Officers of The College of Arms
(in the reign of Elizabeth)
Office Holder |
Year |
GARTER KING OF ARMS |
|
Sir Gilbert Dethick | 1550-1584 |
18 month vacancy (Robert Cooke appointed Acting Garter) | 1584-1586 |
William Dethick | 1587-1606 |
CLARENCEUX KING OF ARMS |
|
William Hervy | 1557-1567 |
Robert Cooke | 1567-1593 |
Richard Lee | 1594-1597 |
William Camden | 1597-1623 |
NORROY KING OF ARMS |
|
Laurence Dalton | 1557-1561 |
William Flower | 1562-1588 |
vacancy | 1588-1592 |
Edmund Knight | 1592-1593 |
vacancy | 1593-1597 |
William Segar | 1597-1604 |
CHESTER HERALD |
|
William Flower | 1545-1562 |
Robert Cooke | 1562-1567 |
John Hart | 1567-1574 |
Edmund Knight | 1574-1590 |
James Thomas | 1590-1603 |
LANCASTER HERALD |
|
Nicholas Tubman | 1553-1559 |
John Cocke | 1559-1586 |
Nicholas Paddy | 1588-1602 |
Francis Thynne | 1602-1608 |
RICHMOND HERALD |
|
Nicholas Narboon | 1557-1566 |
Hugh Cotgrave | 1566-1584 |
Richard Lee | 1584-1594 |
William Camden (for one day, before being appointed Clarenceux) | 1597 |
John Raven | 1597-1616 |
SOMERSET HERALD |
|
Edmund Atkinson | 1550-1570 |
Robert Glover | 1570-1588 |
William Segar | 1588-1597 |
Robert Treswell | 1597-1624 |
WINDSOR HERALD |
|
Charles Wriothesley | 1534-1562 |
Richard Turpin | 1562-1581 |
Nicholas Dethick | 1583-1596 |
Thomas Lant | 1597-1601 |
Richard St. George | 1602-1604 |
YORK HERALD |
|
Martin Marroffe | 1552-1564 |
William Colbarne | 1565-1567 |
Ralph Langham | 1567-1570 |
William Dethick | 1570-1587 |
Humphrey Hales | 1587-1592 |
Ralph Brooke | 1592-1625 |
BLUEMANTLE PURSUIVANT |
|
John Hollingsworth | 1557-1559 |
Richard Turpin | 1559-1565 |
Nicholas Dethick | 1565-1583 |
Humphrey Hales | 1583-1587 |
James Thomas | 1587-1589 |
Robert Treswell | 1589-1597 |
Mercury Patten | 1597-1611 |
PORTCULLIS PURSUIVANT |
|
John Cocke | 1553-1559 |
Edward Merlin | 1559 |
Ralph Langman | 1559-1568 |
Robert Glover | 1568-1571 |
Richard Lee | 1571-1585 |
William Segar | 1585-1588 |
Thomas Lant | 1588-1597 |
Samuel Thompson | 1597-1606 |
ROUGE CROIX PURSUIVANT |
|
Hugh Cotgrave | 1553-1566 |
William Dethick | 1567-1570 |
Thomas Dawes | 1570-1580 |
Ralph Brooke | 1580-1592 |
Thomas Knight | 1592-1603 |
ROUGE DRAGON PURSUIVANT |
|
William Colbarne | 1553-1565 |
Edmund Knight | 1565-1574 |
Nicholas Paddy | 1574-1588 |
John Raven | 1588-1597 |
William Smith | 1597-1618 |
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