Rouge Croix Pursuivant

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Template:Short description Template:Infobox heraldry Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary is a junior officer of arms of the College of Arms. He is said to be the oldest of the four pursuivants in ordinary. The office is named after St George's Cross which has been a symbol of England since the time of the Crusades.

The current Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary is Thomas Johnston. He took part in the Royal Procession at the 2023 Coronation.[1]


Holders of the office

Arms Name Date of appointment Ref
Nicholas Serby (Henry IV)
File:Arms of William Boys.svg Richard Boys (Henry IV)
Giles Waster (Henry V)
File:Arms of Roger Legh (or Lygh).svg Roger Legh or Lygh (Henry V)
File:Arms of John Wrythe.svg John Writhe (Henry V)
John Mowbray (1422)
File:Arms of John Ashwell.svg Robert Ashwell (Henry VI)
File:Arms of James Billett.svg James Billett (Henry VI)
File:Arms of Roger Mallett.svg John Mallett (Henry VI)
Robert Dunham (Henry VI)
File:Arms of John Ashwell.svg Richard Ashwell (Henry VI)
File:Arms of John Ballard.svg John Ballard (Henry VI)
File:Arms of Sir Thomas Holme.svg Thomas Holme (Henry VI)
File:Arms of Thomas More (herald).svg John More (Henry VI)
File:Arms of Christopher Carlill.svg William Carlill (Edward IV)
File:Arms of Roger Stamford.svg Roger Stamford (Edward IV)
File:Arms of Richard Slacke.svg Richard Slacke (Edward IV)
File:Arms of John Water.svg John Water or Walter (Edward IV)
File:Arms of Thomas Benolt.svg Thomas Benolt (Edward IV)
File:Arms of John Water.svg Thomas Waters (Edward IV)
File:Arms of Thomas and Robert Browne.svg Robert Browne (Edward IV)
File:Arms of William Jennings.svg William Jenyns (Edward IV)
File:Arms of Thomas Tonge.svg Thomas Tonge (Edward IV)
George Berry (1484)
Richard Greenwood (1485)
(name unknown) (1492)
File:Arms of John Wrythe.svg William Wriothesley 1505–1509
File:Arms of Thomas Hawley.svg Thomas Hawley 1509–1515
Laurence de la Gatta 1515–1520
File:Arms of Thomas Wall (Garter).svg Thomas Wall 1521–1521
File:Arms of John Wrythe.svg Charles Wriothesley 1524–1535
File:Arms of Bartholomew Butler.svg Bartholomew Butler 1535–1538
Thomas Stevenson 1538–1540
File:Arms of Sir Gilbert Dethick.svg Gilbert Dethick 1540–1541
File:Arms of Sir Christopher Barker.svg Justinian Barker 1541–1543
File:Arms of William Flower.svg William Flower 1543–1546
File:Arms of Lawrence Dalton.svg Lawrence Dalton 1546–1547
Simon Newbald (Edward VI)
Nicholas Tubman 1551–1553
File:Arms of Hugh Cotgrave.svg Henry Cotgrove 1553–1566
File:Arms of Sir Gilbert Dethick.svg William Dethick 1566–1569
Thomas Dawes 1569–1580
File:Arms of Ralph Brooke.svg Ralph Brooke 1580–1592
File:Arms of Thomas Knight.svg Thomas Knight 1592–1604
William Wyrley 1604–1619
John Guillim 1619–1621
File:Arms of Augustine Vincent.svg Augustine Vincent 1621–1624
File:Arms of John Bradshaw.svg John Bradshaw 1624–1626
File:Arms of George Owen of Henllys.svg George Owen 1626–1637
File:Arms of Sir Edward Walker.svg Edward Walker 1637–1638
Henry Lilly 1638–1639
File:Arms of Sir William Dugdale.svg William Dugdale 1639–?
File:Arms of Robert Browne.svg Robert Browne (intruded)
Everard Exton (intruded)
File:Arms of Sir Gilbert Dethick.svg Henry Dethick 1660–1677
Henry Ball 1677–1686
File:Arms of Charles Mawson.svg Charles Mawson 1686–1688
File:Arms of Samuel Stebbing.svg Samuel Stebbing 1688–?
File:Arms of Peter Le Neve.svg Peter Le Neve (Anne)
John Bound (Anne)
Richard Graham 1722–1725
Richard Pomfret 1725–1751
Alexander Cozens 1751–1752
File:Arms of Henry Hastings.svg Henry Hastings 1752?–1773
File:Arms of John Charles Brooke.svg John Charles Brooke 1773–1777
Francis Townsend 1777–1784 [2]
File:Arms of Edmund Atkinson.svg John Atkinson 1784–1794
File:Arms of Joseph Hawker.svg Joseph Hawker 1794–1803 [3]
William Radclyffe 1803–1823 [4]
File:Arms of Robert Laurie.svg Robert Laurie 1823–1839 [5]
File:Arms of William Courthope.svg William Courthope 1839–1854 [6]
File:Arms of James Robinson Planché.svg James Planché 1854–1866 [7]
File:Arms of John von Sonntag de Havilland.svg John de Havilland 1866–1872 [8]
File:Arms of Stephen Isaacson Tucker.svg Stephen Tucker 1872–1880 [9]
File:Arms of Sir John Bernard Burke.svg Sir Henry Farnham Burke 1880–1887 [10]
File:Arms of George William Marshall.svg George William Marshall 1887–1904 [11]
File:Arms of Sir Arthur Cochrane.svg Sir Arthur Cochrane 1904–1915 [12]
File:Arms of Archibald Russell.svg Archibald Russell 1915–1922 [13]
File:Arms of Henry Robert Charles Martin.svg Henry Robert Charles Martin 1922–1928 [14]
Lord Walter Kerr 1928–1941
File:Arms of John Riddell Bromhead Walker.svg John Walker 1947–1954
File:Arms of Sir Walter Verco.svg Sir Walter Verco 1954–1960
File:Arms of Rodney Onslow Dennys.svg Rodney Dennys 1961–1967 [15]
File:Arms of David Hubert Boothby Chesshyre.svg (David) Hubert Chesshyre
 1970–1978 [16]
File:Arms of Thomas Woodcock.svg Sir Thomas Woodcock 1978–1982 [17]
File:Arms of Sir Henry Paston-Bedingfeld.svg Sir Henry Paston-Bedingfeld, 10th Baronet 1983–1993 [18]
File:Arms of David Vines White.svg David White 1995–2004 [19]
File:Arms of John Michael Allen-Petrie.svg John Allen-Petrie 2013–2019 [20][21]
Thomas Andrew Johnston, Esq. 2023–present [22]

See also

References

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Further reading

  • The College of Arms, Queen Victoria Street : being the sixteenth and final monograph of the London Survey Committee, Walter H. Godfrey, assisted by Sir Anthony Wagner, with a complete list of the officers of arms, prepared by H. Stanford London, (London, 1963)
  • A History of the College of Arms &c, Mark Noble, (London, 1804)

External links

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