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 heraldic badge of Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary | |
| Heraldic tradition | Gallo-British |
|---|---|
| Jurisdiction | England, Wales and Northern Ireland |
| Governing body | College of Arms |
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 edit
| Arms | Name | Date of appointment | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicholas Serby | (Henry IV) | ||
|
Richard Boys | (Henry IV) | |
| Giles Waster | (Henry V) | ||
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Roger Legh or Lygh | (Henry V) | |
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John Writhe | (Henry V) | |
| John Mowbray | (1422) | ||
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Robert Ashwell | (Henry VI) | |
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James Billett | (Henry VI) | |
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John Mallett | (Henry VI) | |
| Robert Dunham | (Henry VI) | ||
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Richard Ashwell | (Henry VI) | |
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John Ballard | (Henry VI) | |
|
Thomas Holme | (Henry VI) | |
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John More | (Henry VI) | |
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William Carlill | (Edward IV) | |
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Roger Stamford | (Edward IV) | |
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Richard Slacke | (Edward IV) | |
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John Water or Walter | (Edward IV) | |
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Thomas Benolt | (Edward IV) | |
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Thomas Waters | (Edward IV) | |
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Robert Browne | (Edward IV) | |
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William Jenyns | (Edward IV) | |
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Thomas Tonge | (Edward IV) | |
| George Berry | (1484) | ||
| Richard Greenwood | (1485) | ||
| (name unknown) | (1492) | ||
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William Wriothesley | 1505–1509 | |
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Thomas Hawley | 1509–1515 | |
| Laurence de la Gatta | 1515–1520 | ||
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Thomas Wall | 1521–1521 | |
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Charles Wriothesley | 1524–1535 | |
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Bartholomew Butler | 1535–1538 | |
| Thomas Stevenson | 1538–1540 | ||
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Gilbert Dethick | 1540–1541 | |
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Justinian Barker | 1541–1543 | |
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William Flower | 1543–1546 | |
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Lawrence Dalton | 1546–1547 | |
| Simon Newbald | (Edward VI) | ||
| Nicholas Tubman | 1551–1553 | ||
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Henry Cotgrove | 1553–1566 | |
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William Dethick | 1566–1569 | |
| Thomas Dawes | 1569–1580 | ||
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Ralph Brooke | 1580–1592 | |
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Thomas Knight | 1592–1604 | |
| William Wyrley | 1604–1619 | ||
| John Guillim | 1619–1621 | ||
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Augustine Vincent | 1621–1624 | |
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John Bradshaw | 1624–1626 | |
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George Owen | 1626–1637 | |
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Edward Walker | 1637–1638 | |
| Henry Lilly | 1638–1639 | ||
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William Dugdale | 1639–? | |
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Robert Browne | (intruded) | |
| Everard Exton | (intruded) | ||
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Henry Dethick, Esq. | 1660–1677 | |
| Henry Ball | 1677–1686 | ||
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Charles Mawson | 1686–1688 | |
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Samuel Stebbing | 1688–? | |
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Peter Le Neve | (Anne) | |
| John Bound | (Anne) | ||
| Richard Graham | 1722–1725 | ||
| John Pomfret | 1725–1751 | ||
| Alexander Cozens | 1751–1752 | ||
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Henry Hastings | 1752?–1773 | |
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John Charles Brooke, Esq., FSA | 1773–1777 | |
| Francis Townsend | 1777–1784 | [2] | |
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John Atkinson | 1784–1794 | |
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Joseph Hawker | 1794–1803 | [3] |
| William Radclyffe | 1803–1823 | [4] | |
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Robert Laurie | 1823–1839 | [5] |
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William Courthope | 1839–1854 | [6] |
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James Robinson Planché | 1854–1866 | [7] |
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John von Sonnentag de Havilland | 1866–1872 | [8] |
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Stephen Isaacson Tucker | 1872–1880 | [9] |
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Sir Henry Farnham Burke, KCVO, CB, FSA | 1880–1887 | [10] |
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George William Marshall, Esq., LLD, FSA | 1887–1904 | [11] |
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Sir Arthur William Stuart Cochrane, KCVO | 1904–1915 | [12] |
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Archibald George Blomefield Russell, Esq., CVO, FSA | 1915–1922 | [13] |
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Henry Robert Charles Martin, Esq., FSA | 1922–1928 | [14] |
| Philip Walter Kerr, Esq., MVO, FSA | 1928–1941 | ||
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John Riddell Bromhead Walker, Esq., CVO, MC | 1947–1954 | |
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Sir Walter John George Verco, KCVO | 1954–1960 | |
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Rodney Dennys, Esq., CVO, OBE, FSA | 1961–1967 | [15] |
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(David) Hubert Boothby Chesshyre, Esq., FSA |
1970–1978 | [16] |
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Sir Thomas Woodcock, KCVO, FSA | 1978–1982 | [17] |
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Sir Henry Edgar Paston-Bedingfeld, Bt. | 1983–1993 | [18] |
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David Vines White, Esq. | 1995–2004 | [19] |
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John Michael Allen-Petrie, Esq., OBE | 2013–2019 | [20][21] |
| Thomas Andrew Johnston, Esq. | 2023–present | [22] |
See also edit
References edit
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- ^ "No. 11849". The London Gazette. 14 February 1778. p. 1.
- ^ "No. 13642". The London Gazette. 15 April 1794. p. 344.
- ^ "No. 15586". The London Gazette. 21 May 1803. p. 605.
- ^ "No. 17948". The London Gazette. 12 August 1823. p. 1325.
- ^ "No. 19702". The London Gazette. 1 February 1839. p. 190.
- ^ "No. 21521". The London Gazette. 14 February 1854. p. 427.
- ^ "No. 23152". The London Gazette. 17 August 1866. p. 4593.
- ^ "No. 23895". The London Gazette. 10 September 1872. p. 3969.
- ^ "No. 24877". The London Gazette. 27 August 1880. p. 4677.
- ^ "No. 25736". The London Gazette. 6 September 1887. p. 4825.
- ^ "No. 27712". The London Gazette. 9 September 1904. p. 5839.
- ^ "No. 29364". The London Gazette. 12 November 1915. p. 11186.
- ^ "No. 32717". The London Gazette. 6 June 1922. p. 4328.
- ^ "No. 42432". The London Gazette. 8 August 1961. p. 5852.
- ^ "No. 47659". The London Gazette. 9 October 1978. p. 11997.
- ^ "No. 47661". The London Gazette. 12 October 1978. p. 12091.
- ^ "No. 49291". The London Gazette. 17 March 1983. p. 3737.
- ^ "No. 54252". The London Gazette. 28 December 1995. p. 17450.
- ^ "No. 60665". The London Gazette. 23 October 2013. p. 20913.
- ^ "New Rouge Croix Pursuivant appointed". College of Arms. Retrieved 2016-01-23.
- ^ "No. 63979". The London Gazette. 24 February 2023. p. 3638.
Further reading edit
- 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)