KINGS OF ARMS
Garter King of Arms. The principal English king of arms. The office was instituted by King Henry V in 1415. Garter has no province but is first among the English officers of arms and has special duties in connection with the Order of the Garter.
15501584 Sir Gilbert Dethick
15841586 (Robert Cooke, Clarenceux appointed Acting Garter.)
15861606 Sir William Dethick (son of Gilbert)
16071633 Sir William Segar
16331643 Sir John Borough
16431644 Sir Henry St George (son of Sir Richard, Clarenceux)
Clarenceux King of Arms. The senior of the two English provincial kings of arms. His province since 1420 has been the area south of the River Trent.
15361557 Thomas Hawley
15571567 William Hervy
15671593 Robert Cooke
15941597 Richard Lee or Leigh
15971623 William Camden
16231635 Sir Richard St George
16351646 Sir William Le Neve
Norroy King of Arms. The junior of the two provincial English kings of arms. His province since 1464 has been the area north of the River Trent.
15501557 William Hervy (subsequently Clarenceux)
15571561 Laurence Dalton
15621588 William Flower
15881592 vacancy
15921593 Edmund Knight
15931597 vacancy
15971604 William Segar (subsequently Garter)
16041623 Richard St George (subsequently Clarenceux)
16231633 John Borough (Subsequently Garter)
16331635 William Le Neve (subseqently Clarenceux)
16351643 Sir Henry St George (subsequently Garter)
16431645 Edward Walker (subsequently Garter)HERALDS OF ARMS
Chester Herald. Chester is said to have been instituted by Edward III as herald to his son Edward (the Black Prince), Prince of Wales. Richard II attached the office to the Principality of Chester, which was a perquisite of the then Prince of Wales. The title was in abeyance for a time under Henry VIII, but since 1525 Chester has been one of the heralds in ordinary to the crown.
15401561 William Flower
15621566 Robert Cooke
15661574 John Hart
15741592 Edmund Knight
15921603 James Thomas
16031617 William Penson
16171618 Thomas Knight
16181637 Henry Chitting
16381644 Edward Walker
16441660 William Dugdale
Lancaster Herald. Since the time of Henry VII, Lancaster has been one of the six heralds in ordinary to the crown, though the office existed earlier as part of the household of the dukes of Lancaster.
15361553 Thomas Milner
15531559 Nicholas Tubman
15591588 John Cocke
15881602 Nicholas Paddy
16021609 Francis Thynne
16091613 Nicholas Charles
16131637 William Penson
16371641 Thomas Thompson
16411658 William Ryley
Richmond Herald. Originally herald to the incumbents of the Honour of Richmond. In 1510 Henry VIII made Richmond one of the six heralds in ordinary to the crown.
15471557 Lawrence Dalton
15571566 Nicholas Narboone
15661585 Hugh Cotgrave
15851597 Richard Lee
15971597 William Camden
15971615 John Raven
16151635 Sir Henry St George
16351660 George Mainwaring
Somerset Herald. Originally herald to the dukes of Somerset, but a royal officer since 1485, and from 1536 has been one of the heralds in ordinary to the crown.
15511571 Edmond Atkynson
15711588 Robert Glover
15891597 William Segar
15971624 Robert Treswell
16241645 John Philipot
16451657 William Crowne
16571658 George Owen
16581660 Henry Bysshe
Windsor Herald. Said to have been instituted by Edward III, Windsor has been one of the six heralds in ordinary to the crown since 1419.
15291565 Charles Wriothesley
15651583 Richard Turpin
15831597 Nicholas Dethick
15971602 Thomas Lant
16021604 Richard St George
16171624 Samuel Thompson
16241626 Augustine Vincent
16261633 John Bradshaw
16331660 Edward Norgate
York Herald. York was in existence by 1484, and is one of the six heralds in ordinary to the crown.
15381553 Bartholomew Butler
15531564 Martin Maroffe
15641567 William Colborne
15671570 Ralph Langman
15701587 William Dethick
15871593 Humphry Hales
15931625 Ralph Brooke
16251633 William Le Neve
16331658 George OwenPURSUIVANTS
Bluemantle Pursuivant. One of the four pursuivants in ordinary; said to have been instituted by Henry V for the service of the Order of the Garter, from whose blue mantle the title is almost certainly derived.
15501557 Nicholas Narboone
15571559 John Hollingworth
15591565 Richard Turpin
15651583 Nicholas Dethick
15831587 Humfrey Hales
15871589 James Thomas
15891597 Robert Treswell
15971611 Mercury Patten
16111616 Henry St George
16161633 Sampson Lennard
16331641 William Ryley
16411646 Robert Browne
16461660 John Watson
Portcullis Pursuivant. One of the four pursuivants in ordinary, instituted by Henry VII, probably soon after his accession, in allusion to the well known badge inherited from his mother, Lady Margaret Beaufort.
15501553 Richard Withers
15531559 John Cocke
15591559 Edward Merlin
15591567 Ralph Langman
15671571 Robert Glover
15711585 Richard Lee
15851588 William Segar
15881597 Thomas Lant
15971604 Samuel Thompson
16041625 Philip Holland
16251633 Thomas Preston
16331660 John Wingfield
Rouge Croix Pursuivant. Rouge Croix or Red Cross took his name from the red cross of St George, badge of the Order of the Garter and sometime national flag of England. He is said to be the oldest of the four pursuivants in ordinary, but the earliest known mention of the title is in the sixth year of the reign of Henry V, 1419, when Rouge Croix was at Caudebec.
15511553 Nicholas Tubman
15531566 Henry Cotgrave
15661569 William Dethick
15691580 Thomas Dawes
15801592 Ralph Brooke
15921604 Thomas Knight
16041619 William Wyrley
16191621 John Guillim
16211624 Augustine Vincent
16241626 John Bradshaw
16261637 George Owen
16371640 Robert Browne
16401644 William Dugdale
Rouge Dragon Pursuivant. Instituted by Henry VII on 29 October 1485, the eve of his coronation, in reference to the royal badge, the "red dragon of Cadwallader". One of the four pursuivants in ordinary.
15391553 Martin Maroffe
15531564 William Colbarne
15641574 Edmund Knight
15741588 Nicholas Paddy
15881597 John Raven
15971618 William Smith
16181624 John Philipot
16241638 Thomas Thompson
16381657 William Crowne