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This procedure may also
be used for nationals of other countries who wish Armorial Bearings.
The applicant is called
"The Petitioner", and should submit a formal "Petition"
to the Lord Lyon King of Arms, drawn up as in the fictitious
specimen. At the top, the Petitioner should state his Christian names
in full and his surname, followed by any rank, decorations, academic qualifications,
profession or occupation, ending with "residing at . . ." followed
by his address in full and the words "for and in memory of" his chosen
ancestor for whom the Arms are being sought. Beneath "HUMBLY SHEWETH"
the Petitioner should set out his ancestry, back to the ancestor for whom the
retrospective Grant is being sought, in numbered paragraphs in the way explained
in the Petition of a New Grant. This account should be accompanied by Certificates
of Birth and Marriage for each fact, and a separate
Schedule
of Proofs. Beneath the last paragraph of the ancestry a final paragraph
should state the Petitioner's wish in the wording shown.
The Petition should then
be signed and dated and sent with its accompanying Certificates and Schedule
of Proofs to the Lyon Clerk at the Court of the Lord Lyon, with a covering letter
setting out any ideas the Petitioner may have about the form of the Arms to
be granted. The Lord Lyon will later write and discuss these with the Petitioner.
When these matters have
been agreed, the Lord Lyon will pronounce his judgement as to the form of the
Arms, and instruct Lyon Clerk to prepare the Letters Patent which is the formal
title deed to the Arms. The Petitioner will then receive from Lyon Clerk a draft
text for the Letters Patent for him to check and approve, and a note of the
fees due to H.M. Treasury and the Herald Painter, which must now be paid. Once
the draft text has been approved and the fees paid, the Lyon Clerk will in due
course send the Petitioner the Letters Patent granting the Arms to him. A copy
of the Arms and the text of the Letters Patent is placed on record in name of
the Petitioner in the Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland,
and the process is
NOTE:- In the specimen below,
the Arms sought for and in memory of Thomas Augustus Blank will NOT have descended
to the Petitioner, because his father Lieutenant Colonel Harold Andrew Blank
was NOT the eldest son of Thomas Augustus Blank. Lieutenant Colonel Blank was
the second son, and the direct inheritance of the Arms of Thomas Augustus Blank
will have gone off to Lieutenant Colonel Blank's elder brother. Thus the Petitioner
will have to apply further for a Matriculation of Arms.
All his male cousins will
be in the same predicament, except the eldest son of the eldest son of Thomas
Augustus Blank. It is not unknown for such groups of cousins to club together
to share the cost of the retrospective Grant to the ancestor, because thereafter
they are all entitled to Matriculate cadet Arms off the ancestor's which is
much less expensive as is set out in the Scale of Fees.
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