Cromp, Laurence, -1715

Cromp was Portcullis Pursuivant in 1690, later York herald.

From the description of Genealogy of the ancient family of Bohun [manuscript], 1690. (Folger Shakespeare Library). WorldCat record id: 631915488

York and Carolina herald.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : "Herald's Office, London," to the Bishop of Bangor, 1695 Aug. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270519984

Government official empowered to grant heraldry / coats of arms, in the colony of Carolina, a region later divided into the separate colonies of North Carolina and South Carolina. Cromp was the first President of the Court of Honour and Principal Herald of the province.

In 1705, Lawrence Cromp, York Herald, was appointed "Carolina Herald" by the Lords Proprietors of Carolina. Charles II granted lands that include regions now known as North and South Carolina to the eight Lords Proprietor; they devised a constitution for their province calling for the creation of landed magnates known as landgraves and caciques who would govern the baronies and precincts.

From the description of To Laurence Cromp Esq[ui]r[e] York Herald of Arms, greeting, 1705 June 1. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 63670781

Cromp served as Carolina Herald, a permanent appointment by the Lords Proprietors of the Province of Carolina.

Christoph de Graffenreid, a native of Bern, Switzerland, founded New Bern, N.C., in 1711.

From the description of To all and singular, to whom these present shall come, Laurence Cromp... sendeth greeting, 1709 Aug. 8. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 31028775