Dr Paul A Fox
Heraldist Genealogist Medievalist Writer Historical Researcher Lecturer
and Editor of the Coat of Arms
This site provides the full text of a sample of my published jottings. Please send me an email if you wish to submit an article for publication, or if you would like a quote for me to undertake your personal research. Follow me on
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Great Cloister: a Lost Canterbury Tale
The history of the Canterbury Cloister, constructed 1408-14, with some account of the donor families and their coats of arms. By Dr Paul A Fox
This book was published in January 2020 by Archaeopress of Oxford. It is also available from the publisher as an ebook. It can be purchased outside the UK via Amazon and Barnes and Noble. It is the first comprehensive account of the largest and finest heraldic monument to survive from medieval England. Each shield is discussed in depth and illustrated with new colour drawings. The identity and motivations of each donor is explored, as the history of each shield is delineated in some 365 chapters. This will be a large format and heavy book with 650 illustrations and 36 pedigrees. For a reconstuction of the cloister as it appeared in 1500 click here.
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Genealogica & Heraldica XXXV Reformation Revolution Restoration
Proceedings of the 35th International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences, Cambridge 15th-19th August 2022. Edited by Dr Paul A Fox
A compilation of 39 papers from the Cambridge congress was published in 2023 as Coat of Arms supplemental volume number 3. It is available for download on the website of The Heraldry Society, and can still also be purchased in hard copy by contacting the Editor. All papers are in english, three having been translated by the editor from the original
French, German and Spanish
Rolls of Arms in Medieval England by Dr Paul A Fox
A new account on the history and function of these beautiful manuscripts is due for publication in a new book entitled Heralds and Heraldry in Medieval England, Edited by Dr Nigel Ramsay, and to be published by Shaun Tyas. The chapter on rolls is divided into the following sections: Origins; The influence of King Edward I; The first English national armorial; Tournament Rolls; The first ordinaries; The Duchy of Lancaster and its heralds; An ordinary linked to Cheshire; A possible Marshal's Roll; International Armorials; Initiatives of Kings of Arms; Ecclesiastical Rolls; Anglo-Burgundian collaborations; Institutional Rolls of the fifteenth century; Ownership and transmission; Garter Wriothesley and the end of the medieval period. Publication by Shaun Tyas anticipated 2024/25.