Arms. Edward VI wrote in his journal of the occasion "There was a king of arms made for Ireland, whose name was Ulster, and whose province was Ireland, and he was...the first herald of Ireland." Ulster King of Arms was thus a new creation, rather than a revival of Ireland King of Arms, and unlike the latter had heraldic jurisdiction over Ireland. While heraldic control in the Republic of Ireland was transferred to the Government of Ireland, the heraldic functions for Northern Ireland transferred to London within the province of the present Norroy and Ulster King of Arms. See also Office of the Chief Herald of Ireland Notes References { Further reading T.B. Butler. "The Officers of Arms in Ireland". The Irish Genealogist. Vol 2, No 1 (1943). Susan Hood. Royal Roots Republican Inheritance: The Survival of the Office of Arms. (Dublin: The Woodfield Press, 2002). Mark Noble. A History of the College of Arms. (London, 1805), 203. External links Image of a grant of arms by Walter Bellinger in the British Library Offices of arms Lordship of Ireland