pursuivant

• And once a royal messenger (called a pursuivant-at-arms) came down in person, and carried the great lady to London, and there she stayed many days, and was threatened with many things and great punishments, yea, even to be tried by the Lord Jeffreys for high treason, in resisting the king's order to deliver up her grandchild to its natural guardian--which was its father, the Viscount Mallerden, now created by royal favour Marquis of Danfield. —  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844
• The back streets were thronged by a trembling, weeping people, who all eagerly made way for the pursuivant, as he called, "Make way, good people--a pardon They saw the broader space of Cheapside. —  The Armourer's Prentices
• Horsemen in armour guarded it, but they too opened a passage for the pursuivant. —  The Armourer's Prentices
• To him the lieutenant, and a pursuivant (R. Cowley, Jo. —  Curiosities of Literature, Vol. II (of 3) Edited, With Memoir And Notes, By His Son, The Earl Of Beaconsfield
• It is probably a messenger from Sir Rudolph After half an hour's absence Cnut returned, bringing with him a pursuivant or herald. —  The Boy Knight

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