York Herald

York Herald

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

York Herald of Arms in Ordinary is an officer of arms at the College of Arms. The first York Herald is believed to have been an officer to Edmund of Langley, Duke of York around the year 1385, but the first completely reliable reference to such a herald is in February 1484, when John Water alias Yorke, herald was granted certain fees by Richard III. These fees included the Manor of Bayhall in Pembury, Kent, and 8 pounds, 6 shillings, and 8 pence a year from the Lordship of Huntingfield in Kent. The badge of office is the White Rose of York en soleil ensigned by the Royal Crown.

The current York Herald of Arms is Peter O'Donoghue.

Holders of the office

Arms	Name	Date of appointment	Ref
	Henry French or Franke	(Edward IV)
	Thomas Hollingworth	(Edward IV)
	John Water	(1484)
	Rowland Playnford	(Henry VII)
	John Mynne	(Henry VII)
	William Wriothesley or Writhe	1509–1513
	Thomas Tonge	1513–1522
	Ralph Lagysse	1522–1528
	Thomas Bysley	1528–1530
	Allan Dagnall	1530–1538
	Bartholomew Butler	1538–1553
	Martin Maroffe	1553–1564
	William Colborne	1564–1567
	Ralph Langman	1567–1570
	William Dethick	1570–1587
	Humphry Hales [1]	1587–1593
	Ralph Brooke	1593–1625
	William Le Neve	1625–1633
	George Owen	(1633)
	George Owen	1660–1663
	John Wingfield	1663–1675
	Robert Devenish	1675–1700
	Laurence Cromp [a]	1700–1717
	Thomas Whitwick	1717–1722
	Philip Jones	1722–1735
	Charles Townley	1735–1753	[2]
	George Fletcher	1753–1786
	Benjamin Pingo	1786–1794	[3]
	George Nayler	1794–1820
	Charles Young	1820–1842	[4]
	Edward Howard-Gibbons	1842–1848	[5]
	Thomas King	1848–1872	[6]
	John de Havilland	1872–1886	[7]
	Sir Alfred Scott-Gatty	1886–1904	[8]
	George William Marshall	1904–1905	[9]
	Gordon Lee	1905–1922	[10]
	Philip Cary	1923–1932	[11]
	Aubrey Toppin	1932–1957	[12]
	Charles Murray Kennedy St Clair, 17th Lord Sinclair	1957–1968	[13]
	Sir Conrad Swan	1968–1992	[14]
	Peter Spurrier	1992–1993	[15]
	Sir Henry Paston-Bedingfeld, 10th Baronet.	1993–2010	[16]
	Peter O'Donoghue	2012–Present	[17]

See also

• Heraldry
• Officer of Arms

References

Notes

1. Concurrently held the office of Carolina Herald.

Citations

1. Brother of Sir James Hales (died 1589)
2. "No. 7420". The London Gazette. 15 July 1735. p. 1.
3. "No. 12722". The London Gazette. 31 January 1786. p. 45.
4. "No. 2811". The Edinburgh Gazette. 6 June 1820. p. 171.
5. "No. 20126". The London Gazette. 5 August 1842. p. 2127.
6. "No. 20869". The London Gazette. 20 June 1848. p. 2312.
7. "No. 23842". The London Gazette. 22 March 1872. p. 1584.
8. "No. 25634". The London Gazette. 15 October 1886. p. 5008.
9. "No. 27712". The London Gazette. 9 September 1904. p. 5839.
10. "No. 27859". The London Gazette. 1 December 1905. p. 8644.
11. "No. 32783". The London Gazette. 2 January 1923. p. 50.
12. "No. 33897". The London Gazette. 30 December 1932. p. 8332.
13. "No. 41136". The London Gazette. 26 July 1957. p. 4428.
14. "No. 44608". The London Gazette. 6 June 1968. p. 6411.
15. "No. 53092". The London Gazette. 29 October 1992. p. 18169.
16. "No. 53435". The London Gazette. 23 September 1993. p. 15437.
17. "No. 60243". The London Gazette. 20 August 2012. p. 15985.

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