Rouge Croix Pursuivant

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Rouge Croix Pursuivant
Badge of the Rouge Croix Pursuivant.svg
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

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.

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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

ArmsNameDate of appointmentRef
Nicholas Serby(Henry IV)
Arms of William Boys.svg Richard Boys(Henry IV)
Giles Waster(Henry V)
Arms of Roger Legh (or Lygh).svg Roger Legh or Lygh(Henry V)
Arms of John Wrythe.svg John Writhe (Henry V)
John Mowbray(1422)
Arms of John Ashwell.svg Robert Ashwell(Henry VI)
Arms of James Billett.svg James Billett(Henry VI)
Arms of Roger Mallett.svg John Mallett(Henry VI)
Robert Dunham(Henry VI)
Arms of John Ashwell.svg Richard Ashwell(Henry VI)
Arms of John Ballard.svg John Ballard(Henry VI)
Arms of Sir Thomas Holme.svg Thomas Holme(Henry VI)
Arms of Thomas More (herald).svg John More(Henry VI)
Arms of Christopher Carlill.svg William Carlill(Edward IV)
Arms of Roger Stamford.svg Roger Stamford(Edward IV)
Arms of Richard Slacke.svg Richard Slacke(Edward IV)
Arms of John Water.svg John Water or Walter(Edward IV)
Arms of Thomas Benolt.svg Thomas Benolt(Edward IV)
Arms of John Water.svg Thomas Waters(Edward IV)
Arms of Thomas and Robert Browne.svg Robert Browne(Edward IV)
Arms of William Jennings.svg William Jenyns(Edward IV)
Arms of Thomas Tonge.svg Thomas Tonge(Edward IV)
George Berry(1484)
Richard Greenwood(1485)
(name unknown)(1492)
Arms of John Wrythe.svg William Wriothesley 1505–1509
Arms of Thomas Hawley.svg Thomas Hawley 1509–1515
Laurence de la Gatta1515–1520
Arms of Thomas Wall (Garter).svg Thomas Wall1521–1521
Arms of John Wrythe.svg Charles Wriothesley 1524–1535
Arms of Bartholomew Butler.svg Bartholomew Butler1535–1538
Thomas Stevenson1538–1540
Arms of Sir Gilbert Dethick.svg Gilbert Dethick 1540–1541
Arms of Sir Christopher Barker.svg Justinian Barker1541–1543
Arms of William Flower.svg William Flower 1543–1546
Arms of Lawrence Dalton.svg Lawrence Dalton 1546–1547
Simon Newbald(Edward VI)
Nicholas Tubman1551–1553
Arms of Hugh Cotgrave.svg Henry Cotgrove1553–1566
Arms of Sir Gilbert Dethick.svg William Dethick 1566–1569
Thomas Dawes1569–1580
Arms of Ralph Brooke.svg Ralph Brooke 1580–1592
Arms of Thomas Knight.svg Thomas Knight1592–1604
William Wyrley 1604–1619
John Guillim 1619–1621
Arms of Augustine Vincent.svg Augustine Vincent 1621–1624
Arms of John Bradshaw.svg John Bradshaw1624–1626
Arms of George Owen of Henllys.svg George Owen 1626–1637
Arms of Sir Edward Walker.svg Edward Walker 1637–1638
Henry Lilly1638–1639
Arms of Sir William Dugdale.svg William Dugdale 1639–?
Arms of Robert Browne.svg Robert Browne(intruded)
Everard Exton(intruded)
Arms of Sir Gilbert Dethick.svg Henry Dethick, Esq.1660–1677
Henry Ball1677–1686
Arms of Charles Mawson.svg Charles Mawson1686–1688
Arms of Samuel Stebbing.svg Samuel Stebbing1688–?
Arms of Peter Le Neve.svg Peter Le Neve (Anne)
John Bound(Anne)
Richard Graham1722–1725
John Pomfret1725–1751
Alexander Cozens1751–1752
Arms of Henry Hastings.svg Henry Hastings1752?–1773
Arms of John Charles Brooke.svg John Charles Brooke, Esq., FSA 1773–1777
Francis Townsend1777–1784 [2]
Arms of Edmund Atkinson.svg John Atkinson1784–1794
Arms of Joseph Hawker.svg Joseph Hawker1794–1803 [3]
William Radclyffe1803–1823 [4]
Arms of Robert Laurie.svg Robert Laurie1823–1839 [5]
Arms of William Courthope.svg William Courthope 1839–1854 [6]
Arms of James Robinson Planche.svg James Robinson Planché 1854–1866 [7]
Arms of John von Sonntag de Havilland.svg John von Sonnentag de Havilland 1866–1872 [8]
Arms of Stephen Isaacson Tucker.svg Stephen Isaacson Tucker1872–1880 [9]
Arms of Sir John Bernard Burke.svg Sir Henry Farnham Burke, KCVO, CB, FSA1880–1887 [10]
Arms of George William Marshall.svg George William Marshall, Esq., LLD, FSA1887–1904 [11]
Arms of Sir Arthur Cochrane.svg Sir Arthur William Stuart Cochrane, KCVO1904–1915 [12]
Arms of Archibald Russell.svg Archibald George Blomefield Russell, Esq., CVO, FSA1915–1922 [13]
Arms of Henry Robert Charles Martin.svg Henry Robert Charles Martin, Esq., FSA1922–1928 [14]
Philip Walter Kerr, Esq., MVO, FSA1928–1941
Arms of John Riddell Bromhead Walker.svg John Riddell Bromhead Walker, Esq., CVO, MC 1947–1954
Arms of Sir Walter Verco.svg Sir Walter John George Verco, KCVO1954–1960
Arms of Rodney Onslow Dennys.svg Rodney Dennys, Esq., CVO, OBE, FSA1961–1967 [15]
Arms of David Hubert Boothby Chesshyre.svg (David) Hubert Boothby Chesshyre, Esq., FSA
1970–1978 [16]
Arms of Thomas Woodcock.svg Sir Thomas Woodcock, KCVO, FSA1978–1982 [17]
Arms of Sir Henry Paston-Bedingfeld.svg Sir Henry Edgar Paston-Bedingfeld, Bt.1983–1993 [18]
Arms of David Vines White.svg David Vines White, Esq.1995–2004 [19]
Arms of John Michael Allen-Petrie.svg John Michael Allen-Petrie, Esq., OBE2013–2019 [20] [21]
Thomas Andrew Johnston, Esq.2023–present [22]

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  3. ↑ "No. 13642". The London Gazette. 15 April 1794. p. 344.
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  9. ↑ "No. 23895". The London Gazette. 10 September 1872. p. 3969.
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  12. ↑ "No. 27712". The London Gazette. 9 September 1904. p. 5839.
  13. ↑ "No. 29364". The London Gazette. 12 November 1915. p. 11186.
  14. ↑ "No. 32717". The London Gazette. 6 June 1922. p. 4328.
  15. ↑ "No. 42432". The London Gazette. 8 August 1961. p. 5852.
  16. ↑ "No. 47659". The London Gazette. 9 October 1978. p. 11997.
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  19. ↑ "No. 54252". The London Gazette. 28 December 1995. p. 17450.
  20. ↑ "No. 60665". The London Gazette. 23 October 2013. p. 20913.
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  22. ↑ "No. 63979". The London Gazette. 24 February 2023. p. 3638.
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