In 1732 an unsuccessful attempt was made to revive the Court of Chivalry. The earl-marshal's deputy and his assistant lords and the officers of arms being present, the king's advocate exhibited complaints, _First_, against Mrs. Radburne, for using divers ensigns at the funeral of her husband not pertaining to his condition; _secondly_, against the executors of a Mr. Ladbrook for using, on a similar occasion, arms not legally belonging to the defunct; and, _thirdly_, against Sir John Blunt, Bart. for assuming, without right, the arms of the antient family of Blount of Sodington. This gentleman had been a scrivener, and was one of the projectors of the well-known South-Sea Scheme or 'Bubble,' which ended in the total ruin of so many respectable families. But "the whole business was imprudently begun, and unskilfully conducted; the lawyers who were consulted laughed at it;"[280] and, though the court proceeded so far as to fine some of the parties, it was unable to carry its decisions into effect; and we hear no more of the Court of Chivalry. It would be tedious, and beyond the design of the present hasty sketch, to notice all the great occasions on which the heralds were in requisition during the reigns of the three predecessors of her present Majesty. During this period several members of the College have shed lustre on their office, and on the antiquarian literature of England. These will come under review in my next chapter; and it will only be necessary here to add a few particulars relating to the present state of the College.