{{Short description|English calligrapher, heraldic artist and designer of coins and medals}} {{Infobox artist | name = Timothy Noad | honorific_suffix = [[Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire|MBE]] | image = Timothy_Noad.jpg | caption = Noad giving a speech | birth_name = Timothy Martin Noad | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1966}} | birth_place = [[Ickenham]], [[Middlesex]], [[England]] | alma_mater = [[Bishop Ramsey School]]<br>Reigate School of Art, [[East Surrey College]]<br>[[Birkbeck College]], [[University of London]]<br>[[Courtauld Institute of Art]] | occupation = [[Calligrapher]]<br>[[Heraldry|Heraldic artist]]<br>Coin and medal designer }}
'''Timothy Martin Noad''' (born 1966) is a British [[calligrapher]], heraldic artist and designer of coins and medals. He has created many designs for [[Charles III]], including the [[Royal Cypher]], several official versions of the [[Royal Arms]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/news-grants/newsletter/item/242-january-2025-newsletter-no-77|title = January 2025 Newsletter (no 77), College of Arms. Retrieved 21 July 2025}}</ref> the [[Stole Royal]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/news-grants/news/item/216-stole-royal|title = Stole Royal. College of Arms. 11 May 2023}}</ref> worn at the Coronation, the title page of the Coronation Roll and the reverse of the [[Great Seal of the Realm]].
Noad trained in Calligraphy, Heraldry and Illumination under Anthony Wood at Reigate School of Art and Design, [[East Surrey College]]. Since 1986 he has been working at the [[College of Arms]] as a freelance heraldic artist and calligrapher, with the titles "Herald Painter" and "Scrivener". The majority of Noad's work is carried out in traditional techniques using [[gouache]] and gold on [[vellum]]. He has created [[Letters patent]] granting arms to individuals, major corporations and institutions including [[City of London]] [[Livery Companies]]. Other recipients of his work include members of the British and overseas royal families.
== Royal commissions == Noad has undertaken many Royal heraldic commissions, particularly since the accession of Charles III, under the direction of Garter King of Arms at the College of Arms. These include the [[Royal Cypher]], selected by the King from a series of ten designs drawn up by Noad in different styles and featuring the Tudor Crown. Because of the anonymity initially associated with this design, Noad was described in a BBC article as "the country's most widely viewed, but least well-credited, artist".<ref name="BBC Coronation Roll">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68931958|title = King enjoys 'most marvellous' record of Coronation | work=BBC News | date=2 May 2024 |access-date=13 August 2025}}</ref>
Charles III signed his name for the first time as ‘Charles R’ on the Accession Documents (the oath to ‘maintain and preserve’ the Church of Scotland) created by Noad at the [[Accession Council]] on 10 September 2022.<ref name="BBC-Proc-Order">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-62857578|title=Charles III to be proclaimed king at historic ceremony|publisher=BBC News|first=Joseph|last=Lee|date=10 September 2022|accessdate=10 September 2022|archive-date=10 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220910074953/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-62857578|url-status=live}}</ref>
Noad also designed the crown above the official cypher of Queen Camilla, in collaboration with Professor Ewan Clayton,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tatler.com/article/camilla-queen-consort-unveils-her-ornate-new-cypher |title = Queen Consort unveils her ornate new cypher | date=8 November 2022 |access-date=14 August 2025|website=Tatler}}</ref> official versions of the 'Greater' [[Royal Arms]] and the Royal Arms for use in Scotland, used by the Crown and for Royal Warrant Holders, alongwith the ‘Lesser’ Royal Arms, used by HM Government. The reverse of the Great Seal of the Realm was executed by the Royal Mint from Noad’s drawing of the Royal Arms.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.royalmint.com/aboutus/press-centre/his-majesty-king-charles-iiis-new-great-seal-unveiled/|title = His Majesty King Charles III's New Great Seal unveiled|date=10 May 2025|website=royalmint.com}}</ref>
The [[Stole Royal]], a vestment featuring royal badges and religious emblems, embroidered from Noad’s designs by the Royal School of Needlework, was worn by the King at the Coronation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coronationroll.gov.uk/further_info/the-robe-royal |title = The Robe Royal and Stole. The Coronation Roll|access-date=14 August 2025|website=coronationroll.gov.uk|publisher=The Coronation Roll project}}</ref> He created the illuminated title page of the Coronation Roll, showing the Royal Arms and floral emblems of the UK, and described by the King as "''Most marvellous illumination work.''" The subsequent text of the roll was written by calligrapher Stephanie Gill.<ref name="BBC Coronation Roll" />
== Letters Patent == In his role as Scribe and Illuminator to the [[Crown Office in Chancery|Crown Office]] at the [[House of Lords]] Noad has undertaken work on many illuminated documents under the [[Great Seal]] for presentation to life peers, appointments to the Supreme Court and grants of city status.{{citation needed|date=July 2025}} In 2011 Noad created the Instrument of Consent, signed by Elizabeth II, on the marriage of Prince William to Catherine Middleton. In 2022 he created the last illuminated Letters patent issued by Elizabeth II in celebration of her Platinum Jubilee, awarding Lord Mayoralty to the City of [[Southampton]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.southampton.gov.uk/news/article/southampton-welcomes-her-royal-highness-the-princess-royal-in-historic-day-to-mark-lord-mayor-status/|title = Southampton welcomes Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal in historic day to mark Lord Mayor status. Southampton Council News. 3 February 2023}}</ref> {{better source needed|reason=doesn't mention Noad - hard to find name, but shows the work|date=July 2025}} and the first issued by Charles III, granting city status to [[Bangor, County Down|Bangor]], Northern Ireland.
He has also written and illuminated many Royal Charters, including those of the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] (MCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaerH58V6IE|title = HRH Anne, Princess Royal unveils MCC's Royal Charter - MCC/Lord's. Youtube. Retrieved 14 August 2025 | website=[[YouTube]] | date=July 2013 }}</ref> the Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wcsim.co.uk/livery-gains-royal-charter/|title = Livery gains Royal Charter. Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers News. 5 March 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2025 | date=5 March 2021 }}</ref> and the Worshipful Company of Broderers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://broderers.co.uk/article/presentation-new-royal-charter|title = Presentation of new Royal Charter. The Worshipful Company of Broderers. 15 October 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2025}}</ref> In July 2025 Letters Patent were presented to the [[Worshipful Company of Entrepreneurs]] at a ceremony at the [[Mansion House, London|Mansion House]] in the City of London.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.entrepreneurscompany.org/news/letters-patent-behind-the-scenes?fbclid=IwY2xjawLjtLxleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFEY1htaVA2aWVzaW5YQVFpAR5m1Hy667DgbTBSYHqcwxutu7micekOhzhpdeOQvOdhBK9zmO35h6DsY0OYkQ_aem_zI0sQvYQ8yvaPqefWQ6H3A|title = Letters Patent - behind the scenes! Entrepreneurs Company. 27 June 2025.}}</ref>
Noad designed over thirty enamelled copper stall-plates, mainly for the [[Royal Victorian Order]] in the [[Savoy Chapel]].{{citation needed|date=July 2025}}
== Coins and medals == Noad has designed many coins and medals commissioned and selected in competitions by the [[Royal Mint]] Advisory Committee on the Design of Coins, Medals and Seals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.royalmint.com/shop/monarch/charles-iii/coronation/meet-the-maker-timothy-noad/|title = Meet the Maker: Timothy Noad. Royal Mint. Retrieved 21 July 2025}}</ref>
Noad designed the reverse of three gold Sovereign coins:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.royalmint.com/stories/sovereign/queen-elizabeth-ii-sovereigns/|title = Queen Elizabeth II Sovereigns. Royal Mint. Retrieved 21 July 2025}}</ref> [[2002 Golden Jubilee]], 2005 [[St George and the Dragon]] (the first time this theme had been varied since [[Pistrucci]]’s Georgian design) and [[2022 Platinum Jubilee]].
He also designed the 2013-14 Floral Series of four one pound coins,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.checkyourchange.co.uk/1-coins-in-circulation/2013-pound-coin/|title = 2013 One Pound. Check Your Change. Retrieved 21 July 2025 }}</ref> and 2015 Royal Arms one pound coin.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.royalmint.com/discover/uk-coins/coin-design-and-specifications/one-pound-coin/|title = £1 Coin Designs and Specifications. Royal Mint. Retrieved 14 August 2025}}</ref> Noad has designed several [[Five pounds (British coin)|commemorative coins]] (now known as "five pound coins", but pre-decimalisation known as [[Crown (British coin)|Crowns]]), including in 2021 "Ninety-fifth Birthday of Queen Elizabeth II", in 2023 the Coronation Crown Coin of HM King Charles III<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.royalmint.com/shop/monarch/charles-iii/coronation/crown/coronation-of-his-majesty-king-charles-iii-2023-crown-silver-proof-piedfort-coin/|title = The Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III 2023 UK £5 Silver Proof Piedfort Coin. Royal Mint. Retrieved 21 July 2025}}</ref> and in 2025 the Coat of Arms of HM King Charles III.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.royalmint.com/shop/limited-editions/the-coat-of-arms-of-his-majesty-king-charles-iii/|title = The Arms of His Majesty King Charles III. Royal Mint. Retrieved 14 August 2025}}</ref>
== Awards and appointments == In 2004 he was appointed Scribe and illuminator to HM [[Crown Office in Chancery|Crown Office]] at the House of Lords and in 2010 Noad was granted the [[Freedom of the City of London]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://democracy.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Data/Court%20of%20Common%20Council/20100107/Agenda/$List%20of%20Applications%20for%20the%20Freedom.doc.pdf |title = List of Applications for the Freedom. City of London. 7 January 2010. Retrieved 14 August 2025}}</ref>
In 2025 Noad was appointed a [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]] (MBE) in the [[2025 Birthday Honours]], for Services to Calligraphy, Heraldry and Design.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=64759 |date=14 June 2025 |page=B23 |supp=y }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.heritagecrafts.org.uk/our-stories/mbe-for-calligrapher-and-heraldry-artist-tim-noad-in-the-kings-birthday-honours|title = Heritage Crafts Announcement June 2025 | date=14 June 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c80k8k5824no|title = West London designer awarded MBE for royal cypher. BBC London News 13 June 2025 | date=13 June 2025 }}</ref> "His exacting aesthetic standards and exquisite artwork, underpinned by great knowledge and intellectual curiosity ensures he is the doyen of heraldic painters." [[Garter Principal King of Arms]], [[David Vines White]] said regarding his MBE award.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.heritagecrafts.org.uk/our-stories/mbe-for-calligrapher-and-heraldry-artist-tim-noad-in-the-kings-birthday-honours|title = MBE for calligrapher and heraldry artist Tim Noad in the King's Birthday Honours. Heritage Crafts. 14 June 2025 | date=14 June 2025 }}</ref>
Noad is a Fellow of the [[Society of Scribes & Illuminators]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://letterexchange.org/members|title = About Us. Society of Scribes and Illuminators. Retrieved 21 July 2025}}</ref> an Honoured Fellow of the Calligraphy and Lettering Arts Society<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.clas.co.uk/fellows/|title = Fellows. Calligraphy and Lettering Arts Society. Retrieved 21 July 2025 | work=CLAS - Living Letters | date=25 March 2019 }}</ref> and a Full Member of [[Letter Exchange]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://letterexchange.org/members|title = Full member list. Letter Exchange. Retrieved 21 July 2025}}</ref>
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