page_title: Norroy and Ulster King of Arms
section_title: Ulster Kings of Arms until 1943
hierarchical_section_title: Norroy and Ulster King of Arms / Ulster Kings of Arms until 1943
caption_attribution_description: An image of the coat of arms of the Ulster King of Arms from a 1595 manuscript called Lant's Roll, created by Thomas Lant
context_page_description: Norroy and Ulster King of Arms is the Provincial King of Arms at the College of Heralds with jurisdiction over England north of the Trent and Northern Ireland. The two offices of Norroy and Ulster were formerly separate. Norroy King of Arms is the older office, there being a reference as early as 1276 to a "King of Heralds beyond the Trent in the North". The name Norroy is derived from the French nort roi meaning 'north king'. The office of Ulster Principal King of Arms for All-Ireland was established in 1552 by King Edward VI to replace the older post of Ireland King of Arms, which had lapsed in 1487.
  Ulster King of Arms was not part of the College of Arms and did not fall under the jurisdiction of the Earl Marshal, being the heraldic authority for the Kingdom of Ireland.
  Ulster was Registrar and King of Arms of the Order of St Patrick. Norroy and Ulster King of Arms now holds this position, though no new knights of that Order have been created since 1936, and the last surviving knight died in 1974. Heraldic matters in the Republic of Ireland are now handled by the office of the Chief Herald of Ireland.
caption: The coat of arms of Ulster King of Arms, also taken from Lant's Roll
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