Oxford University Heraldry Society

26/02/2025

Job Vacancy

The College of Arms is hiring a Probationary Officer of Arms. See the link in the comments for more on this exciting opportunity for the budding heraldist and genealogist in you!

22/08/2016

Arms of William Shakespeare. The illustration shows the bend as sinister. The list of names are those of members of his actors group. Robert Armin/William Kempe/'Lownne' John Lowin/'John Sowne' Robert Johnson.

22/08/2016

Please may I trespass on your page and ask everyone to share this? Very best from Brum and HAPPY HERALDRY!

05/11/2015

Via Raveem Ismail - Oxford Today has an excellent piece by Dr John Tepper Marlin on the heraldry of the University of Oxford and its colleges.

Scan of extract here in case of interest:

https://goo.gl/362Oao

09/09/2015

Via Raveem: http://goo.gl/Wc52m5 - The College of Arms' flag instructions.

To mark the day on which Her Majesty The Queen becomes the longest reigning sovereign in British history, instructions have been issued by the office...

17/05/2015

A stone armorial of the Tudor Royal Arms of England found embedded in the walls of a cottage sells at auction for £8,000.

03/03/2015

' “It is very rare and absolutely reeks of money of the time. It is carved in very fine grained clunch (chalk) stone, possibly from Lincolnshire, which is good for carving that kind of fine detail,” said Dr Rowena Archer, medieval historian and Fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford who lives at Hanwell Castle. '

Wolf Hall has come to life in a cottage in Hanwell this week with the discovery of a Tudor coat of arms, described as a find of ‘national importance’.

31/05/2014

http://www.oxford-heraldry.org.uk/oxford_herald.htm

01/01/2014

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