pursivandus

pursivandus [ME pursevaunt, AN pursivant, < OF porsivant pr. ppl. from porsivre] , attendant or messenger, ‘pursuivant’, esp. junior heraldic officer or one of the four royal pursuivants of the English officers at arms. 1487 constituimus ipsum Leonardum [Parvesyn’] unum officiariorum ~orum nostrorum Pat 566 m. 13; 1492 dilectus serviens noster Rouge Croix, unus pursevandorum nostrorum Pat 572 m. 17/20; 1550 per praesentes facimus ‥ Nicholaum Tubman unum ~orum nostrorum Foed. XV 201; 1555 concessimus ‥ dilectis nobis ‥ heraldis armorum, ac omnibus aliis heraldis prosecutoribus sive purcivandis armorum quod ‥ Ib. 424; 1570 Willielmus Dethicke ‥ unus ~orum nostrorum ad arma Ib. 679.