York Herald
Heraldic tradition | Gallo–British |
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Jurisdiction | England, Wales and Northern Ireland |
Governing body | College of Arms |
York Herald of Arms in Ordinary is an
Edmund of Langley, Duke of York around the year 1385, but the first completely reliable reference to such a herald is in February 1484, when John Water alias Yorke, herald was granted certain fees by Richard III. These fees included the Manor of Bayhall in Pembury, Kent, and 8 pounds, 6 shillings, and 8 pence a year from the Lordship of Huntingfield in Kent. The badge of office is the White Rose of York en soleil ensigned by the Royal Crown
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The current York Herald of Arms is Peter O'Donoghue.
Holders of the office
Arms | Name | Date of appointment | Ref |
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Henry French or Franke, Esq. | ( Edward IV )
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Thomas Hollingworth, Esq. | (Edward IV) | ||
John Water, Esq. | (1484) | ||
Rowland Playnford, Esq. | (Henry VII) | ||
John Mynne, Esq. | (Henry VII) | ||
William Writhe or Wriothesley, Esq. | 1509–1513 | ||
Thomas Tonge, Esq. | 1513–1522 | ||
Ralph Lagysse, Esq. | 1522–1528 | ||
Thomas Bysley, Esq. | 1528–1530 | ||
Allan Dagnall, Esq. | 1530–1538 | ||
Bartholomew Butler, Esq | 1538–1553 | ||
Martin Maroffe, Esq. | 1553–1564 | ||
William Colborne, Esq. | 1564–1567 | ||
Ralph Langman, Esq. | 1567–1570 | ||
William Dethick, Esq. | 1570–1587 | ||
Humphry Hales, Esq.[1] | 1587–1593 | ||
Ralph Brooke, Esq. | 1593–1625 | ||
William Le Neve, Esq. | 1625–1633 | ||
George Owen, Esq. | (1633) | ||
George Owen, Esq. | 1660–1663 | ||
John Wingfield, Esq. | 1663–1675 | ||
Robert Devenish, Esq. | 1675–1700 | ||
Laurence Cromp, Esq. [a] | 1700–1717 | ||
Thomas Whitwick, Esq. | 1717–1722 | ||
Philip Jones, Esq., FSA | 1722–1735 | ||
Charles Townley, Esq. | 1735–1753 | [2] | |
George Fletcher, Esq. | 1753–1786 | ||
Benjamin Pingo, Esq. | 1786–1794 | [3] | |
George Nayler Esq., FAS | 1794–1820 | ||
Charles George Young, Esq. | 1820–1842 | [4] | |
Edward Howard Howard-Gibbon , Esq.
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1842–1848 | [5] | |
Thomas William King, Esq., FSA | 1848–1872 | [6] | |
John von Sonnentag de Havilland, Esq., FSA | 1872–1886 | [7] | |
KStJ , FSA
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1886–1904 | [8] | |
George William Marshall, Esq., LLD, FSA | 1904–1905 | [9] | |
1905–1922 | [10] | ||
Hon. Philip Plantagenet Cary , FSA
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1923–1932 | [11] | |
Aubrey John Toppin, Esq., CVO, FSA | 1932–1957 | [12] | |
Charles Murray Kennedy St Clair, 17th Lord Sinclair , CVO
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1957–1968 | [13] | |
Sir Conrad Marshall John Fisher Swan, KCVO, PhD, FSA | 1968–1992 | [14] | |
Peter Brotherton Spurrier, Esq. | 1992–1993 | [15] | |
Sir Henry Edgar Paston-Bedingfeld, Bt. | 1993–2010 | [16] | |
Michael Peter Desmond O'Donoghue, Esq. | 2012–Present | [17] |
See also
- Heraldry
- Officer of Arms
References
Notes
- ^ Concurrently held the office of Carolina Herald.
Citations
- ^ Brother of Sir James Hales (died 1589)
- ^ "No. 7420". The London Gazette. 15 July 1735. p. 1.
- ^ "No. 12722". The London Gazette. 31 January 1786. p. 45.
- ^ "No. 2811". The Edinburgh Gazette. 6 June 1820. p. 171.
- ^ "No. 20126". The London Gazette. 5 August 1842. p. 2127.
- ^ "No. 20869". The London Gazette. 20 June 1848. p. 2312.
- ^ "No. 23842". The London Gazette. 22 March 1872. p. 1584.
- ^ "No. 25634". The London Gazette. 15 October 1886. p. 5008.
- ^ "No. 27712". The London Gazette. 9 September 1904. p. 5839.
- ^ "No. 27859". The London Gazette. 1 December 1905. p. 8644.
- ^ "No. 32783". The London Gazette. 2 January 1923. p. 50.
- ^ "No. 33897". The London Gazette. 30 December 1932. p. 8332.
- ^ "No. 41136". The London Gazette. 26 July 1957. p. 4428.
- ^ "No. 44608". The London Gazette. 6 June 1968. p. 6411.
- ^ "No. 53092". The London Gazette. 29 October 1992. p. 18169.
- ^ "No. 53435". The London Gazette. 23 September 1993. p. 15437.
- ^ "No. 60243". The London Gazette. 20 August 2012. p. 15985.
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)