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.
1550—1584 Sir Gilbert Dethick
1584—1586 (Robert Cooke, Clarenceux appointed Acting Garter.)
1586—1606 Sir William Dethick (son of Gilbert)
1607—1633 Sir William Segar
1633—1643 Sir John Borough
1643—1644 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.
1536—1557 Thomas Hawley
1557—1567 William Hervy
1567—1593 Robert Cooke
1594—1597 Richard Lee or Leigh
1597—1623 William Camden
1623—1635 Sir Richard St George
1635—1646 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.
1550—1557 William Hervy (subsequently Clarenceux)
1557—1561 Laurence Dalton
1562—1588 William Flower
1588—1592 vacancy
1592—1593 Edmund Knight
1593—1597 vacancy
1597—1604 William Segar (subsequently Garter)
1604—1623 Richard St George (subsequently Clarenceux)
1623—1633 John Borough (Subsequently Garter)
1633—1635 William Le Neve (subseqently Clarenceux)
1635—1643 Sir Henry St George (subsequently Garter)
1643—1645 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.
1540—1561 William Flower
1562—1566 Robert Cooke
1566—1574 John Hart
1574—1592 Edmund Knight
1592—1603 James Thomas
1603—1617 William Penson
1617—1618 Thomas Knight
1618—1637 Henry Chitting
1638—1644 Edward Walker
1644—1660 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.
1536—1553 Thomas Milner
1553—1559 Nicholas Tubman
1559—1588 John Cocke
1588—1602 Nicholas Paddy
1602—1609 Francis Thynne
1609—1613 Nicholas Charles
1613—1637 William Penson
1637—1641 Thomas Thompson
1641—1658 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.
1547—1557 Lawrence Dalton
1557—1566 Nicholas Narboone
1566—1585 Hugh Cotgrave
1585—1597 Richard Lee
1597—1597 William Camden
1597—1615 John Raven
1615—1635 Sir Henry St George
1635—1660 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.
1551—1571 Edmond Atkynson
1571—1588 Robert Glover
1589—1597 William Segar
1597—1624 Robert Treswell
1624—1645 John Philipot
1645—1657 William Crowne
1657—1658 George Owen
1658—1660 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.
1529—1565 Charles Wriothesley
1565—1583 Richard Turpin
1583—1597 Nicholas Dethick
1597—1602 Thomas Lant
1602—1604 Richard St George
1617—1624 Samuel Thompson
1624—1626 Augustine Vincent
1626—1633 John Bradshaw
1633—1660 Edward Norgate
York Herald. York was in existence by 1484, and is one of the six heralds in ordinary to the crown.
1538—1553 Bartholomew Butler
1553—1564 Martin Maroffe
1564—1567 William Colborne
1567—1570 Ralph Langman
1570—1587 William Dethick
1587—1593 Humphry Hales
1593—1625 Ralph Brooke
1625—1633 William Le Neve
1633—1658 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.
1550—1557 Nicholas Narboone
1557—1559 John Hollingworth
1559—1565 Richard Turpin
1565—1583 Nicholas Dethick
1583—1587 Humfrey Hales
1587—1589 James Thomas
1589—1597 Robert Treswell
1597—1611 Mercury Patten
1611—1616 Henry St George
1616—1633 Sampson Lennard
1633—1641 William Ryley
1641—1646 Robert Browne
1646—1660 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.
1550—1553 Richard Withers
1553—1559 John Cocke
1559—1559 Edward Merlin
1559—1567 Ralph Langman
1567—1571 Robert Glover
1571—1585 Richard Lee
1585—1588 William Segar
1588—1597 Thomas Lant
1597—1604 Samuel Thompson
1604—1625 Philip Holland
1625—1633 Thomas Preston
1633—1660 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.
1551—1553 Nicholas Tubman
1553—1566 Henry Cotgrave
1566—1569 William Dethick
1569—1580 Thomas Dawes
1580—1592 Ralph Brooke
1592—1604 Thomas Knight
1604—1619 William Wyrley
1619—1621 John Guillim
1621—1624 Augustine Vincent
1624—1626 John Bradshaw
1626—1637 George Owen
1637—1640 Robert Browne
1640—1644 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.
1539—1553 Martin Maroffe
1553—1564 William Colbarne
1564—1574 Edmund Knight
1574—1588 Nicholas Paddy
1588—1597 John Raven
1597—1618 William Smith
1618—1624 John Philipot
1624—1638 Thomas Thompson
1638—1657 William Crowne