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The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle was founded in 1687. Dates shown are for election or installation. ... Lord Steward 175 George Baillie-Hamilton ...
The Earl of Warwick's coat of arms was unusually complex for the period, with seven different quarterings in an unusual order. The first grand quarter consists of the arms of his father-in-law, Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick , who bore his arms quartering Despenser (the arms of his wife Isabel le Despenser ) with an inescutcheon of ...
The word seneschal (/ ˈ s ɛ n ə ʃ əl /) can have several different meanings, all of which reflect certain types of supervising or administering in a historic context.Most commonly, a seneschal was a senior position filled by a court appointment within a royal, ducal, or noble household during the Middle Ages and early Modern period – historically a steward or majordomo of a medieval ...
The Most Noble Order of the Garter was founded by Edward III of England in 1348. Dates shown are of nomination or installation; coloured rows indicate sovereigns, princes of Wales, medieval ladies, modern royal knights and ladies, and stranger knights and ladies, none of whom counts toward the 24-member limit.
On 28 June 1603, Francis Manners travelled with his brother to Denmark to present the Order of the Garter to Christian IV, accompanied by 'picture maker' Inigo Jones among others. [3] He was prominent at the court of James I , and was created a Knight of the Bath on 4 January 1605 at the same time as Prince Charles .
A steward is an official who is appointed by the legal ruling monarch to represent them in a country and who may have a mandate to govern it in their name; in the latter case, it is synonymous with the position of regent, vicegerent, viceroy, king's lieutenant (for Romance languages), governor, or deputy (the Roman rector, praefectus, or vicarius).
JSTOR (/ ˈ dʒ eɪ s t ɔːr / JAY-stor; short for Journal Storage) [2] is a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources founded in 1994. Originally containing digitized back issues of academic journals, it now encompasses books and other primary sources as well as current issues of journals in the humanities and social sciences. [3]
JSTOR access would be a great boon for me for my own writing, helping others find sources and for verification.--Fuhghettaboutit 17:01, 7 July 2012 (UTC) Put me on the waiting list. I would use JSTOR occasionally, though, who knows, I might find it an adventure playground and fecund seedbed for my historical interests.