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On the symbolism of the Arms of John Caius and of the College Caduceus, The Caian November 1986. Reprinted in  Coat of Arms no 140, 1988: 86-96.
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The inhabitants of Ash-next-Sandwich in 1705: an index, Journal of the Kent Family History Society 1992; 6 (11): 370-74.
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A study of kinship and patronage: the rise of the House of Bek, Medieval Prosopography  2003; vol 24 : pg 171-193.
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Fourteenth Century ordinaries of arms, part 1: Thomas Jenyns’ Book, Coat of Arms  2006  no 212: 97-102.
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The medieval origins of the British system of cadency  Coat of Arms 2008 no 215: 21-28.
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The origin of the label and the maunch, Coat of Arms 2008  no 216: 159-160.
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Fourteenth Century Ordinaries of Arms, part 2: William Jenyns’ Ordinary, Coat of Arms 2009 no 218:55-64.
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The Archbishops of Dol and the origins of the Stewarts, Foundations , the Journal of the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy 2009; 3 (1): 61-76.  Reprinted in the Journal of the Stewart Society 2010, vol 23 no 3: 249-69.
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The ancestors of Nell Gwyn, Genealogists Magazine 2009; 29 (9): 319-324.
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Striving to succeed in late medieval Canterbury-the life the Thomas Fokys, publican, mayor and alderman c 1460-1535, Archaeologia Cantiana 2009; 129: 209-224.
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Sir John Fastolf KG and his cousin Sir John Fastolf, knight, Family History   2010, Vol 25 no 202: 55-64.
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King Arthur and his knights, Family History vol 25 no 206, September 2012.
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Crusading families and the spread of heraldry, Coat of Arms 2012  no 224 : 59-84.
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York Minster and the role of heraldry in obtaining benefactions for the rebuilding of a great cathedral   Archives Héraldiques Suisses, Archivum Heraldicum 2013 pt 2, pp 105-108, being the Proceedings of the   XVIIth Colloquium of the International Academy of Heraldry (AIH) Fribourg, Switzerland , 2011
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Kinship networks, towards a new understanding of the origins of heraldry, Genealogica & Heraldica, Proceedings of the   XXXth  International Congress of Heraldic and Genealogical Sciences, Maastricht, Netherlands, 24-28th September 2012 (2014) pp 203-214.

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Female transmission of arms in the medieval period

Proceedings  of the  XVIIIth Colloquium of the International Academy of Heraldry, Stirling, Scotland  26-29th  August 2013.

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The English revolution of 1399 and its influence on heraldic practice, Genealogica & Heraldica,  Proceedings of the  XXXIst  International Congress of Heraldic and Genealogical Sciences, Oslo, Norway 2014, pp 137-150.

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The heraldry of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta in  Rhodes, Malta and Rome in Proceedings of the  XXth Colloquium of the International Academy of Heraldry, Copenhagen, Nov 2017, forthcoming. The paper is to be reprinted -with additions-in One St John vol. 10 (2025/26).

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Brotherhood in arms Coat of Arms  no.235 (2018) pp.63-85.

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Dom Anselm Baker (1833-85) heraldic artist with Richard C.F.Baker, Coat of Arms  no.235 (2018) pp.110-116.

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HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS

​George Washington and the origin of the arms and flag of the United States Coat of Arms no.236 (2019) pp.60-83.

 

The arms of the Cistercian Abbeys as illustrated by Dom Anselm Baker, part 2: the south west of England  Coat of Arms no.236 (2019) pp.123-143.

 

A medieval enamel belt or strap fitting and  its possible connection with the arms of  King Henry II  Antiquaries Journal vol 99 ( 2019) pp.95-103.

 

The Bramall Hall Elizabethan heraldic carpet, with Anthony Bostock, Coat of Arms no.237 (2020) pp.1-22.

 

Hugh Stanford London (1884-1959) and his Armorial des Héraldistes Coat of Arms no.237 (2020) pp.91-6.

 

Fenwick’s Roll, a collaborative venture of medieval London clerks  Coat of Arms no.237 (2020) pp.124-154.

 

Heraldic glass at Bruern Abbey in 1574: an interpretation of the record in Richard Lee’s Gatherings of Oxfordshire, with Richard d’Apice, Coat of Arms no.237 (2020) pp.171-89.

 

From original sin to pagan symbol: the complex iconography of the snake, symbol of good and evil. Heraldica & Genealogica XXXII, Glasgow 2016 (Edinburgh, 2021) pp.165-76.

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Developments in the heraldry of the chivalric orders as exemplified by the Order of St Lazarus, with Charles Savona-Ventura. Coat of Arms no.238 (2021) pp.90-116.

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The symbolism of the African nations part 1: arms inspired by classical European heraldry. with Rolf Sutter.Coat of Arms no.239 (2022) pp.1-56.

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Treasures of the Heraldry Society Bookplate Collection part 1:items of nautical interest. Coat of Arms no.240 (2023) pp. 83-110.

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The buckle in heraldry, with Stanford A. Stewart, Coat of Arms no.240 (2023) pp. 131-143.

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Lady Isabel Vernon and the lost arms of HarclayCoat of Arms no.240 (2023pp. 219-231.

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The Philipot Pedigree Roll of 1620 Part 2: a case of heraldic misdirection. Coat of Arms no.241 (2024pp. 41-50.

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Treasures of the Heraldry Society Bookplate Collection part 2: themes of architecture, landscape and trees. Coat of Arms no.241 (2024pp. 103-155.

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A painting of arms ensuant from the 1664 Visitation of Norfolk, with Steven Ashley. Coat of Arms no.241 (2024pp. 156-165.

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Investigating medieval ampullae. Coat of Arms no. 241 (2024) pp. 183-193.

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The origins of heraldry on the Indian subcontinent, Coat of Arms no. 242 (2025), pp. 135-200.

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The Anglo-Saxon Invasion of England and its genealogical implications, myth and reality, Genealogica & Heraldica xxxvi, Proceedings of the 36th International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences, Boston, 2024 (Boston, 2025), pp. 107-117.

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