mark , ▁the ▁Elect or ▁of ▁Brandenburg ▁and ▁the ▁Elect or ▁Pal at ine . ▁Ash m ole ▁performed ▁the ▁her ald ic ▁and ▁gene alog ical ▁work ▁of ▁his ▁office ▁sc rup ul ously , ▁and ▁he ▁was ▁considered ▁a ▁leading ▁authority ▁on ▁court ▁protocol ▁and ▁ceremony . ▁ ▁On ▁ 1 ▁April ▁ 1 6 6 8 , ▁Lady ▁Main w aring ▁died , ▁and ▁on ▁ 3 ▁November ▁the ▁same ▁year ▁Ash m ole ▁married ▁Elizabeth ▁D ug dale ▁( 1 6 3 2 – 1 7 0 1 ), ▁the ▁much ▁younger ▁daughter ▁of ▁his ▁friend ▁and ▁fellow ▁her ald , ▁the ▁anti qu arian ▁Sir ▁William ▁D ug dale . ▁All ▁of ▁Elizabeth ' s ▁pre gn an cies ▁ended ▁in ▁still b irth s ▁or ▁mis car ri ages , ▁and ▁Ash m ole ▁remained ▁child less . ▁In ▁ 1 6 7 5 , ▁he ▁res igned ▁as ▁W inds or ▁Her ald , ▁perhaps ▁because ▁of ▁fa ction al ▁str ife ▁within ▁the ▁College ▁of ▁Ar ms . ▁He ▁was ▁offered ▁the ▁post ▁of ▁G arter ▁Princi pal ▁King ▁of ▁Ar ms , ▁which ▁tradition ally ▁came ▁with ▁a ▁kn ighth ood , ▁but ▁he ▁turned ▁it ▁down ▁in ▁favour ▁of ▁D ug dale . ▁ ▁Ash m ole ▁possessed ▁his ▁own ▁coat ▁of ▁arms , ▁to ▁which ▁he ▁proved ▁his ▁ent it lement ▁by ▁descent ▁from ▁arm iger ous ▁ancest ors , ▁expressed ▁in ▁her ald ic ▁termin ology ▁as ▁Qu arter ly ,