Lancaster Herald

Lancaster Herald of Arms in Ordinary is an English officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. The title of Lancaster Herald first occurs in 1347 at Calais, and to begin with this officer was a servant to the noble house of Lancaster. As a retainer of John of Gaunt (1377–1399) Lancaster was advanced to the rank of King of Arms, and was later promoted to the royal household of Henry IV (Gaunt's son), and made king of the northern province. This arrangement continued until 1464, when Lancaster reverted to the rank of herald. Since the reign of King Henry VII (1485–1509) Lancaster has been a herald in ordinary. The badge of office is a red rose of Lancaster, royally crowned.

Lancaster Herald

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

Adam Tuck, as Rouge Dragon, at the 2022 State Opening of Parliament

The current Lancaster Herald of Arms is Adam Tuck.

Holders of the office

Arms	Name	Date of appointment	Ref
Lancaster Herald to the Earl or Duke of Lancaster
	Herman (surname unknown)	(1354)
	John (surname unknown)	(1358)
	Nicholas (surname unknown)	(1366)
	Roger Durroit, Esq.	(1386)
	Richard Bruges, Esq.	(Richard II)
Lancaster King of Arms in Ordinary
	Richard Bruges, Esq.	(Richard II)
	John Ashwell, Esq.	(1426)
	William Boys, Esq.	(1436)
	William Tyndale, Esq.	(1447)
Lancaster Herald of Arms in Ordinary
	James Collier or Collyer, Esq.	(Edward IV)
	Richard Ashwell, Esq.	(Edward IV)
	(name unknown)	(1486)
	Thomas Wall, Esq.	1509–1526
	William Jennings or Jenys, Esq.[a]	1526–1527
	William Fellows, Esq.	1527–1531
	Fulk ap Howell, Esq.[b]	1531–1536
	Thomas Milner, Esq.[c]	1536–1538
	Nicholas Tubman, Esq.	1553–1559
	John Cocke, Esq.	1559–1588
	Nicholas Paddy, Esq.	1588–1602
	Francis Thynne, Esq.	1602–1609
	Nicholas Charles, Esq.	1609–1613
	William Penson, Esq.	1613–1637
	Thomas Thompson, Esq.	1637–1641
	William Ryley, Esq.	1641–1658
	George Barkham, Esq.	1658–1660
	William Ryley, Esq.	1660–1665
	Robert Chaloner, Esq.	1665–1676
	Francis Sandford, Esq.	1676–1689
	Gregory King, Esq.	1689–1712
	Rowland Fryth, Esq.	1712–1713
	John Hesketh, Esq.	1713–1727
	Stephen Martin Leake, Esq.	1727–1729
	Charles Greene, Esq.	1729–1743
	Thomas Browne, Esq.	1743–1761	[5]
	Sir Isaac Heard	1761–1774
	Thomas Lock, Esq.	1774–1781
	Charles Townley[d]	1781–1793
	Edmund Lodge, Esq., FSA	1793–1822	[6]
	George Frederick Beltz KH, FSA	1822–1841	[7]
	Sir Albert William Woods, GCVO, KCB, KCMG, KGStJ, FSA	1841–1869	[8]
	George Edward Cokayne, Esq., FSA[e]	1870–1882	[9]
	Edward Bellasis, Esq.	1882–1922	[10]
	Archibald George Blomefield Russell, Esq., CVO, FSA	1922–1954	[11]
	John Riddell Bromhead Walker, Esq., CVO, MC	1954–1968	[12]
	Francis Sedley Andrus, Esq., LVO	1972–1982	[13]
	Sir Peter Llewellyn Gwynn-Jones, Esq., KCVO, FSA	1982–1995	[14]
	Robert John Baptist Noel, Esq.	1999–2021	[15]
	Adam Simon Tuck, Esq.	2023–present	[16]

See also

• Heraldry
• Officer of Arms

References

Notes

1. made visitation at Carmarthen in 1530.^[1]
2. Re-instated 1539,^[2] executed for counterfeiting Clarenceaux's seal, December 1549.^[3]
3. condemned for his submission to Robert Aske.^[4]
4. Son of Sir Charles Townley
5. Then named as George Edward Adams, Esq.

Citations

1. Jones, Francis (2011-07-25). "Departed Glories of the Grey Friars" (PDF). The Carmarthenshire Historian (1985). 20: 65–71. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-25.
2. Letters & Papers Henry VIII, vol. 14 part 1, (1894), xix, no. 406: vol. 14 part 2, (1895), no. 781.
3. Nichols, J. G. ed., The Diary of Henry Machyn, (1848), 49 note.
4. Murray, John (1831). State Papers Henry VIII, vol. 1, part 1 & 2.
5. "No. 8216". The London Gazette. 19 April 1743. p. 4.
6. "No. 13599". The London Gazette. 3 December 1793. p. 1081.
7. "No. 17822". The London Gazette. 1 June 1822. p. 916.
8. "No. 20036". The London Gazette. 9 November 1841. p. 2757.
9. "No. 23581". The London Gazette. 28 January 1870. p. 535.
10. "No. 25125". The London Gazette. 7 July 1882. p. 3160.
11. "No. 32680". The London Gazette. 25 April 1922. p. 3229.
12. "No. 40149". The London Gazette. 16 April 1954. p. 2295.
13. "No. 45789". The London Gazette. 28 September 1972. p. 11447.
14. "No. 48932". The London Gazette. 25 March 1982. p. 4121.
15. "No. 55620". The London Gazette. 27 September 1999. p. 10313.
16. "No. 64221". The London Gazette. 7 November 2023. p. 22370.

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