Armorial of the speakers of the English House of Commons

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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.

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Earlier parlours and prolocutors (1258-1376)

ArmsName of Speaker and heraldic blazon
Arms of Montfort.svg Peter de Montfort, Prolocutor 1258-64

Escutcheon:Bendy of eight Or and Azure.

Arms of Trussell.svg Sir William Trussell, Prolocutor 1327, 1340 and 1343

Escutcheon:Argent a cross fleury Gules.

Arms of Beaumont (Baron Beaumont, 1309).svg Henry de Beaumont, Prolocutor 1332

Escutcheon:Azure semée of fleurs-de-lys a lion rampant Or.

Arms of Sir Geoffrey le Scrope.svg Sir Geoffrey le Scrope, Prolocutor 1332

Escutcheon:Azure a bend Or.

Arms of Sir William de Thorpe.svg Sir William de Thorpe, Prolocutor 1347–8

Escutcheon:Barry of fourteen Or and Sable. [1]

Sir William de Shareshull Escutcheon.png Sir William de Shareshull, Prolocutor 1351

Escutcheon:Barry nebully of six Argent and Gules a bordure Sable bezanty. [2]

No image.svg Sir Peter de la Mare, Prolocutor 1376–7

Escutcheon:Gules two chevrons Or.

Richard II (1377-1399)

ArmsName of Speaker and heraldic blazon
HungerfordArms.png Sir Thomas Hungerford, Speaker of the House 1377

Escutcheon:Sable two bars Argent in chief three plates.

Arms of Pickering, Baron of Whaddon.svg Sir James Pickering, Speaker of the House 1378 and 1382–3

Escutcheon:Ermine a lion passant Azure crowned Or.

Arms of John Guildesborough.svg John Guildesborough, Speaker of the House 1379–80

Escutcheon:Argent three piles Gules.
Crest:A chevalier on horseback at full speed holding a sword all Proper.

Arms of Waldegrave.svg Sir Richard Waldegrave, Speaker of the House 1381–2

Escutcheon:Per pale Argent and Gules.
Crest:Out of a ducal coronet Or a plume of five ostrich feathers per pale Argent and Gules.
Motto: Coelum Non Animum

Arms of Bussy.svg Sir John Bussy, Speaker of the House 1394–7

Escutcheon:Or three water bougets Argent.

Henry IV (1399-1413)

ArmsName of Speaker and heraldic blazon
No image.svg Sir John Cheyne, Speaker of the House 1399

Blazon not available.

Arms of John Doreward.svg John Doreward, Speaker of the House 1399 and 1413

Escutcheon:Ermine on a chevron Sable three crescents Or.

Arms of Arnold Savage (d.1375).svg Sir Arnold Savage, Speaker of the House 1400-2 and 1403-4

Escutcheon:Argent six lions rampant Sable.

Arms of Sir Henry Redford.svg Sir Henry Redford, Speaker of the House 1402

Escutcheon:Argent fretty Sable a chief of the second.

Arms of Sir William Esturmy.svg Sir William Esturmy, Speaker of the House 1404

Escutcheon:Argent three demi-lions rampant Gules.

Arms of John Tiptoft, 1st Baron Tiptoft.svg Sir John Tiptoft (later Baron Tiptoft), Speaker of the House 1405-6

Escutcheon:Argent a saltire engrailed Gules.

Arms of Thomas Chaucer.svg Thomas Chaucer, Speaker of the House 1407–11, 1414-4[ clarification needed ] and 1421

Escutcheon:Per pale Argent and Gules a bend counterchanged.

Henry V (1413-1422)

ArmsName of Speaker and heraldic blazon
Arms of Stourton.svg William Stourton, Speaker of the House 1413

Escutcheon:Sable a bend Or between six fountains.

Seal WalterHungerford 1stBaronHungerford KG Died1449.png Sir Walter Hungerford (later Baron Hungerford), Speaker of the House 1414-5

Escutcheon:Sable two bars Argent in chief three plates.

No image.svg Sir Richard Redman, Speaker of the House 1415

Blazon not available.

Arms BeauchampOfPowick.svg Sir Walter Beauchamp, Speaker of the House 1416

Escutcheon:Gules a fess between six martlets Or.

Arms of William Flower.svg Roger Flower, Speaker of the House 1416-9

Escutcheon:Sable ermined Argent a pierced cinquefoil Ermine.
Crest:An eagle's head erased Sable ermined Argent & with a gold crown about its neck.

No image.svg Roger Hunt, Speaker of the House 1420-1

Blazon not available.

Henry VI (1422-1461)

ArmsName of Speaker and heraldic blazon
Russell ancestral arms.svg John Russell, Speaker of the House 1423-4 and 1432

Escutcheon:Argent a chevron between three crosses bottonée fitchée Sable.

Sir Thomas Walton Escutcheon.png Sir Thomas Walton, Speaker of the House 1424-6

Escutcheon:Argent a chevron between three annulets Sable.

Arms of Sir Richard Vernon.svg Sir Richard Vernon, Speaker of the House 1426

Escutcheon:Chequy Or and Azure on a canton Gules a lion rampant Argent.

Arms of Tyrell.svg Sir John Tyrell, Speaker of the House 1427–8, 1431 and 1437

Escutcheon:Argent two chevrons Azure a bordure engrailed Gules.
Crest:A boar's head erect Argent out of the mouth a peacock's tail Proper.
Supporters:Two tigers reguardant Proper.

Arms of Alington.svg William Alington, Speaker of the House 1429-30

Escutcheon:Sable a bend engrailed between six billets Argent.

No image.svg John Bowes, Speaker of the House 1435

Escutcheon:Ermine three bows strung in pale Gules.
Crest:A sheaf of arrows Or bound in a girdle Azure surmounted with the motto "Sans Variance Et Mon Droit".
Motto: In Multis In Magnis In Bonis Expertus

No image.svg 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.

Arms of Sir William Tresham.svg 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.

Arms of John Say.svg John Say, Speaker of the House 1449 and 1463-8

Escutcheon:Per pale Azure and Gules three chevronels Or voided and counterchanged.

Arms of Popham.svg Sir John Popham, Speaker of the House 1449

Escutcheon:Argent on a chief Gules two bucks' heads cabossed Or.
Crest:A buck's head erased Proper.

Arms of William Oldhall.svg William Oldhall, Speaker of the House 1450-2

Escutcheon:Per pale Azure and Purpure a lion rampant Ermine.

No image.svg Thomas Thorpe, Speaker of the House 1453-4

Blazon not available.

No image.svg Thomas Charlton, Speaker of the House 1454

Blazon not available.

Coat of Arms of Sir John Wenlock, KG.png 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.
Crest:A wolf passant Sable.

No image.svg Thomas Tresham, Speaker of the House 1459

Blazon not available.

No image.svg John Green, Speaker of the House 1460

Escutcheon:Per fess Sable and Argent a lion rampant crowned counterchanged.

Edward IV (1461-1483)

ArmsName of Speaker and heraldic blazon
StrangwaysArms.svg Sir James Strangeways, Speaker of the House 1461-2

Escutcheon:Sable two lions passant paly of six Argent and Gules.

Arms of Alington.svg William Alington, Speaker of the House 1472-8

Escutcheon:Sable a bend engrailed between six billets Argent.
Crest:A talbot passant Ermine.

No image.svg John Wood, Speaker of the House 1483

Blazon not available.

No parliament was summoned during Edward V's brief reign.

Richard III (1483-1485)

ArmsName of Speaker and heraldic blazon
CatesbyArms.svg William Catesby, Speaker of the House 1484

Escutcheon:Argent two lions passant Sable crowned Or.

Henry VII (1485-1509)

ArmsName of Speaker and heraldic blazon
Coat of arms of Sir Thomas Lovell, KG.png Sir Thomas Lovell, Speaker of the House 1485-8

Escutcheon:Or a chevron Azure between three squirrels sejant Gules.
Crest:A peacock's tail erect Proper banded with a belt Sable rimmed and buckled Argent the end pendent.

Arms Mordaunt.svg Sir John Mordaunt, Speaker of the House 1487-9

Escutcheon:Argent a chevron between three estoiles of six Sable.
Crest:A Saracen's head in profile Proper wreathed about the temples Argent and Sable.

Arms of Fitzwilliam.svg Sir Thomas Fitzwilliam, Speaker of the House 1489-90

Escutcheon:Lozengy Argent and Gules.

No image.svg Sir Richard Empson, Speaker of the House 1490-2

Escutcheon:Argent two bends Sable.

Arms of Drury.svg Sir Robert Drury, Speaker of the House 1495

Escutcheon:Argent on a chief vert a cross tau between two mullets pierced Or.
[3] as seen on the chest tomb of Sir Robert Drury [4] Crest:A greyhound courant Proper.
Motto: Non Sine Causâ

No image.svg Thomas Englefield, Speaker of the House 1496-7 and 1509–10

Escutcheon:Azure a griffin passant and a chief Or.

No image.svg Edmond Dudley, Speaker of the House 1503

Escutcheon:Or a lion rampant Azure a double quevée Vert.

Henry VIII (1509-1547)

ArmsName of Speaker and heraldic blazon
Arms of Sir Robert Sheffield.svg Sir Robert Sheffield, Speaker of the House 1512-3

Escutcheon:Argent a chevron between three garbs Gules.

No image.svg Sir Thomas Nevill, Speaker of the House 1515

Escutcheon:Gules a saltire Argent.

No image.svg Sir Thomas More, Speaker of the House 1523

Escutcheon:Argent a chevron engrailed between three moorcocks Sable combs wattles and legs Gules.
Crest:A moorcock's head affronté Sable.

Coat of arms of Sir Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden, KG.png 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]

Arms of John Wingfield.svg 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.

Rich.svg Sir Richard Rich, Speaker of the House 1536

Escutcheon:Gules a chevron between three cross crosslets Or.

Arms of Hare.svg Sir Nicholas Hare, Speaker of the House 1539-40

Escutcheon:Gules two bars Or a chief indented of the last.

No image.svg Sir Thomas Moyle, Speaker of the House 1542-4

Escutcheon:Gules a mule passant within a bordure Argent.

Arms of Sir John Baker.svg 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.

Edward VI (1547-1553)

ArmsName of Speaker and heraldic blazon
Arms of Dyer.svg Sir James Dyer, Speaker of the House 1553

Escutcheon:Or a chief indented Gules.
Crest:Out of a coronet Or a goat's head Sable armed Gold.

Mary I (1553-1558)

ArmsName of Speaker and heraldic blazon
Arms of Sir John Pollard.svg 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.
Crest:A brock passant Proper.

Arms of Heigham.svg Clement Higham, Speaker of the House 1554-5

Escutcheon:Sable a fess chequy Or and Azure between three horses' heads erased Argent.
Crest:A horse's head erased Argent.

Arms of Cordell.svg William Cordell, Speaker of the House 1558-9

Escutcheon:Gules a chevron Ermine between three griffins' heads erased Argent.

Elizabeth I (1558-1603)

ArmsName of Speaker and heraldic blazon
No image.svg Sir Thomas Gargrave, Speaker of the House 1559

Escutcheon:Lozengy Or and Sable on a bend of the first three crescents of the second.
Motto: Servire Deo Regnare Est

Coat of arms of Thomas Williams (1514 - 1566).jpg Thomas Williams, Speaker of the House 1563

Escutcheon:Sable three curlews' heads erased Argent.
Crest:A curlew Argent beaked and legged Or.

Arms of Onslow.svg Richard Onslow, Speaker of the House 1566-71

Escutcheon:Argent a fess Gules between six Cornish choughs Proper.

Arms of Sir Christopher Wray.svg Sir Christopher Wray, Speaker of the House 1571

Escutcheon:Azure on a chief Or three martlets Gules.
Crest:An ostrich Or. [6]
Granted 30 December 1586 by Clarenceux Cooke.

Arms of Bell (of Beaupre Hall).svg Robert Bell, Speaker of the House 1572-76

Escutcheon:Sable a fess Ermine between three bells Argent. [7]

Arms of Puckering.svg John Puckering, Speaker of the House 1584-6

Escutcheon:Sable a bend fusily cottised Argent.

Arms of Thomas Snagge.svg Thomas Snagge, Speaker of the House 1589

Escutcheon:Argent three pheons Sable.
Crest:A demi-goat Azure attired Or.

Arms of Coke.svg Edward Coke, Speaker of the House 1592-3

Escutcheon:Party per pale Gules and Azure three eagles displayed Argent.

Arms of Yelverton.svg Christopher Yelverton, Speaker of the House 1597-8

Escutcheon:Argent three lions rampant and a chief Gules.

Arms of Croke.svg John Croke, Speaker of the House 1601

Escutcheon:Gules a fess between six martlets Argent.

James I (1603-1625)

ArmsName of Speaker and heraldic blazon
Arms of Sir Edward Phelips.svg Sir Edward Phelips, Speaker of the House 1603-1611

Escutcheon:Argent a chevron Gules between three roses Proper.
Crest:A square beacon or chest on two wheels Or filled with fire Proper.Motto: Pro Aris Et Focis

Azure a lion rampant Argent.svg Sir Ranulph Crewe, Speaker of the House 1614

Escutcheon:Azure a lion rampant Argent.
Crest:Out of a ducal coronet Or a lion's gamb erect Argent.

Richardson (of Honingham, Norfolk) arms.svg 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.

Azure a lion rampant Argent.svg Sir Thomas Crewe, Speaker of the House 1623-25

Escutcheon:Azure a lion rampant Argent.
Crest:Out of a ducal coronet Or a lion's gamb erect Argent.

Charles I (1625-1649)

ArmsName of Speaker and heraldic blazon
FinchArms.svg Sir Heneage Finch, Speaker of the House 1625-6

Escutcheon:Argent a chevron between three griffins passant Sable.

FinchArms.svg Sir John Finch (later Baron Finch), Speaker of the House 1628-9

Escutcheon:Argent a chevron between three griffins passant Sable.

Arms of Glanville.svg John Glanville, Speaker of the House 1640

Escutcheon:Argent three Saltires Or.
Crest:On a mount Vert a stag trippant Proper.

Arms of William Lenthall.svg 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.
Crest:A greyhound salient Sable collared Or. [8]

No image.svg Henry Pelham, Speaker of the House 1647

Interregnum (1649-1660)

ArmsName of Speaker and heraldic blazon
Arms of Rous.svg Francis Rous, Speaker of the House 1653

Escutcheon:Or an eagle displayed pruning its wings Azure with beak and bill Gules.
Crest:A dove Argent.

Arms of Sir Thomas Widdrington.svg Sir Thomas Widdrington, Speaker of the House 1655-58

Escutcheon:Quarterly Argent and Gules a bend Sable.

No image.svg 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]
Crest:On a tower argent a goshawk close or. [9] [10]

Armorial Bearings of the CHUTE family of Wistaston Court, Marden, Herefordshire.png Chaloner Chute, Speaker of the House 1658-9

Escutcheon:Gules three swords barways the points towards the dexter Proper pomels and hilts Or.
Crest:A dexter cubit arm in armour the hand in a gauntlet grasping a broken sword in bend sinister Proper pomel and hilt Or. [11]

Arms of Sir Lislebone Long.svg Sir Lislebone Long, Speaker of the House 1659

Escutcheon:Sable semée of crosses crosslet a lion rampant Argent.

Arms of Thomas Bampfield.svg Thomas Bampfield, Speaker of the House 1659

Escutcheon:Or on a bend Gules three mullets Argent.

Arms of Grimston of Bradfield.svg 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.

Charles II (1660-1685)

ArmsName of Speaker and heraldic blazon
Arms of Turnour.svg Sir Edward Turnour, Speaker of the House 1661-71

Escutcheon:Ermines on a cross pierced Argent four fers de molines Sable.
Crest:On a wreath Argent and Sable a lion passant guardant holding in his paw a fer de moline Sable.
Motto: Esse Quam Videri

Arms of John Charlton.svg John Charlton, Speaker of the House 1672

Escutcheon:Or a lion rampant Gules a crescent for difference.
Crest:On a wreath a leopard's head Gules.

Arms of Seymour Family.svg 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.

No image.svg 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.
Crest:A demi-lion Azure holding in the paws a saw erect Or.

Armorial Bearings of the GREGORY family of How Caple, Herefordshire.png William Gregory, Speaker of the House 1679

Escutcheon:Or two bars Azure in chief a lion passant of the last.
Crest:A demi-boar rampant Sable armed and collared Or. [12]

Arms of Williams of Gray's Inn.svg William Williams, Speaker of the House 1680-85

Escutcheon:Argent two foxes counter-salient Gules.
Crest:An eagle displayed Or.
Motto: Cadarn Ar Cyfrwjs

Arms of Sir John Trevor.svg Sir John Trevor, Speaker of the House 1685-87 and 1689–95

Escutcheon:Per bend sinister Ermine and Ermines a lion rampant Or. [13]

William III (1688-1702)

ArmsName of Speaker and heraldic blazon
No image.png Henry Powle, Speaker of the House 1688-9

Escutcheon:Argent a chevron Ermine between six lions rampant Or.

Arms of Paul Foley.svg Paul Foley, Speaker of the House 1695-98

Escutcheon:Argent a fess engrailed between three cinquefoils Sable within a bordure of the last.
Crest:A lion rampant Argent holding between the fore-paws an escutcheon charged with the arms.
Motto: Ut Prosim [14] [15]

Arms of Sir Thomas Littleton.svg Sir Thomas Littleton, Speaker of the House 1698-1700

Escutcheon:Argent a chevron between three escallops Sable.

Arms of Robert Harley.svg Robert Harley (later Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer), Speaker of the House 1701-05

Escutcheon:Or a bend cotised Sable.

Arms of Assheton-Smith.svg 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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  10. 1 2 Portrait of Bulstrode Whitelocke, NPG
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