19 10 668 Royal Warrant These can be purely administrative in nature (e.g., Warrants authorizing the use of the Great Seal) or they can be substantive instruments (e.g., Warrants of appointment). They are signed by the Monarch and (usually) countersigned by a Minister of the Crown. Transcript A transcript of the document. Marie R. Trusty and welbeloved Wee greet you well, Having received a good Character of the Learning & Loyalty of Our trusty and welbeloved John Lamb Clerk Master of Arts and one of Our Chaplains in ordinary, and being well informed that both by his Standing & Ability in the Study of Divinity he is fully qualified for the Degree of Doctor in Divinity, Wee have thought hereby to recommend him to you in a particular manner for the Said Degree of Doctor in Divinity Willing and requiring you forthwith upon the receipt hereof to confer the Same upon him by accumulation, he performing the Exercises requisite thereunto, or giving caution for the performance thereof at Such times as you Shall think convenient, And so not doubting of your ready compliance herein, Wee bid you farewell. Given at Our Court at Whitehall the 20th: day of June 1693 in the fifth yeare of Our Reigne By her Majtys comand Nottingham Countersigner The individual who countersigned the Warrant. Daniel, 2nd Earl of Nottingham (Secretary of State for the Southern Department) Ornamentation Describe any ornamentation. This text is taken from a handwritten transcript of the Warrant in the Secretary of State's Entry Book and may not reflect the formatting of the original. Special Features This is a place to enter any distinguishing features. The text does not say who the Warrant was addressed to, but since Lamb received his DD from the University of Cambridge, it was likely addressed to the Vice-Chancellor for communication to the Senate. The recommendation for a DD may have been connected with Lamb's appointment as Dean of Ely. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Royal Warrant - Recommending John Lamb for the Degree of Doctor in Divinity [1693-06-20] Subject The topic of the resource Academic Degrees Ecclesiastical Royal Household Description An account of the resource Royal Warrant of Queen Mary II recommending John Lamb, one of her Chaplains in Ordinary, for the degree of Doctor in Divinity. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Queen Mary II Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived SP 44/150 f.139 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1693-06-20 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jason Loch Academic Degrees Discontinued Instruments Monarch Southern Secretary University of Cambridge Letter This is used for general correspondence that doesn't fit into a specialized category (e.g., ministerial submissions). Transcript A transcript of the document. 92/48/2 <div style="text-align:right;">New Scotland Yard</div> <div style="text-align:right;">London. S. W. 1.</div> <div style="text-align:right;">23rd February 1948</div> Sir, With reference to previous correspondence which you have had with Superintendent Fallon of the Thames Division regarding the personal pennant of H. M.’s Secretary of State for the Home Department, I have to inform you that the Admiralty have now intimated that they have no objection to offer to the use of the pennant by a vessel in waters within their jurisdiction. In the circumstances, therefore, I am to request that you will be so good as to have the pennant enrolled among your records. A sketch of the pennant is enclosed. <div style="text-align:right;">I am, Sir, </div> <div style="text-align:right;">Your obedient Servant,</div> <div style="text-align:right;">J. Nott-Bower</div> <div style="text-align:right;">Deputy Commissioner</div> M. R. Trappes-Lomax, Esq. Rouge Dragon Pursuivant, College of Arms, Queen Victoria Street, E. C. 4. <div style="text-align:center;"> [DEPICTION OF A WHITE PENNANT WITH A RED BORDER WITH THE ROYAL CROWN WITHIN A BATH STAR TOWARDS THE CENTRE]</div> Signatures The person who signed the document even if there isn't a wet-ink signature. John Nott-Bower (Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police) Recipient(s) Michael Trappes-Lomax (Rouge Dragon Pursuivant) Ornamentation Describe any ornamentation. This text is taken from a handwritten transcript of the original and may not reflect the formatting of the original. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter - Asking the College of Arms to Enroll the Home Secretary's Pennant [1948-02-23] Subject The topic of the resource Flags and Emblems Description An account of the resource Letter from John Nott-Bower to Michael Trappes-Lomax asking the College of Arms to enroll the personal pennant of the Secretary of State for the Home Department. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource John Nott-Bower (Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Miscellaneous Enrolments 1/191 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1948-02-23 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Mark Scott Flags Home Secretary Metropolitan Police Rouge Dragon Pursuivant https://cbaionline.org/corpus/files/original/2062e5eb1853f4af9e4f0e3d765ec9aa.pdf 1d6d80f8331e30a5ad59382ec40f9317 Letters Patent Letters Patent are sealed with the Great Seal of the Realm. Transcript A transcript of the document. ELIZABETH THE SECOND by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Our other Realms and Territories Queen Head of the Commonwealth Defender of the Faith To Our most dearly beloved Husband and most faithful Counsellor Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh Knight of Our Most Noble Order of the Garter Knight of Our Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle Member of Our Order of Merit Knight Grand Cross of Our Most Excellent Order of the British Empire Our most dearly beloved Son and most faithful Counsellor Charles Philip Arthur George Prince of Wales Knight of Our Most Noble Order of the Garter Knight of Our Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle Great Master and the First or Principal Knight Grand Cross of Our Most Honourable Order of the Bath Member of Our Order of Merit Our most dearly beloved Grandson Prince William Arthur Philip Louis Duke of Cambridge Knight of Our Most Noble Order of the Garter Knight of Our Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle Our most dearly beloved Grandson Prince Henry Charles Albert David of Wales Our most dearly beloved Son Prince Andrew Albert Christian Edward Duke of York Knight of Our Most Noble Order of the Garter Knight Grand Cross of Our Royal Victorian Order Our most dearly beloved Son Prince Edward Antony Richard Louis Earl of Wessex Knight of Our Most Noble Order of the Garter Knight Grand Cross of Our Royal Victorian Order and Our most dearly beloved Daughter The Princess Royal Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise Lady of Our Most Noble Order of the Garter Lady of Our Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle Dame Grand Cross of Our Royal Victorian Order Greeting WHEREAS We are desirous of conferring upon you or any one of you certain powers to act on Our behalf from time to time when either by reason of Our absence from Our United Kingdom or otherwise We cannot Ourself conveniently be personally present Know Ye that We by these Presents Do direct and empower you or any one of you from time to time to confer in Our Name and on Our behalf in as full and ample a manner as if the same had been conferred by Us in person the title degree and honour of a Knight Bachelor upon such persons as We shall have signified Our intention of promoting or appointing to be Members of the First or Second Class of Our Most Honourable Order of the Bath or of Our Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George or of Our Royal Victorian Order or of Our Most Excellent Order of the British Empire and as under special Warrant issued under the Seal of any one of the said Orders you or any one of you have been empowered to invest with the insignia of the First or Second Class of that Order And also to confer in Our Name and on Our behalf upon such other persons as We shall have been pleased to approve the title degree and honour of a Knight Bachelor together with all rights privileges and precedences appertaining thereto in as full and ample a manner as if the same had been conferred by Us in person In Witness whereof We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent Witness Ourself at Westminster the fourth day of October in the sixty-second year of Our Reign BY WARRANT UNDER THE QUEEN’S SIGN MANUAL BRENNAN Warranty The authority for passing the document under the Great Seal. Sign Manual Warrant Ornamentation Describe any ornamentation. Black and white Royal Arms at the top. Printed in Times New Roman. Royal name is capitalized and in boldface and begins with a large 'E' that was probably a drop cap in the original. Special Features This is a place to enter any distinguishing features. This document is a novelty. Traditionally, the Sovereign would delegate this power anew for each investiture (cf. Royal Warrants for Letters Patent granting the power to the <a href="https://cbaionline.org/corpus/items/show/222">Queen Mother</a> and the <a href="https://cbaionline.org/corpus/items/show/221">Prince of Wales</a>). However, this instrument sought to give certain members of the Royal Family standing permission to confer the honor of knighthood in the Monarch's absence. The language is reminiscent of the older instruments with the main change being that it is addressed to multiple members of the Royal Family and it is not tied to a specific investiture. These Letters Patent appear to remain in force despite the Queen's death. At any rate, they have not been reissued under King Charles III even though several of the individuals named in this instruments would no longer be suitable stand-ins for the Sovereign. There are a few stylistic issues. The Duke of Edinburgh's role as Grand Master of the Order of the British Empire and the Princess Royal's role as Grand Master of the Royal Victorian Order are omitted (conversely, the Prince of Wales' role as Great Master of the Order of the Bath is mentioned). "The Princess Royal" is also placed before Princess Anne's names when it should appear after. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letters Patent - Empowering Members of the Royal Family to Confer Various Knighthoods [2013-10-04] Subject The topic of the resource Honors Royal Family Description An account of the resource Letters Patent of Queen Elizabeth II empowering the Duke of Edinburgh, the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Cambridge, Prince Henry of Wales, the Duke of York, the Earl of Wessex, and the Princess Royal to confer various knighthoods in her absence. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Queen Elizabeth II Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived FOI release Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2013-10-04 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jason Loch Honors Knighthood Monarch Royal Family Royal Prerogative https://cbaionline.org/corpus/files/original/6baee6bd7eb22435eca5e2e1a4dff862.pdf 72dbf752cc0c4dcbc7fa23c340af2066 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Styles and Titles of the Royal Family Subject The topic of the resource Royal Family Titles Description An account of the resource Material relating to the styles and titles of the Royal Family. Letters Patent Letters Patent are sealed with the Great Seal of the Realm. Transcript A transcript of the document. Victoria by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen Defender of the Faith To all to Whom these presents shall come Greeting Whereas we taking into our Royal consideration that the Princes and Princesses of the Royal family descended from and in lineal succession to the Crown as now established by Law all bear the style and title of Highness but that it has not been declared or defined by due authority what members of the Royal Family (other than the Children of the Sovereign) are entitled to the style of “Royal Highness” We deem it therefore expedient that the same should be henceforth established defined and limited in manner hereinafter declared Know ye therefore that in the exercise of Our Royal and undoubted prerogative and of Our especial grace We do hereby declare our Royal will and pleasure that besides the Children of the Sovereign of these Realms the Children of the Sons of any Sovereign of Great Britain and Ireland shall have and at all times hold and enjoy the style title or attribute of “Royal Highness” with their titular dignity of Prince or Princess prefixed to their respective Christian Names or with their other titles of honor Our will and pleasure further is that our Earl Marshal of England or his deputy for the time being do cause these our Letters Patent or the Enrolment thereof to be recorded in the College of Arms to the end that our Officers of Arms and all others may take due notice thereof In Witness whereof We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent Witness Ourself at Westminster the thirtieth day of January in the twenty seventh year of our reign. By Warrant under the Queen's Sign Manual. <div style="text-align:right;">C. Romilly</div> Warranty The authority for passing the document under the Great Seal. Sign Manual Warrant Seal Type The Great Seal can be either a pendant wax seal or an embossed seal on the document itself. Wax Seal Ornamentation Describe any ornamentation. Document is handwritten on vellum with pre-printed decoration. While it is truncated in this image, it likely consists of black and white Royal Arms at the top, while in the left corner is a trio of female figures (Hibernia, Britannia, and Scota). In the right corner are three allegorical female figures (perhaps representing agriculture, navigation, and the sea). Border also has an elaborate garland of foliage and flowers. On the lefthand side there is an angel supporting a figure of Justice; on the righthand side there is an angel supporting a figure of Faith. Royal name is written in Gothic script as are incipits of certain clauses. Text is written in Chancery hand on red rules. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letters Patent - Declaring Style and Titles of Princes and Princesses of the Royal Family [1864-01-30] Subject The topic of the resource Titles Royal Family Description An account of the resource Letters Patent of Queen Victoria declaring the styles and titles of Princes and Princesses of the Royal Family. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Queen Victoria Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived HO 125/1 via <a href="https://www.heraldica.org/topics/britain/TNA/LP1864.jpg">Heraldica.org</a>. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1864-01-30 Monarch Royal Family Royal Prerogative Style of Royal Highness Titular Dignity of Prince/Princess https://cbaionline.org/corpus/files/original/35d8458ac94250c8f24dd1e6945884a1.jpg 1522599ce323aeba3bd14fcb04f523c6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Styles and Titles of the Royal Family Subject The topic of the resource Royal Family Titles Description An account of the resource Material relating to the styles and titles of the Royal Family. Letters Patent Letters Patent are sealed with the Great Seal of the Realm. Transcript A transcript of the document. George the Fifth by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas King Defender of the Faith To all to whom these Presents shall come Greeting: Whereas Her late Majesty Queen Victoria did by Her Letters Patent dated the thirtieth day of January in the twenty seventh year of Her reign declare Her Royal Pleasure as to the style and title of the Princes and Princesses of the Royal Family in the manner in the said Letters Patent particularly mentioned And whereas We deem it expedient that the [^said] Letters Patent should be extended and amended and that the styles and titles to be borne by the Princes and Princesses of the Royal Family should be henceforth established defined and limited in manner hereinafter declared, Now know ye that We of Our especial grace certain knowledge and mere motion do hereby declare Our Royal Will and Pleasure that the children of any Sovereign of these Realms and the children of the sons of any such Sovereign and the eldest living son of the eldest son of the Prince of Wales shall have and at all times hold and enjoy the style title or attribute of Royal Highness with their titular dignity of Prince or Princess prefixed to their respective Christian names, or with their other titles of honour And We do further declare Our Royal Will and Pleasure that save as aforesaid the style title or attribute of Royal Highness Highness or Serene Highness and the titular dignity of Prince or Princess shall not henceforth be assumed or borne by any descendant of any Sovereign of these Realms excepting always any such descendant who at the date of these Letters Patent holds or bears any right to any such style degree attribute or titular dignity in pursuance of any Letters Patent granted by Ourselves or any of Our Royal Predecessors and still remaining unrevoked it being Our Royal Will and Pleasure that the grandchildren of the sons of any such Sovereign in the direct male line (save only the eldest living son of the eldest son of the Prince of Wales) shall have and enjoy on all occasions the style and title enjoyed by the children of Dukes of these Our Realms Our Will and Pleasure further is that Our Earl Marshal of England or his Deputy for the time being do cause these Our Letters Patent or the enrolment thereof to be recorded in Our College of Arms to the end that Our Officers of Arms and all others may take due notice thereof In witness whereof We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent Witness Ourself ourself at Westminster the thirtieth day of November in the eighth year of Our reign. <div style="text-align:center;">By Warrant under the King’s Sign Manual</div> <div style="text-align:right;">Schuster</div> Warranty The authority for passing the document under the Great Seal. Sign Manual Warrant Ornamentation Describe any ornamentation. Document is handwritten on vellum with pre-printed decoration. It consists of black and white Royal Arms at the top, while in the left corner is a trio of female figures (Hibernia, Britannia, and Scota). In the right corner are three allegorical female figures (perhaps representing agriculture, navigation, and the sea). Border also has an elaborate garland of foliage and flowers. On the lefthand side there is an angel supporting a figure of Justice; on the righthand side there is an angel supporting a figure of Faith. Royal name is written in Gothic script as are incipits of certain clauses. Text is written on red rules. Special Features This is a place to enter any distinguishing features. There are two mistakes in the text: "said" has been interlined before "Letters Patent" and "ourself" has been repeated and struck through. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letters Patent - Styles and Titles of Princes and Princesses of the Royal Family [1917-11-30] Subject The topic of the resource Titles Royal Family Description An account of the resource Letters Patent of King George V declaring the styles and titles of the Princes and Princesses of the Royal Family. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource King George V Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived HO 125/15 via <a href="https://www.heraldica.org/topics/britain/TNA/LP1917.jpg">Heraldica.org</a>. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1917-11-30 Monarch Royal Family Royal Prerogative Style of Royal Highness Titular Dignity of Prince/Princess https://cbaionline.org/corpus/files/original/36d0cac40a206ac9eb14ae86b6ad4332.pdf 1f875714bde753ba6eb36a69d68ef603 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Styles and Titles of the Royal Family Subject The topic of the resource Royal Family Titles Description An account of the resource Material relating to the styles and titles of the Royal Family. Letters Patent Letters Patent are sealed with the Great Seal of the Realm. Transcript A transcript of the document. CHARLES THE THIRD by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Our other Realms and Territories King Head of the Commonwealth Defender of the Faith. AND WHEREAS Her late Majesty Queen Victoria by Her Letters Patent dated the thirtieth day of January in the twenty-seventh year of Her reign did in exercise of Her Royal Prerogative declare Her Royal Will and Pleasure as to the style and title of the Princes and Princesses of the Royal Family: AND WHEREAS His late Majesty King George V by His Letters Patent dated the thirtieth day of November in the eighth year of His reign did in exercise of His Royal Prerogative extend and amend the said Letters Patent of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria by declaring His Royal Will and Pleasure that the children of any Sovereign of these Realms and the children of the sons of any such Sovereign and the eldest living son of the eldest son of The Prince of Wales only should hold and enjoy the style, title or attribute of "Royal Highness" and the titular dignity of "Prince" or "Princess": AND WHEREAS under the above-mentioned Letters Patent Andrew Mountbatten Windsor [sic] has been entitled to hold and enjoy the style, title or attribute of "Royal Highness" and the titular dignity of "Prince": AND WHEREAS We deem it expedient to declare by due Authority that the said entitlement should be removed. NOW KNOW YE that We of Our especial grace, certain knowledge and mere motion do hereby declare Our Royal Will and Pleasure that Andrew Mountbatten Windsor shall no longer be entitled to hold and enjoy the style, title or attribute of "Royal Highness" and the titular dignity of "Prince". In Witness whereof We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent Witness Ourself at Westminster the third day of November in the fourth year of Our Reign <div style="text-align:center;">BY WARRANT UNDER THE KING'S SIGN MANUAL</div> <div style="text-align:right;">FARRAR</div> (L. S.) Warranty The authority for passing the document under the Great Seal. Sign Manual Warrant Seal Type The Great Seal can be either a pendant wax seal or an embossed seal on the document itself. Wafer Seal Ornamentation Describe any ornamentation. Black and white Royal Arms at the top. Document is printed in Times New Roman. Special Features This is a place to enter any distinguishing features. This is a novel instrument and so perhaps it is unsurprising that it displays a number of drafting peculiarities: <ul> <li>While it recites the Letters Patent of Queen Victoria and King George V, it makes no mention of the <a href="https://cbaionline.org/corpus/items/show/373">Letters Patent of King George VI</a> which granted the style of "Royal Highness" and titular dignity of "Prince" to the children of Princess Elizabeth.</li> <li>There is no greeting clause. One would expect it to be addressed "to all to whom these Presents shall come."</li> <li>There is no direction to the Earl Marshal to record the Letters Patent in the College of Arms.</li> <li>These Letters Patent make liberal use of punctuation even though it traditionally omitted from these types of instrument.</li> <li>The incipit of the first substantive clause is "AND WHEREAS" when it would normally be "WHEREAS".</li> <li>Andrew's surname is given as "Mountbatten Windsor" even though <a href="https://cbaionline.org/corpus/items/show/357">Queen Elizabeth II's 1960 declaration</a> used a hyphen.</li> <li>Normally, a person's full name is used in these types of instrument, but Andrew's middle names have been omitted. There is also no honorific mode of address, though this may have been a deliberate omission since the traditional forms would be an awkward fit. </li> </ul> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letters Patent - Removing Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's Entitlement to the Style of "Royal Highness" and Titular Dignity of "Prince" [2025-11-03] Subject The topic of the resource Titles Royal Family Description An account of the resource Letters Patent of King Charles III removing Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's entitlement to the style of "Royal Highness" and titular dignity of "Prince." Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource King Charles III Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived FOI request Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2025-11-03 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jason Loch Relation A related resource <a href="https://cbaionline.org/corpus/items/show/488">Queen Victoria's Letters Patent of 1864</a> <a href="https://cbaionline.org/corpus/items/show/487">King George V's Letters Patent of 1917</a> <a href="https://cbaionline.org/corpus/items/show/558">Royal Warrant</a> Monarch Royal Family Royal Prerogative Style of Royal Highness Titular Dignity of Prince/Princess https://cbaionline.org/corpus/files/original/d46cb5dd4605dc6689f5d2bb60ef178d.pdf 7c6109b351d8aab16346912b466fa660 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Styles and Titles of the Royal Family Subject The topic of the resource Royal Family Titles Description An account of the resource Material relating to the styles and titles of the Royal Family. Royal Warrant These can be purely administrative in nature (e.g., Warrants authorizing the use of the Great Seal) or they can be substantive instruments (e.g., Warrants of appointment). They are signed by the Monarch and (usually) countersigned by a Minister of the Crown. Transcript A transcript of the document. <div style="text-align:right;">(Sgd.) Appd CR</div> CHARLES THE THIRD, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Our other Realms and Territories KING, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith. WHEREAS Her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by Royal Warrant dated the first day of June in the fifty-third year of Her Reign did declare and ordain that: there shall be a roll called the Roll of the Peerage (referred to in Her Warrant and in this Our Warrant as "the Roll"); the Roll is to be prepared and kept by Our Secretary of State; Our Secretary of State shall prepare the Roll in consultation with Our Garter Principal King of Arms and Our Lord Lyon King of Arms, according to their respective heraldic jurisdictions; and Our Secretary of State may take such steps and do such acts as he considers expedient to preparing and keeping the Roll, or incidental thereto: NOW KNOW YE that We direct Our Secretary of State to cause the Duke of York to be removed from the Roll with immediate effect. <div style="text-align:right;">GIVEN at Our Court at Saint James's the 30th day of October 2025</div> <div style="text-align:right;">In the fourth year of Our Reign</div> <div style="text-align:right;"> BY HIS MAJESTY'S COMMAND (Sgd.) David Lammy </div> (L. S.) Countersigner The individual who countersigned the Warrant. David Lammy (Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice) Seal Affixed Some Warrants bear a seal. Second Seal (Red) Ornamentation Describe any ornamentation. Document is printed in Times New Roman. Royal name is capitalized and in boldface. "KING" is capitalized. Incipits are capitalized Special Features This is a place to enter any distinguishing features. Instead of signing with his full signature, the King has written "Appd CR" as if this were a submission from a minister. This is first time a document like this has been issued so perhaps it is unsurprising that there are some peculiarities in the drafting. <ul> <li>The Warrant is not addressed to anyone. Since this is a command to the Justice Secretary, one would expect it to be addressed to him or perhaps "to all to whom these presents shall come," but neither approach is used.</li> <li>"Greetings" has also been omitted after the first paragraph. </li> <li>There's no attempt to cite any authority for removing the Duke of York. Since this was done under the Royal Prerogative, one would normally expect to see language like this: "Know ye therefore that in the exercise of Our Royal Prerogative We do hereby..."</li> <li>Referring to Andrew as "the Duke of York" is unusual, as traditionally a royal duke would be referred to as "Our Most dear and entirely beloved Brother." But its omission may have been a deliberate choice rather than an oversight. </li> </ul> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Royal Warrant - Directing the Secretary of State to Remove Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from the Roll of the Peerage [2025-10-30] Subject The topic of the resource Peerages Royal Family Description An account of the resource Royal Warrant of King Charles III directing the Secretary of State to remove the Duke of York from the Roll of the Peerage. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource King Charles III Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived FOI request Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2025-10-30 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jason Loch Relation A related resource <a href="https://cbaionline.org/corpus/items/show/371">Royal Warrant establishing the Roll of the Peerage</a>. Justice Secretary Lord Chancellor Monarch Peerages Royal Family Royal Prerogative https://cbaionline.org/corpus/files/original/c33c97af0b6cce0f5e6ff8e74824c07b.pdf 02439c61d112667f1cb85755b85c8c0f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Behind the Scenes at the Crown Office Subject The topic of the resource Crown Office Procedure Description An account of the resource Material relating to the work of the Crown Office. Letter This is used for general correspondence that doesn't fit into a specialized category (e.g., ministerial submissions). Transcript A transcript of the document. <div style="text-align:center;">Extract 1</div> <div style="text-align:center;"> [Backwards red stamp reading: THIS IS A COPY. ORIGINAL CLOSED UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 EXEMPTION.]</div> <div style="text-align:right;">HOUSE OF LORDS,</div> <div style="text-align:right;">SW1A 0PW</div> From Sir Wilfrid Bourne, K. C. B. Your ref. 911 (38) My ref. C. O. 22/57A 9th September 1980 Letters Patent ████████████████████ In your letter of the 8th September, you mention the high cost of insertions in the Gazettes. Is there here another minor economy to be effected? I understand that the text of Letters Patent is repeated verbatim in each Gazette. Is this necessary? For example, would it be good enough, in our case, if the entry were on these lines: “Letters Patent appointing A., B and C as Counsellors of State were issued under the Great Seal on … September 1980”? There may be some law of the Medes and the Persians that forbids this; but it should save a little money. J. W. Bourne Sir Neville Leigh, K. C. V. O. Signatures The person who signed the document even if there isn't a wet-ink signature. Sir Wilfrid Bourne (Clerk of the Crown in Chancery) Recipient(s) Sir Neville Leigh (Clerk of the Privy Council) Ornamentation Describe any ornamentation. Letterhead has black and white Lesser Royal Arms with "LORD CHANCELLOR" beneath along with "From Sir Wilfrid Bourne, K. C. B." and the address. This is an unsigned copy of the original. Special Features This is a place to enter any distinguishing features. Handwritten annotation reading "Extract 1" at the top. Backwards stamp stating that the document was closed under an FOI exemption. The stamp was on an adjoining page, and it gives the exemptions as s. 37., s. 40, and s. 41 and states the record is closed until 2033. First sentence has been redacted with marker (?). Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter - Asking the Privy Council Office About Shortening Gazette Notices [1980-09-09] Subject The topic of the resource Great Seal Description An account of the resource Letter from Sir Wilfrid Bourne to Sir Neville Leigh asking about the possibility of shortening the Gazette notices associated with Letters Patent appointing Counsellors of State. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Sir Wilfrid Bourne (Clerk of the Crown in Chancery) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived LCO 6/3764 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1980-09-09 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jason Loch Clerk of the Crown in Chancery Clerk of the Privy Council Crown Office Great Seal Procedure https://cbaionline.org/corpus/files/original/da377cb425405b7d46c0d2008c15ccdf.pdf 1835ca12c14d2bcbed594d3bd6ee58e2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Behind the Scenes at the Crown Office Subject The topic of the resource Crown Office Procedure Description An account of the resource Material relating to the work of the Crown Office. Letter This is used for general correspondence that doesn't fit into a specialized category (e.g., ministerial submissions). Transcript A transcript of the document. 911 (38) PRIVY COUNCIL OFFICE WHITEHALL, LONDON SW1A 2AT 8th September 1980 Miss Malley What next? I had better tell P. Moore, but do we have to trouble the H. O.—or the LC? JWB 9/9 Dear Wilfrid, Thank you for your letter of the 4th September about Letters Patent appointing Counsellors of State. I confirm that the sealed Letters Patent for this purpose which you send us are not issued to anybody but are simply kept in a cupboard here. They are therefore as you say in a class of their own and I entirely support your suggestion that they should in future be produced in a more economical form. It is quite stimulating to find the extent to which, under current pressures, one can save money by cutting out time-honoured practices for which, on enquiry, there proves to be little or no justification! I have myself already identified several such practices here, notably in regard to the appallingly expensive business of publication in the Gazettes. Yours ever, (Sgd.) Neville Leigh Sir Wilfrid Bourne, K. C. B., Lord Chancellor’s Office, House of Lords, London SW1A 0PW Signatures The person who signed the document even if there isn't a wet-ink signature. Sir Neville Leigh (Clerk of the Privy Council) Recipient(s) Sir Wilfrid Bourne (Clerk of the Crown in Chancery) Ornamentation Describe any ornamentation. Letterhead features the Royal Arms surrounded by the Garter and surmounted by St. Edward's Crown with "PRIVY COUNCIL OFFICE" beneath in the top left. Address is on the top right. Document is typewritten with handwritten salutation and valediction. Document has handwritten annotation from Sir Wilfrid Bourne. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter - Privy Council Office's Agreement Regarding Preparation of Letters Patent [1980-09-08] Subject The topic of the resource Great Seal Description An account of the resource Letter from Sir Neville Leigh to Sir Wilfrid Bourne expressing agreement with the proposal to print the Letters Patent appointing Counsellors of State on paper and seal them with the Wafer Great Seal. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Sir Neville Leigh (Clerk of the Privy Council) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived LCO 6/3764 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1980-09-08 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jason Loch Clerk of the Crown in Chancery Clerk of the Privy Council Crown Office Great Seal Procedure https://cbaionline.org/corpus/files/original/1e6809b12ed17de90638bf9b0f5cc7aa.pdf 67b59ea6df88a0d49d886ddb23617d5a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Behind the Scenes at the Crown Office Subject The topic of the resource Crown Office Procedure Description An account of the resource Material relating to the work of the Crown Office. Letter This is used for general correspondence that doesn't fit into a specialized category (e.g., ministerial submissions). Transcript A transcript of the document. CO22/57 [illegible] Malley. 4th September 1980 LETTERS PATENT It has been suggested to me that we ought to reconsider the practice whereby Letters Patent appointing Counsellors of State are engrossed on vellum and have the Great Seal affixed to them. The point is that each time this is done, it costs about £390. The procedure, as you know, is for a Warrant to be typed on good quality paper, to be submitted for the Queen’s signature and, when the Warrant duly signed is returned, the Letters Patent are engrossed on vellum at a cost of £15 a sheet, and subsequently put in a leather pouch which costs £10; the engrossing fee is £50. When the Letters Patent have passed the Great Seal, notice of that fact is reported in the three Gazettes at a cost of £95 for each insertion. As I understand it, the Letters Patent are then sent to you and remain in the Privy Council Office until, presumably, the time comes for them to be sent to the Public Record Office. The suggestion is that we could make a minor economy by substituting, for engrossment on vellum, typescript on good quality paper and by using the Wafer Seal. This suggestion may well be worth pursuing if (as I believe to be the case) the Letters Patent are never publicly exhibited or sent to (or retained by) any of the Counsellors of State named in them. On that assumption, they seem to fall into a quite different category from Letters Patent creating a peerage, appointing to a great office of State, or embodying a Royal Charter – each of which is cherished and proudly exhibited by its recipients. However, before I take the matter any further, I would be grateful for your views. J. W. Bourne Sir Neville Leigh, KCVO, Privy Council Office Whitehall, SW1 BMH Signatures The person who signed the document even if there isn't a wet-ink signature. Sir Wilfrid Bourne (Clerk of the Crown in Chancery) Recipient(s) Sir Neville Leigh (Clerk of the Privy Council) Ornamentation Describe any ornamentation. Document is typewritten. Likely a carbon copy of the original. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter - Seeking the Privy Council Office's Agreement Regarding the Preparation of Letters Patent [1980-09-04] Subject The topic of the resource Great Seal Description An account of the resource Letter from Sir Wilfrid Bourne to Sir Neville Leigh proposing to print the Letters Patent appointing Counsellors of State on paper and seal them with the Wafer Seal instead of engrossing them on vellum and sealing them with the pendant Great Seal. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Sir Wilfrid Bourne (Clerk of the Crown in Chancery) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived LCO 6/3764 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1980-09-04 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jason Loch Clerk of the Crown in Chancery Clerk of the Privy Council Crown Office Great Seal Procedure