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-source “The Art of Heraldry – An Encyclopedia of Armory” by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies ©1904 ECoH
During the time Richard II (1367-1400), the following fees were payable to the King of Arms and heralds:

At the coronation of the King, a bounty of £100;

When the King first displayed his banners, 100 marks;

When the King’s son was made a knight, 40 marks;

When the prince and a duke first displayed their banners, £20;

If it be a marquis, 20 marks;

If an earl, £10;

If a baron, 5 marks of silver crowns, of 15 nobles;

If a knight bachelor, newly made a banneret, 3 marks, or 10 nobles;

When the King is married, the said King of Arms and heralds to have £50;

When the Queen has a child christened, a largess at the Queen’s pleasure, or of the lords of the council, which was sometimes £100 and at other 100 marks, more or less;

And when she is churched, such another largess;

When princesses, duchesses, marchionesses, countesses, and baronesses have a child christened, and when they are churched, a largess suitable to their quality and pleasure;

As often as the King wears his crown, or holds Royal state, especially at the four great festivals of Christmas, Easter, Whitsuntide, and All Saints, to every one of the three Kings of Arms present when the King goes to the chapel to mass, a largess at the King’s pleasure;

When a maiden princess, or daughter of a duke, marquis, earl, or baron is married, there belongs to the said King of Arms, if present, the upper garment she is married in;

If there be a combat within lists, there belong to the Kings of Arms, if present, and if not to the other heralds present, their pavillions;

And if one of the combatants is vanquished, the Kings of Arms and heralds who are present shall have all the accoutrements of the person so vanquished, and all other armour that falls to the ground;

When subjects rebel, and fortify any camp or place, and afterwards quit the same, and fly, without a battle, there appertain to the said Kings of Arms and heralds who are present all the carts, carriages, and tools left behind;

And, at New Year’s Tide, all the noblemen and knights of the court shall give the heralds New Year’s gifts.
Heralds and pursuivants of the time were also paid fees upon the creation of peers, baronets, and knights, Royal marriages, funerals, public solemnities etc.