Windsor Herald

Windsor Herald

The heraldic badge of Windsor Herald of Arms in Ordinary
Heraldic tradition	Gallo-British
Jurisdiction	England, Wales and Northern Ireland
Governing body	College of Arms

Windsor Herald of Arms in Ordinary is an officer of arms at the College of Arms in London.

It has been suggested that the office was instituted specifically for the Order of the Garter in 1348, or that it predates the Order and was in use as early as 1338. However, it is more likely that it dates from 1364, when a pursuivant of Edward III, on bringing the king news of the victory at Auray, was rewarded by promotion to the rank of herald with the title Windsor. Thereafter there is little mention of the office before 1419, when Windsor Herald was sent to the Duke of Brittany. Since that time, the office has been maintained. The badge of office is the sunburst badge of Edward III (Edward of Windsor) royally crowned.

The best-known Windsor Herald was the 17th-century antiquarian, Elias Ashmole. The current Windsor Herald of Arms in Ordinary is John Allen-Petrie. ^[1]

Holders of the office

Arms	Name	Date of appointment	Ref
	Andrew (surname unknown)	(Edward III)
	Stephen (surname unknown)	(1366)
	Thomas More	(Henry VI)
	Robert Ashwell	(Henry VI)
	John Ferrant	(Edward IV)
	John Ballard	(Edward IV)
	Thomas Holme	1461–1468
	John More	1468–1486
	Richard Slacke	1486–1502
	Thomas Benolte	1504–1510
	Francis Dyes	1510–1524
	Thomas Wall	1524–1529
	Charles Wriothesley	1529–1565
	Richard Turpin	1565–1583
	Nicholas Dethick	1583–1597
	Thomas Lant	1597–1602
	Richard St George	1602–1604
	Samuel Thompson	1617–1624
	Augustine Vincent	1624–1626
	John Bradshaw	1626–1633
	Edward Norgate	1633–1650
	Elias Ashmole	1660–1675
	John Dugdale	1676–1686
	Henry Ball	1686–1687
	Thomas Holdford	1687–1690
	Peers Mauduit	1690–1726
	James Whorwood	1726–1736
	John Kettell	1736–1746	[2]
	Richard Mawson	1746–1746
	Thomas Thornborough	1746–1757
	Henry Hill	1757–1774	[3]
	George Harrison	1774–1784	[4]
	Francis Townsend	1784–1819	[5]
	Francis Martin	1819–1839	[6]
	Robert Laurie	1839–1849	[7]
	George Rogers-Harrison	1849–1880	[8]
	Sir William Weldon	1880–1894	[9]
	William Lindsay	1894–1919	[10]
	Sir Algar Howard	1919–1931	[11]
	Alfred Butler	1931–1946	[12]
	Richard Graham-Vivian	1947–1966	[13]
	Sir Colin Cole	1966–1978	[14]
	Theobald Mathew	1978–1997	[15]
	William George Hunt	1999–2017	[16]
	John Allen-Petrie	2019–present	[17] [18] [19]

See also

• Heraldry
• Officer of arms

References

Citations

1. "Windsor Herald - College of Arms". www.college-of-arms.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
2. "No. 7530". The London Gazette. 3 August 1736. p. 1.
3. "No. 9742". The London Gazette. 22 November 1757. p. 1.
4. "No. 11505". The London Gazette. 29 October 1774. p. 1.
5. "No. 12548". The London Gazette. 1 June 1784. p. 1.
6. "No. 17468". The London Gazette. 13 April 1819. p. 658.
7. "No. 19702". The London Gazette. 1 February 1839. p. 190.
8. "No. 20996". The London Gazette. 6 July 1849. p. 2158.
9. "No. 24835". The London Gazette. 20 April 1880. p. 2600.
10. "No. 26494". The London Gazette. 13 March 1894. p. 1523.
11. "No. 31598". The London Gazette. 14 October 1919. p. 12654.
12. "No. 33688". The London Gazette. 10 February 1931. p. 927.
13. "No. 37875". The London Gazette. 7 February 1947. p. 661.
14. "No. 44172". The London Gazette. 15 November 1966. p. 12311.
15. "No. 47661". The London Gazette. 12 October 1978. p. 12091.
16. "No. 55620". The London Gazette. 27 September 1999. p. 10313.
17. "No. 62706". The London Gazette. 10 July 2019. p. 12352.
18. "Home". jmpetrie.com.
19. "Elected Members recognised in New Year's Honours".

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)

External links

• The College of Arms
• CUHGS Officer of Arms Index