Herald

title of certain officers in England who have charge of the records of the nobility, award the insignia of the various orders to the persons upon whom royalty has conferred the dignities, and collect fees from those who are thus honored. Heralds are appointed in England by the earl marshal whose office is hereditary.: Heraldry, properly the knowledge of the whole multifarious duties devolving on a herald;-in the more restricted sense it is the science of armorial bearings. In England it is still of some a ger but in America it is generally ridiculed, there be- ‘ing no law to bar people from having any design they please on their belongings, provided they do not pose as policemen or other public officers. Americans interested in coats-of-arms _ should addre the College of Heralds, London, England. ‘The college is entitled to large fees for services.