Armorial of the speakers of the House of Commons is displayed at the House of Commons in the Palace of Westminster. Speakers customarily took a grant of arms while in office if they were not armigerous already. Their shields of arms are painted on the interior walls of Speaker's House.
Arms | Name of Speaker and heraldic blazon |
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Peter de Montfort, Prolocutor 1258-64 Escutcheon:Bendy of eight Or and Azure. | |
Sir William Trussell, Prolocutor 1327, 1340 and 1343 Escutcheon:Argent a cross fleury Gules. | |
Henry de Beaumont, Prolocutor 1332 Escutcheon:Azure semée of fleurs-de-lys a lion rampant Or. | |
Sir Geoffrey le Scrope, Prolocutor 1332 Escutcheon:Azure a bend Or. | |
Sir William de Thorpe, Prolocutor 1347–8 Escutcheon:Barry of fourteen Or and Sable. [1] | |
Sir William de Shareshull, Prolocutor 1351 Escutcheon:Barry nebully of six Argent and Gules a bordure Sable bezanty. [2] | |
Sir Peter de la Mare, Prolocutor 1376–7 Escutcheon:Gules two chevrons Or. |
Arms | Name of Speaker and heraldic blazon |
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Sir Thomas Hungerford, Speaker of the House 1377 Escutcheon:Sable two bars Argent in chief three plates. | |
Sir James Pickering, Speaker of the House 1378 and 1382–3 Escutcheon:Ermine a lion passant Azure crowned Or. | |
John Guildesborough, Speaker of the House 1379–80 Escutcheon:Argent three piles Gules. | |
Sir Richard Waldegrave, Speaker of the House 1381–2 Escutcheon:Per pale Argent and Gules. | |
Sir John Bussy, Speaker of the House 1394–7 Escutcheon:Or three water bougets Argent. |
Arms | Name of Speaker and heraldic blazon |
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Sir John Cheyne, Speaker of the House 1399 Blazon not available. | |
John Doreward, Speaker of the House 1399 and 1413 Escutcheon:Ermine on a chevron Sable three crescents Or. | |
Sir Arnold Savage, Speaker of the House 1400-2 and 1403-4 Escutcheon:Argent six lions rampant Sable. | |
Sir Henry Redford, Speaker of the House 1402 Escutcheon:Argent fretty Sable a chief of the second. | |
Sir William Esturmy, Speaker of the House 1404 Escutcheon:Argent three demi-lions rampant Gules. | |
Sir John Tiptoft (later Baron Tiptoft), Speaker of the House 1405-6 Escutcheon:Argent a saltire engrailed Gules. | |
Thomas Chaucer, Speaker of the House 1407–11, 1414-4[ clarification needed ] and 1421 Escutcheon:Per pale Argent and Gules a bend counterchanged. |
Arms | Name of Speaker and heraldic blazon |
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William Stourton, Speaker of the House 1413 Escutcheon:Sable a bend Or between six fountains. | |
Sir Walter Hungerford (later Baron Hungerford), Speaker of the House 1414-5 Escutcheon:Sable two bars Argent in chief three plates. | |
Sir Richard Redman, Speaker of the House 1415 Blazon not available. | |
Sir Walter Beauchamp, Speaker of the House 1416 Escutcheon:Gules a fess between six martlets Or. | |
Roger Flower, Speaker of the House 1416-9 Escutcheon:Sable ermined Argent a pierced cinquefoil Ermine. | |
Roger Hunt, Speaker of the House 1420-1 Blazon not available. |
Arms | Name of Speaker and heraldic blazon |
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John Russell, Speaker of the House 1423-4 and 1432 Escutcheon:Argent a chevron between three crosses bottonée fitchée Sable. | |
Sir Thomas Walton, Speaker of the House 1424-6 Escutcheon:Argent a chevron between three annulets Sable. | |
Sir Richard Vernon, Speaker of the House 1426 Escutcheon:Chequy Or and Azure on a canton Gules a lion rampant Argent. | |
Sir John Tyrell, Speaker of the House 1427–8, 1431 and 1437 Escutcheon:Argent two chevrons Azure a bordure engrailed Gules. | |
William Alington, Speaker of the House 1429-30 Escutcheon:Sable a bend engrailed between six billets Argent. | |
John Bowes, Speaker of the House 1435 Escutcheon:Ermine three bows strung in pale Gules. | |
William Burley, Speaker of the House 1437 and 1445 Escutcheon:Argent a lion rampant Sable armed Gules debruised with a fesse counter-compony Or and Argent. | |
Sir William Tresham, Speaker of the House 1439–42, 1446-7 and 1449–50 Escutcheon:Per saltire Argent and Sable in chief three trefoils slipped Vert two and one in base one and two of the last. | |
John Say, Speaker of the House 1449 and 1463-8 Escutcheon:Per pale Azure and Gules three chevronels Or voided and counterchanged. | |
Sir John Popham, Speaker of the House 1449 Escutcheon:Argent on a chief Gules two bucks' heads cabossed Or. | |
William Oldhall, Speaker of the House 1450-2 Escutcheon:Per pale Azure and Purpure a lion rampant Ermine. | |
Thomas Thorpe, Speaker of the House 1453-4 Blazon not available. | |
Thomas Charlton, Speaker of the House 1454 Blazon not available. | |
Sir John Wenlock (later Baron Wenlock), Speaker of the House 1455-6 Escutcheon:Or a cross formée extending to the extremities of the shield chequy Or and Sable. | |
Thomas Tresham, Speaker of the House 1459 Blazon not available. | |
John Green, Speaker of the House 1460 Escutcheon:Per fess Sable and Argent a lion rampant crowned counterchanged. |
Arms | Name of Speaker and heraldic blazon |
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Sir James Strangeways, Speaker of the House 1461-2 Escutcheon:Sable two lions passant paly of six Argent and Gules. | |
William Alington, Speaker of the House 1472-8 Escutcheon:Sable a bend engrailed between six billets Argent. | |
John Wood, Speaker of the House 1483 Blazon not available. |
No parliament was summoned during Edward V's brief reign.
Arms | Name of Speaker and heraldic blazon |
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William Catesby, Speaker of the House 1484 Escutcheon:Argent two lions passant Sable crowned Or. |
Arms | Name of Speaker and heraldic blazon |
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Sir Thomas Lovell, Speaker of the House 1485-8 Escutcheon:Or a chevron Azure between three squirrels sejant Gules. | |
Sir John Mordaunt, Speaker of the House 1487-9 Escutcheon:Argent a chevron between three estoiles of six Sable. | |
Sir Thomas Fitzwilliam, Speaker of the House 1489-90 Escutcheon:Lozengy Argent and Gules. | |
Sir Richard Empson, Speaker of the House 1490-2 Escutcheon:Argent two bends Sable. | |
Sir Robert Drury, Speaker of the House 1495 Escutcheon:Argent on a chief vert a cross tau between two mullets pierced Or. | |
Thomas Englefield, Speaker of the House 1496-7 and 1509–10 Escutcheon:Azure a griffin passant and a chief Or. | |
Edmond Dudley, Speaker of the House 1503 Escutcheon:Or a lion rampant Azure a double quevée Vert. |
Arms | Name of Speaker and heraldic blazon |
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Sir Robert Sheffield, Speaker of the House 1512-3 Escutcheon:Argent a chevron between three garbs Gules. | |
Sir Thomas Nevill, Speaker of the House 1515 Escutcheon:Gules a saltire Argent. | |
Sir Thomas More, Speaker of the House 1523 Escutcheon:Argent a chevron engrailed between three moorcocks Sable combs wattles and legs Gules. | |
Sir Thomas Audley (later Baron Audley of Walden), Speaker of the House 1529-1533 Escutcheon:Quarterly per pale indented Or and Azure in the 2nd and 3rd an eagle displayed of the 1st on a bend of the 2nd a fret between two martlets of the 1st. [5] | |
Sir Humphrey Wingfield, Speaker of the House 1533-6 Escutcheon:Argent on a bend Gules cotised Sable three pairs of wings conjoined of the field. | |
Sir Richard Rich, Speaker of the House 1536 Escutcheon:Gules a chevron between three cross crosslets Or. | |
Sir Nicholas Hare, Speaker of the House 1539-40 Escutcheon:Gules two bars Or a chief indented of the last. | |
Sir Thomas Moyle, Speaker of the House 1542-4 Escutcheon:Gules a mule passant within a bordure Argent. | |
Sir John Baker, Speaker of the House 1545-52 Escutcheon:Azure on a fess between three swans' heads erased and ducally gorged Or as many cinquefoils Gules. |
Arms | Name of Speaker and heraldic blazon |
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Sir James Dyer, Speaker of the House 1553 Escutcheon:Or a chief indented Gules. |
Arms | Name of Speaker and heraldic blazon |
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Sir John Pollard, Speaker of the House 1553 and 1555 Escutcheon:Argent a chevron Sable between three escallops Gules. | |
Robert Broke, Speaker of the House 1554 Escutcheon:Chequy Argent and Sable on a canton Vert a brock passant Proper. | |
Clement Higham, Speaker of the House 1554-5 Escutcheon:Sable a fess chequy Or and Azure between three horses' heads erased Argent. | |
William Cordell, Speaker of the House 1558-9 Escutcheon:Gules a chevron Ermine between three griffins' heads erased Argent. |
Arms | Name of Speaker and heraldic blazon |
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Sir Thomas Gargrave, Speaker of the House 1559 Escutcheon:Lozengy Or and Sable on a bend of the first three crescents of the second. | |
Thomas Williams, Speaker of the House 1563 Escutcheon:Sable three curlews' heads erased Argent. | |
Richard Onslow, Speaker of the House 1566-71 Escutcheon:Argent a fess Gules between six Cornish choughs Proper. | |
Sir Christopher Wray, Speaker of the House 1571 Escutcheon:Azure on a chief Or three martlets Gules. | |
Robert Bell, Speaker of the House 1572-76 Escutcheon:Sable a fess Ermine between three bells Argent. [7] | |
John Puckering, Speaker of the House 1584-6 Escutcheon:Sable a bend fusily cottised Argent. | |
Thomas Snagge, Speaker of the House 1589 Escutcheon:Argent three pheons Sable. | |
Edward Coke, Speaker of the House 1592-3 Escutcheon:Party per pale Gules and Azure three eagles displayed Argent. | |
Christopher Yelverton, Speaker of the House 1597-8 Escutcheon:Argent three lions rampant and a chief Gules. | |
John Croke, Speaker of the House 1601 Escutcheon:Gules a fess between six martlets Argent. |
Arms | Name of Speaker and heraldic blazon |
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Sir Edward Phelips, Speaker of the House 1603-1611 Escutcheon:Argent a chevron Gules between three roses Proper. | |
Sir Ranulph Crewe, Speaker of the House 1614 Escutcheon:Azure a lion rampant Argent. | |
Sir Thomas Richardson, Speaker of the House 1621-1622 Escutcheon:Argent on a chief Sable three lions' heads erased of the field. A canton Azure charged with St Andrew's cross Argent. | |
Sir Thomas Crewe, Speaker of the House 1623-25 Escutcheon:Azure a lion rampant Argent. |
Arms | Name of Speaker and heraldic blazon |
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Sir Heneage Finch, Speaker of the House 1625-6 Escutcheon:Argent a chevron between three griffins passant Sable. | |
Sir John Finch (later Baron Finch), Speaker of the House 1628-9 Escutcheon:Argent a chevron between three griffins passant Sable. | |
John Glanville, Speaker of the House 1640 Escutcheon:Argent three Saltires Or. | |
William Lenthall, Speaker of the House 1640–47, 1647–53, 1654–55, 1659 and 1659–60 Escutcheon:Argent on a bend cotised Sable three mullets Or. | |
Henry Pelham, Speaker of the House 1647 |
Arms | Name of Speaker and heraldic blazon |
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Francis Rous, Speaker of the House 1653 Escutcheon:Or an eagle displayed pruning its wings Azure with beak and bill Gules. | |
Sir Thomas Widdrington, Speaker of the House 1655-58 Escutcheon:Quarterly Argent and Gules a bend Sable. | |
Sir Bulstrode Whitelocke, Speaker of the House 1657 Escutcheon:Quarterly, 1 and 4, Azure a chevron engrailed between three goshawks close Or (Whitelocke); 2 and 3, Argent on a bend gules three stags' heads erased Or (Bulstrode). [9] [10] | |
Chaloner Chute, Speaker of the House 1658-9 Escutcheon:Gules three swords barways the points towards the dexter Proper pomels and hilts Or. | |
Sir Lislebone Long, Speaker of the House 1659 Escutcheon:Sable semée of crosses crosslet a lion rampant Argent. | |
Thomas Bampfield, Speaker of the House 1659 Escutcheon:Or on a bend Gules three mullets Argent. | |
Sir Harbottle Grimston, Speaker of the House 1660 Escutcheon:Argent on a fess Sable three mullets of six points Or pierced Gules in the dexter chief point an Ermine spot. |
Arms | Name of Speaker and heraldic blazon |
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Sir Edward Turnour, Speaker of the House 1661-71 Escutcheon:Ermines on a cross pierced Argent four fers de molines Sable. | |
John Charlton, Speaker of the House 1672 Escutcheon:Or a lion rampant Gules a crescent for difference. | |
Edward Seymour, Speaker of the House 1673-8 and 1678-9 Escutcheon:Quarterly 1st & 4th Or on a pile Gules between six fleurs-de-lis Azure three lions of England (the coat of augmentation granted by King Henry VIII on his marriage with Lady Jane Seymour) 2nd & 3rd Gules two wings conjoined in lure the tips downwards Or. | |
Sir Robert Sawyer, Speaker of the House 1678 Escutcheon:Or two bars Azure each charged with a barrulet dancettee Argent a chief indented of the second. | |
William Gregory, Speaker of the House 1679 Escutcheon:Or two bars Azure in chief a lion passant of the last. | |
William Williams, Speaker of the House 1680-85 Escutcheon:Argent two foxes counter-salient Gules. | |
Sir John Trevor, Speaker of the House 1685-87 and 1689–95 Escutcheon:Per bend sinister Ermine and Ermines a lion rampant Or. [13] |
Arms | Name of Speaker and heraldic blazon |
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Henry Powle, Speaker of the House 1688-9 Escutcheon:Argent a chevron Ermine between six lions rampant Or. | |
Paul Foley, Speaker of the House 1695-98 Escutcheon:Argent a fess engrailed between three cinquefoils Sable within a bordure of the last. | |
Sir Thomas Littleton, Speaker of the House 1698-1700 Escutcheon:Argent a chevron between three escallops Sable. | |
Robert Harley (later Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer), Speaker of the House 1701-05 Escutcheon:Or a bend cotised Sable. | |
John Smith, Speaker of the House 1705-6 Escutcheon:Quarterly: 1st & 4th: azure, two bars between three pheons or (for Smith) 2nd & 3rd: Argent, a mullet pierced sable (for Assheton) [16] |
Following the Acts of Union 1707, Smith became the first Speaker of the House of Commons of Great Britain.
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