Carolina herald appointment of Laurence Cromp, 1705.

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Carolina herald appointment of Laurence Cromp, 1705.

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Document reflecting the unique organization of land and division of authority in Carolina's early colonial period. The Lords Proprietors of Carolina appointed Laurence Cromp, Esq., to the post of Carolina Herald, a position with the power to grant arms to the landed nobility of the colony of Carolina. The Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina, drawn up by John Locke, provided for an hereditary nobility consisting of one landgrave and two cassiques from each of the colony's twenty-five provinces. This contract stipulated that the dignity of the proprietors, landgraves, and cassiques be supported by grants of large estates and secured by making these estates forever inseparable from the titles and privileges of the respective orders. Document bears the signatures of Lords Proprietors Granville, Craven, Carteret, Ashley, and Colleton.

1 item (on 1 leaf) ; 45 cm.

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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Cromp, Laurence, -1715

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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 o...