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Portcullis Pursuivant

Officer of the College of Arms

Summary

Officer of the College of Arms

FieldValue
imageBadge of the Portcullis Pursuivant.svg
image_size150px
captionThe heraldic badge of Portcullis Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary
traditionGallo-British
jurisdictionEngland, Wales and Northern Ireland
authorityCollege of Arms

Portcullis Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary is a junior officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. The office is named after the Portcullis chained Or badge of the Beauforts, which was a favourite device of Henry VII. King Henry's mother was Lady Margaret Beaufort. The office was instituted around 1485, probably at the time of Henry's coronation. The badge of office is very similar to that of Somerset Herald of Arms in Ordinary, the latter being ensigned with the Royal Crown. The earliest recorded Portcullis Pursuivant was James or Jacques Videt, who was the plaintiff in a Common Pleas case in 1498 and again in 1500.

The office is currently vacant.

Holders of the office

ArmsNameDate of appointmentRef
James Videt(Henry VII)
Ralph Lagysse(Henry VII)
[[File:Arms of Robert Fayery.svg70px]]Robert Fayery or Fairy1516–1549
[[File:Arms of Richard Withers.svg70px]]Richard Withers1550–1553
[[File:Arms of John Cocke.svg70px]]John Cocke1553–1559
[[File:Arms of Edward Merlin.svg70px]]Edward Merlin1559–1559
[[File:Arms of Ralph Langman.svg70px]]Ralph Langman1559–1567
[[File:Arms of Robert Glover.svg70px]]Robert Glover1567–1571
[[File:Arms of Richard Lee.svg70px]]Richard Lee1571–1585
[[File:Arms of William Segar.svg70px]]William Segar1585–1588
[[File:Arms of Thomas Lant.svg70px]]Thomas Lant1588–1597
[[File:Arms of Samuel Thompson.svg70px]]Samuel Thompson1597–1619
[[File:Arms of Philip Holland.svg70px]]Philip Holland1619–1625
[[File:Arms of Thomas Preston.svg70px]]Thomas Preston1625–1633
[[File:Arms of Beauchamp (of Hatch).svg70px]]John Beauchamp1633–1660
[[File:Arms of John Wingfield.svg70px]]John Wingfield1660–1663
[[File:Arms of Thomas Holford.svg70px]]Thomas HolfordFrom 1663
[[File:Arms of Thomas Holford.svg70px]]Thomas Holford, junior(James II)
Laurence CrompFrom 1689
[[File:Arms of John Hesketh.svg70px]]John Hesketh(William III)
[[File:Arms of Thomas Whitwick.svg70px]]Thomas Wightwick1713–1718
[[File:Arms of Charles Mawson.svg70px]]Richard Mawson1718–1745
[[File:Arms of Thomas Thornberry.svg70px]]Thomas Thornberry1745
[[File:Arms of Peter Toms.svg70px]]Peter Toms1746–1780
John-Doddington Forth1780–1817
[[File:Arms of George Frederick Beltz.svg70px]]George Frederick Beltz1817–1822
[[File:Arms of James Pulman.svg70px]]James Pulman1822–1838
[[File:Arms of Sir William Woods.svg70px]]Sir Albert Woods1838–1841
George Collen1841–1878
[[File:Arms of Arthur Staunton Larken.svg70px]]Arthur Larken1878–1882
[[File:Arms of William Lindsay.svg70px]]William Lindsay1883–1894
[[File:Arms of Thomas Morgan Joseph-Watkin.svg70px]]Thomas Joseph-Watkin7 April 1894 – 1913
Keith Murray1913–1922
[[File:Arms of Sir George Bellew.svg70px]]George Bellew1922–1926
[[File:Arms of Alfred Trego Butler.svg70px]]Alfred Butler1926–1931
[[File:Arms of Sir Anthony Wagner.svg70px]]Sir Anthony Wagner1931–1943
[[File:Arms of Lord Sinclair.svg70px]]Charles Murray Kennedy St Clair, 17th Lord Sinclair1949–1957
[[File:Arms of Sir Colin Cole.svg70px]]Sir Alexander Colin Cole1957–1966
[[File:Arms of Michael Maclagan.svg70px]]Michael Maclagan1970–1980
[[File:Arms of Peter Brotherton Spurrier.svg70px]]Peter Spurrier1981–1992
[[File:Arms of William George Hunt.svg70px]]William Hunt1992–1999
[[File:Arms of Vane.svg70px]]Christopher Fletcher-Vane2012–2017
Dominic Charles Davenport Ingram2022–2024
Vacant2024–present

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)

References

  1. "AALT Page".
  2. "AALT Page".
  3. {{London Gazette. (1 June 1822)
  4. {{London Gazette. (24 July 1838)
  5. {{London Gazette. (9 November 1841)
  6. {{London Gazette. (22 February 1878)
  7. {{London Gazette. (29 December 1882)
  8. {{London Gazette. (10 April 1894)
  9. {{London Gazette. (22 July 1913)
  10. {{London Gazette. (3 March 1922)
  11. {{London Gazette. (23 July 1926)
  12. {{London Gazette. (12 June 1931)
  13. {{London Gazette. (5 July 1949)
  14. {{London Gazette. (26 July 1957)
  15. {{London Gazette. (24 March 1970)
  16. {{London Gazette. (20 January 1981)
  17. {{London Gazette. (2 November 1992)
  18. {{London Gazette. (20 August 2012)
  19. {{London Gazette. (25 February 2022)
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