Richmond Herald

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

Richmond Herald of Arms in Ordinary is an officer of arms of the College of Arms in England. From 1421 to 1485, Richmond was a herald to John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, and Henry, Earl of Richmond, all of whom held the Honour (estate) of Richmond. However, on the accession of Henry as Henry VII of England in 1485, Richmond became a king of arms and remained so until 1510, when the office became that of a herald in ordinary of the Crown. The badge of office is a red rose of Lancaster dimidiating the white rose en soleil of York, ensigned by the royal crown. Although this device has all the characteristics of a Tudor invention, it is likely to be of fairly recent derivation.

The office is currently vacant, its last holder having been promoted to Norroy and Ulster King of Arms in 2024.

Holders of the office

Arms	Name	Date of appointment	Ref
Herald of John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford
	Peter Bouchard	(1430)
	Thomas More, Esq.	(Henry VI)
Herald of George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence
	William Brereton	(Edward IV)
	Thomas Griffin, Esq.	(1473)
Herald of Henry Tudor, 2nd Earl of Richmond
	Roger Machado	(1485)
Lancaster Herald of Arms in Ordinary
	Robert Browne	1498–1510
	John Joyner	1511–1522
	Christopher Barker	1522–1536
	John Narboone	1536–1540
	Gilbert Dethick	1540–1547
	Lawrence Dalton	1547–1557
	Nicholas Narboone	1557–1566
	Hugh Cotgrave	1566–1585
	Richard Lee	1585–1597
	William Camden	1597–1597
	John Raven	1597–1615
	Sir Henry St George	1615–1635
	George Mainwaring	1635–1660
	Henry St George, the younger	1660–1677
	Henry Dethick	1677–1704
	John Hare	1704–1707
	Peter Le Neve	1707–1721
	Robert Dale	1721–1722	[1]
	Charles Whinyates	1722–1737	[2]
	James Lane	1738–1755	[2]
	Francis Grose	1755–1763
	Henry Pujolas, Jun	1763–1764	[3]
	Peter Dore	1764–1780
	Ralph Bigland	1780–1803	[4]
	Joseph Hawker	1803–1838	[5]
	James Pulman	1838–1846	[6]
	Matthew Howard-Gibbon	1846–1873	[7]
	Henry Molyneux-Seel	1873–1882	[8]
	Arthur Larken	1882–1889	[9]
	Charles Athill	1889–1919	[10]
	Sir Gerald Wollaston	1919–1928	[11]
	Henry Robert Charles Martin	1928–1942	[12]
	Sir Anthony Wagner	1943–1961
	Robin Milne Stuart de la Lanne-Mirrlees	1962–1967	[13]
	John Brooke-Little	1967–1980	[14]
	Michael Maclagan	1980–1989	[15]
	Patric Dickinson	1989–2010	[16]
	Clive Cheesman	2010–2024	[17]
	Vacant	2024–present

See also

• Heraldry
• Officer of Arms
• The College of Arms

References

Citations

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

• Richmond Herald of Arms