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Somerset Herald

Officer of the College of Arms

Summary

Officer of the College of Arms

FieldValue
imageBadge of the Somerset Herald.svg
image_size150px
captionThe heraldic badge of Somerset Herald of Arms in Ordinary
traditionGallo–British
jurisdictionEngland, Wales and Northern Ireland
authorityCollege of Arms

Somerset Herald of Arms in Ordinary is an officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. In the year 1448 Somerset Herald is known to have served Edmund Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, but by the time of the coronation of Henry VII in 1485 his successor appears to have been raised to the rank of a royal officer, when he was the only herald to receive coronation liveries.

By 1525 Somerset was again in private service, on the staff of Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset, although he was appointed by the King and shared the heralds' fees as a herald extraordinary. On the death of that nobleman in 1536 the herald returned to the service of the crown, and all later officers called Somerset have been members of the royal household as heralds in ordinary. The badge of office is A Portcullis Or Royally Crowned. This is a version of the Beaufort badge.

The current Somerset Herald of Arms is Mark Scott.

Holders of the office

ArmsNameDate of appointmentRef
Royal Herald of Henry VII
[[File:Arms of John Yonge.svg70px]]John Yonge(1493)
[[File:Arms of John Ponde.svg70px]]John Pounde(1511)
Herald to Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset
[[File:Arms of John Ponde.svg70px]]John Pounde(1511)
[[File:Arms of William Hastings.svg70px]]William Hastings(1528)
[[File:Arms of Thomas Treheron.svg70px]]Thomas Traheyron or Trahern(1536)
Somerset Herald of Arms in Ordinary
[[File:Arms of Thomas Treheron.svg70px]]Thomas Traheyron or Trahern1536–1542
[[File:Arms of Richard Ratcliffe.svg70px]]Richard Radcliffe1543–1545
[[File:Arms of William Harvey, Clarenceux King of Arms.svg70px]]William Harvey1545–1551
[[File:Arms of Edmund Atkinson.svg70px]]Edmond Atkinson1551–1571
[[File:Arms of Robert Glover.svg70px]]Robert Glover1571–1588
[[File:Arms of William Segar.svg70px]]William Segar1589–1597
[[File:Arms of Robert Treswell.svg70px]]Robert Treswell1597–1624
John Philipot1624–1645
[[File:Arms of George Owen of Henllys.svg70px]]George Owen1657–1658
[[File:Arms of Sir Edward Bysshe.svg70px]]Henry Bysshe1658–1660
[[File:Arms of Sir Henry St George.svg70px]]Sir Thomas St George1660–1680
[[File:Arms of Francis Burghill.svg70px]]Francis Burghill1680–1700
[[File:Arms of Samuel Stebbing.svg70px]]Samuel Stebbing1700–1720
[[File:Arms of John Warburton.svg70px]]John Warburton1720–1759
[[File:Arms of Ralph Bigland.svg70px]]Ralph Bigland1759–1773
[[File:Arms of Henry Hastings.svg70px]]Henry Hastings1773–1777
[[File:Arms of John Charles Brooke.svg70px]]John Charles Brooke1777–1794
[[File:Arms of Edmund Atkinson.svg70px]]John Atkinson1794–1813
[[File:Arms of James Cathrow.svg70px]]James Cathrow1813–1854
[[File:Arms of William Courthope.svg70px]]William Courthope1854–1866
[[File:Arms of James Robinson Planché.svg70px]]James Planché1866–1872
[[File:Arms of Stephen Isaacson Tucker.svg70px]]Stephen Tucker1880–1887
[[File:Arms of Sir John Bernard Burke.svg70px]]Sir Henry Farnham Burke1887–1911
[[File:Arms of Everard Green.svg70px]]Everard Green1911–1926
[[File:Arms of Sir George Bellew.svg70px]]Sir George Bellew1926–1950
[[File:Arms of Michael Roger Trappes-Lomax.svg70px]]Michael Trappes-Lomax1951–1967
[[File:Arms of Rodney Onslow Dennys.svg70px]]Rodney Dennys1967–1982
[[File:Arms of Thomas Woodcock.svg70px]]Thomas Woodcock1982–1997
[[File:Arms of David Vines White.svg70px]]David Vines White2004–2021
Mark John Rosborough Scott2024–present

References

Notes 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. [http://www.british–history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=76683 ''Letters & Papers Henry VIII'', 1542, no. 1140 (2)]
  2. {{London Gazette. (12 June 1759)
  3. {{London Gazette. (3 February 1778)
  4. {{London Gazette. (25 February 1794)
  5. {{London Gazette. (24 August 1813)
  6. {{London Gazette. (31 January 1854)
  7. {{London Gazette. (17 August 1866)
  8. {{London Gazette. (10 August 1880)
  9. {{London Gazette. (27 October 1911)
  10. {{London Gazette. (23 July 1926)
  11. {{London Gazette. (6 February 1951)
  12. {{London Gazette. (1 September 1967)
  13. {{London Gazette. (1 November 1982)
  14. {{London Gazette. (24 September 2004)
  15. "Somerset Herald - College of Arms".
  16. {{London Gazette. (17 April 2024)
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