Rouge Croix Pursuivant

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Heraldic tradition Gallo-British		Governing body College of Arms

Jurisdiction England, Wales and Northern Ireland

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 John Michael Allen-Petrie, MSc (LSE).

Holders of the office

Brackets indicate a date or approximate date for which there is evidence that the named person was holder of this office. The reigning monarch is given if the date is not known more precisely.

(Henry IV) Nicholas Serby

(Henry IV) Richard Boys

(Henry V) Giles Waster

(Henry V) Roger Legh or Lygh

(Henry V) John Writhe

(1422) John Mowbray

(Henry VI) Robert Ashwell

(Henry VI) James Billett

(Henry VI) John Mallett

(Henry VI) Robert Dunham

(Henry VI) Richard Ashwell

(Henry VI) John Ballard

(Henry VI) Thomas Holme

(Henry VI) John More

(Edward IV) William Carlill

(Edward IV) Roger Stanford

(Edward IV) Richard Slacke

(Edward IV) John Water or Walter

(Edward IV) Thomas Benolt

(Edward IV) Thomas Waters

(Edward IV) Robert Browne

(Edward IV) William Jenyns

(Edward IV) Thomas Tonge

(1484) George Berry

(1485) Richard Greenwood

(1492) (name unknown)

1505–1509 William Wriothesley

1509–1515 Thomas Hawley

1515–1520 Laurence de la Gatta

1521–1521 Thomas Wall

1524–1535 Charles Wriothesley

1535–1538 Bartholomew Butler

1538–1540 Thomas Stevenson

1540–1541 Gilbert Dethick

1541–1543 Justinian Barker

1543–1546 William Flower

1546–1547 Lawrence Dalton

(Edward VI) Simon Newbald

1551–1553 Nicholas Tubman

1553–1566 Henry Cotgrove

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

1637–1638 Edward Walker

1638–1639 Henry Lilly

1639– William Dugdale

(intruded) Robert Browne

(intruded) Everard Exton

1660–1677 Henry Dethick, Esq.

1677–1686 Henry Ball

1686–1688 Charles Mawson

1688– Samuel Stebbing

(Anne) Peter Le Neve

(Anne) John Bound

1722–1725 Richard Graham

1725–1751 John Pomfret

1751–1752 Alexander Cozens

1752?–1773 Henry Hastings

1773–1777 John Charles Brooke, Esq., FSA

1777–1784 Francis Townsend

1784–1794 John Atkinson

1794–1803 Joseph Hawker

1803–1823 William Radclyffe

1823–1839 Robert Laurie

1839–1854 William Courthope

1854–1866 James Robinson Planché

1866–1872 John von Sonnentag de Havilland

1872–1880 Stephen Isaacson Tucker

1880–1887 Sir Henry Farnham Burke, KCVO, CB, FSA

1887–1904 George William Marshall, Esq., LLD, FSA

1904–1915 Sir Arthur William Stuart Cochrane, KCVO

1915–1922 Archibald George Blomefield Russell, Esq., CVO, FSA

1922–1928 Henry Robert Charles Martin, Esq., FSA

1928–1941 Philip Walter Kerr, Esq., MVO, FSA

1947–1954 John Riddell Bromhead Walker, Esq., CVO, MC

1954–1960 Sir Walter John George Verco, KCVO

1961–1967 Rodney Dennys, Esq., CVO, OBE, FSA

1970–1978 (David) Hubert Boothby Chesshyre, Esq., CVO, FSA

1978–1982 Thomas Woodcock, Esq., LVO, FSA

1983–1993 Sir Henry Edgar Paston-Bedingfeld, Bt.

1995–2004 David Vines White, Esq.

2013–present John Allen-Petrie, Esq.

References

Rouge Croix Pursuivant Wikipedia

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