Portcullis Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary is a junior officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. The office is named after the Portcullis chained Or badge of the Beauforts, which was a favourite device of King Henry VII. King Henry's mother was Lady Margaret Beaufort. The office was instituted around 1485, probably at the time of Henry's coronation. The badge of office is very similar to that of Somerset Herald of Arms in Ordinary, the latter being ensigned with the Royal Crown. The earliest recorded Portcullis Pursuivant was James or Jacques Videt, who was the plaintiff in a Common Pleas case in 1498[1] and again in 1500.[2]
 The heraldic badge of Portcullis Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary | |
| Heraldic tradition | Gallo-British |
|---|---|
| Jurisdiction | England, Wales and Northern Ireland |
| Governing body | College of Arms |
The current Portcullis Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary is Dominic Ingram. He took part in the Royal Procession at the 2023 Coronation.[3]
Holders of the office edit
| Arms | Name | Date of appointment | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Videt | (Henry VII) | ||
| Ralph Lagysse | (Henry VII) | ||
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Robert Fayery or Fairy | 1516–1549 | |
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Richard Withers | 1550–1553 | |
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John Cocke | 1553–1559 | |
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Edward Merlin | 1559–1559 | |
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Ralph Langman | 1559–1567 | |
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Robert Glover | 1567–1571 | |
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Richard Lee | 1571–1585 | |
|
William Segar | 1585–1588 | |
|
Thomas Lant | 1588–1597 | |
|
Samuel Thompson | 1597–1619 | |
|
Philip Holland | 1619–1625 | |
|
Thomas Preston | 1625–1633 | |
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John Beauchamp | 1633–1660 | |
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John Wingfield | 1660–1663 | |
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Thomas Holford | From 1663 | |
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Thomas Holford, junior | (James II) | |
| Laurence Cromp | From 1689 | ||
|
John Hesketh | (William III) | |
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Thomas Wightwick | 1713–1718 | |
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Richard Mawson | 1718–1745 | |
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Thomas Thornberry | 1745 | |
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Peter Toms | 1746–1780 | |
| John-Doddington Forth | 1780–1817 | ||
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George Frederick Beltz | 1817–1822 | |
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James Pulman, Esq. | 1822–1838 | [4] |
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Sir Albert William Woods, GCVO, KCB, KCMG, KGStJ, FSA | 1838–1841 | [5] |
| George William Collen, Esq. | 1841–1878 | [6] | |
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Arthur Staunton Larken, Esq. | 1878–1882 | [7] |
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William Alexander Lindsay, Esq., CVO, FSA | 1883–1894 | [8] |
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Thomas Morgan Joseph-Watkin, Esq. | 7 April 1894 – 1913 | [9] |
| Keith William Murray, Esq., FSA | 1913–1922 | [10] | |
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Hon. Sir George Rothe Bellew, KCB, KCVO, FSA | 1922–1926 | [11] |
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Alfred Butler, Esq., MVO, MC, FSA | 1926–1931 | [12] |
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Sir Anthony Richard Wagner, KCB, KCVO, DLitt, FSA | 1931–1943 | [13] |
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Charles Murray Kennedy St Clair, 17th Lord Sinclair, CVO | 1949–1957 | [14] |
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Sir Alexander Colin Cole, KCB, KCVO, TD, FSA | 1957–1966 | [15] |
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Michael Maclagan, Esq., CVO, FSA, FRHistS | 1970–1980 | [16] |
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Peter Brotherton Spurrier, Esq. | 1981–1992 | [17] |
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William George Hunt, Esq., TD | 1992–1999 | [18] |
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The Hon. Christopher John Fletcher-Vane | 2012–2017 | [19] |
| Dominic Charles Davenport Ingram, Esq. | 2022–present | [20] |
See also edit
References edit
Citations
- ^ "AALT Page". aalt.law.uh.edu. Retrieved 2019-01-07.
- ^ "AALT Page". aalt.law.uh.edu. Retrieved 2019-01-07.
- ^ "Coronation order of service in full". BBC News. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
- ^ "No. 15895". The London Gazette. 1 June 1822. p. 278.
- ^ "No. 19639". The London Gazette. 24 July 1838. p. 1667.
- ^ "No. 20036". The London Gazette. 9 November 1841. p. 2757.
- ^ "No. 24554". The London Gazette. 22 February 1878. p. 880.
- ^ "No. 25183". The London Gazette. 29 December 1882. p. 6649.
- ^ "No. 26502". The London Gazette. 10 April 1894. p. 2019.
- ^ "No. 12583". The Edinburgh Gazette. 22 July 1913. p. 777.
- ^ "No. 32628". The London Gazette. 3 March 1922. p. 1818.
- ^ "No. 33185". The London Gazette. 23 July 1926. p. 4868.
- ^ "No. 33725". The London Gazette. 12 June 1931. p. 3837.
- ^ "No. 38658". The London Gazette. 5 July 1949. p. 3299.
- ^ "No. 41136". The London Gazette. 26 July 1957. p. 4428.
- ^ "No. 45066". The London Gazette. 24 March 1970. p. 3415.
- ^ "No. 48499". The London Gazette. 20 January 1981. p. 831.
- ^ "No. 53094". The London Gazette. 2 November 1992. p. 18353.
- ^ "No. 60243". The London Gazette. 20 August 2012. p. 15985.
- ^ "No. 63626". The London Gazette. 25 February 2022. p. 3498.
Bibliography
- 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)