon King of Arms (in heraldic aspects) ⓘ surface form: Lord Lyon King of Arms
responsibleFor	Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland ⓘ Public Register of All Genealogies and Birthbrieves in Scotland ⓘ official records of the Court of the Lord Lyon ⓘ
seat	Court of the Lord Lyon ⓘ surface form: Court of the Lord Lyon, Edinburgh
typeOfPosition	senior official role ⓘ
usedIn	enforcement of heraldic law in Scotland ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lord Lyon King of Arms (in heraldic aspects) → oversees → Lyon Clerk and Keeper of the Records ⓘ

subject surface form: Lord Lyon King of Arms

Court of the Lord Lyon → appoints → Lyon Clerk and Keeper of the Records ⓘ

Scottish heraldry → hasHeraldicOfficer → Lyon Clerk and Keeper of the Records ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lyon Clerk

Lyon Clerk and Keeper of the Records → hasTitle → Lyon Clerk and Keeper of the Records self-linksurface differs ⓘ