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Pursuivants

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

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Originally minor officials, assistants to the heralds. Later the name was given to officers of the king whose duty was to serve warrants. In the penal times in England, they were often hunters and trackers-down of priests. They figured largely in the capture of many of the priests who later died on the scaffold.

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Entry for 'Pursuivants'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​p/pursuivants.html. 1910.
 
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