Obs. [Assimilated f. *suthroy (see SOUTH and ROY sb.1), after norroy.] The second King-of-Arms in England, having jurisdiction south of the Trent; also (now only) called CLARENCEUX.
1671. E. Chamberlayne, Pres. St. Eng., II. (ed. 5), 268. Clarencieux … His Office is to marshal and dispose the Funerals of all the lower Nobility, as Baronets. Knights, Esquires, and Gentlemen on the South-side of Trent, and therefore sometimes called Surroy or Southroy.
