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Lord Lyon King-of-Arms

both ministerial and judicial, and include control of all arms, badges, and signs armorial, the execution of royal proclamations, the appointment and control of messengers-at-arms, the granting of certificates in connection with changes of names, etc. under

Paper Office

(in the Palace of Whitehall), an ancient office where all the public writings, matters of State and council, proclamations, letters, intelligences, negotiations of the King's ministers abroad, and, generally, all the papers and dispatches that passed through

Town Crier

Town Crier, an officer in a town whose business it is to make proclamations. The time-honoured summons is 'Oyez' (hear ye), repeated three times, accompanied by ringing a bell or blowing a

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