Letters Patent - Appointing Garter Principal King of Arms [2010-04-01]
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E LIZABETH · 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 all to whom these Presents shall come Greeting Whereas it hath been of ancient times accustomed that amongst other Officers and Ministers whom it is meet should be attendant upon the persons of Princes suitable to their high dignity and glory there should be more especially proper Officers to whom the care and office of Arms both in times of War and Peace may be committed And Whereas the Office of Garter Principal King of Arms hath become vacant by the retirement of Our trusty and well beloved Sir Peter Llewellyn Gwynn-Jones Knight Commander of Our Royal Victorian Order Know Ye Therefore that We for divers good causes and considerations Us hereunto especially moving of Our especial grace certain knowledge and mere motion have advanced made constituted ordained created and crowned And by these Presents for Us Our heirs and successors do advance make constitute ordain create and crown Our trusty and well beloved THOMAS WOODCOCK Esquire Lieutenant of Our Royal Victorian Order Norroy and Ulster King of Arms the Principal King of England Arms and Principal Officer of Arms of Our Most Noble Order of the Garter And We do by these Presents for Us Our heirs and successors give and grant unto the said Thomas Woodcock that Office which is commonly called Garter and the name GARTER with the style title liberties pre-eminences and commodities suitable agreeable and belonging and anciently accustomed to the same Office And him the said Thomas Woodcock We do by these Presents really invest therewith To have enjoy occupy and exercise that Office and the name style title liberties pre-eminences and commodities aforesaid unto the said Thomas Woodcock by himself or his sufficient deputy (such deputy being one of the Kings of Arms and Principal Heralds of England of Us Our heirs or successors or one of the Heralds of Arms of Us Our heirs or successors and none other) during his good behaviour in the said Office Together with all liveries rights fees profits advantages commodities and emoluments whatsoever to the said Office howsoever belonging and appertaining except such ancient and customary fees as are due to the said Office of Garter Principal King of Arms on and as incident to the creation of dignities Provided always and Our Will and Pleasure is that he the said Thomas Woodcock shall on the attainment of sixty-five years of age offer to retire from the said Office such offer to retire to be addressed in writing under his hand to the Earl Marshal of England for the time being and these Our Letters shall cease to have effect upon Our acceptance of such offer Giving moreover and by these Presents for Us Our heirs and successors granting to the said Thomas Woodcock all and singular other things which are incumbent upon the said Office of Garter Principal King of Arms or are known to be appertaining of right or by custom in times past to be done transacted and executed And further of Our more abundant grace We do give and by virtue of these Presents for Us Our heirs and successors do grant unto the said Thomas Woodcock by the name of Garter authority power and licence with the consent of the Earl Marshal of England for the time being in writing under his hand and seal from time to time from first given or signified of granting and appointing to eminent men Letters Patent of Arms and Crests jointly and together with Clarenceux and Norroy and Ulster Kings of Arms or one of them or by himself alone without them at the will and pleasure of the Earl Marshal of England for the time being according to the ordinances and statutes from time to time respectively issued or to be issued in that behalf and not otherwise nor in any other manner so that if the said Thomas Woodcock shall act in any of the premises to the contrary this Our present grant shall cease and be of no effect Moreover We have given and granted and by these Presents for Us Our heirs and successors do give and grant unto the said Thomas Woodcock advanced a Principal King of English Arms as aforesaid forty-nine pounds and seven pence of lawful money of Great Britain by the year by reason and in consideration of the same Office and for the exercise thereof To have and receive the said sum of forty-nine pounds and seven pence by the year to him the said Thomas Woodcock at the Office of the Lord Chamberlain of Our Household for the time being yearly and every year (to wit) with the first payment thereof to begin and be computed by the day according to the rate of forty-nine pounds and seven pence by the year from the thirty-first day of March ultimo being the day of retirement of the said Sir Peter Llewellyn Gwynn-Jones and paid at and for the thirty-first day of March now next ensuing and the subsequent payments to be made annually on the thirty-first day of March for so long as he shall hold the said Office And We do hereby declare that the Earl Marshal of England for the time being may by Warrant under his hand from time to time appoint one of the Kings of Arms and Principal Heralds of England of Us Our heirs or successors or one of the Heralds of Arms of England of Us Our heirs or successors to be Deputy of the said Thomas Woodcock in the said Office of Garter Principal King of Arms for such time as shall be specified in the Warrant And that any Deputy so appointed shall receive as remuneration for acting as such Deputy such part of the emoluments accruing by virtue of these Presents to the said Thomas Woodcock as the Earl Marshal may assign in the said Warrant and upon the appointment of any such Deputy the powers and duties of any Deputy appointed by the said Thomas Woodcock under the powers upon him in these Letters Patent hereinbefore conferred shall cease and determine In Witness whereof We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent Witness Ourself at Westminster the first day of April in the fifty-ninth year of Our Reign
BY WARRANT UNDER THE QUEEN'S SIGN MANUAL
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Royal name begins with a large gold "E" that is entwined with oak leaves and acorns and adorned with the shield of the Royal Arms and St. Edward's Crown. A small woodcock is depicted beneath it.
Royal name is in blue ink with gold interpuncts.