Scottish pursuivants of arms

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group of officers of arms

Scottish pursuivants of arms are junior officers of arms in Scotland who assist heralds in matters of heraldry, genealogy, and ceremonial protocol under the authority of the Court of the Lord Lyon.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Pursuivants of Arms Extraordinary	2
Scottish pursuivants of arms canonical	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	group of officers of arms ⓘ
appointedBy	Lord Lyon King of Arms NERFINISHED ⓘ
authorityOver	no independent heraldic jurisdiction ⓘ
ceremonialRole	Scottish royal and state ceremonies ⓘ proclamations at the Mercat Cross in Edinburgh ⓘ
country	Scotland ⓘ
duty	assisting heralds of arms ⓘ heraldic visitations and proclamations ⓘ participating in state ceremonial ⓘ preparation of grants of arms ⓘ research in genealogy ⓘ
employer	Court of the Lord Lyon NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork	ceremonial protocol ⓘ genealogy ⓘ heraldry ⓘ
follows	Scottish heraldic law ⓘ
hasJurisdiction	Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMember	Bute Pursuivant NERFINISHED ⓘ Carrick Pursuivant NERFINISHED ⓘ Kintyre Pursuivant NERFINISHED ⓘ Rothesay Herald of Arms Extraordinary (when acting as pursuivant rank historically) NERFINISHED ⓘ Unicorn Pursuivant NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalOrigin	medieval Scottish royal household ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ Scots law terminology ⓘ
legalBasis	Lyon King of Arms Act 1672 NERFINISHED ⓘ subsequent Scottish heraldic legislation ⓘ
officeLocation	Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ
participatesIn	Scottish state openings of Parliament NERFINISHED ⓘ investitures and installations of the Order of the Thistle ⓘ royal proclamations in Scotland ⓘ
partOf	Scottish heraldic authority NERFINISHED ⓘ
rank	junior officer of arms ⓘ
relatedTo	English pursuivants of arms ⓘ Scottish heralds of arms NERFINISHED ⓘ
reportsTo	Lord Lyon King of Arms NERFINISHED ⓘ
subordinateTo	Court of the Lord Lyon NERFINISHED ⓘ Scottish heralds of arms NERFINISHED ⓘ
symbolizes	royal authority in matters of arms in Scotland ⓘ
tradition	Scottish heraldic tradition ⓘ
uses	heraldic badges specific to each pursuivantship ⓘ trumpets and ceremonial regalia in processions ⓘ
wears	tabard bearing the Royal Arms of the United Kingdom in Scotland ⓘ
worksAt	Lyon Office NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Scottish heralds → collaboratesWith → Scottish pursuivants of arms ⓘ

Pursuivants of Arms in Ordinary → rankAbove → Scottish pursuivants of arms ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pursuivants of Arms Extraordinary

Pursuivants of Arms in Ordinary → distinguishedFrom → Scottish pursuivants of arms ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pursuivants of Arms Extraordinary