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Windsor Herald
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The heraldic badge of Windsor Herald of Arms in Ordinary
 
Heraldic traditionGallo-British
JurisdictionEngland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Governing bodyCollege of Arms

Windsor Herald of Arms in Ordinary is an officer of arms at the College of Arms in London.

It has been suggested that the office was instituted specifically for the Order of the Garter in 1348, or that it predates the Order and was in use as early as 1338. However, it is more likely that it dates from 1364, when a pursuivant of Edward III, on bringing the king news of the victory at Auray, was rewarded by promotion to the rank of herald with the title Windsor. Thereafter there is little mention of the office before 1419, when Windsor Herald was sent to the Duke of Brittany. Since that time, the office has been maintained. The badge of office is the sunburst badge of Edward III (Edward of Windsor) royally crowned.

The best-known Windsor Herald was the 17th-century antiquarian, Elias Ashmole. The office is vacant.[1]

Holders of the office

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Arms Name Date of appointment Ref
Andrew (surname unknown) (Edward III)
Stephen (surname unknown) (1366)
Image Thomas More (Henry VI)
Image Robert Ashwell (Henry VI)
Image John Ferrant (Edward IV)
Image John Ballard (Edward IV)
Image Thomas Holme 1461–1468
Image John More 1468–1486
Image Richard Slacke 1486–1502
Image Thomas Benolte 1504–1510
Francis Dyes 1510–1524
Image Thomas Wall 1524–1529
Image Charles Wriothesley 1529–1565
Image Richard Turpin 1565–1583
Image Nicholas Dethick 1583–1597
Image Thomas Lant 1597–1602
Image Richard St George 1602–1604
Image Samuel Thompson 1617–1624
Image Augustine Vincent 1624–1626
Image John Bradshaw 1626–1633
Edward Norgate 1633–1650
Image Elias Ashmole 1660–1675
Image John Dugdale 1676–1686
Henry Ball 1686–1687
Image Thomas Holdford 1687–1690
Image Peers Mauduit 1690–1726
Image James Whorwood 1726–1736
Image John Kettell 1736–1746 [2]
Image Richard Mawson 1746–1746
Image Thomas Thornborough 1746–1757
Image Henry Hill 1757–1774 [3]
Image George Harrison 1774–1784 [4]
Francis Townsend 1784–1819 [5]
Image Francis Martin 1819–1839 [6]
Image Robert Laurie 1839–1849 [7]
Image George Rogers-Harrison 1849–1880 [8]
Image Sir William Weldon 1880–1894 [9]
Image William Lindsay 1894–1919 [10]
Image Sir Algar Howard 1919–1931 [11]
Image Alfred Butler 1931–1946 [12]
Image Richard Graham-Vivian 1947–1966 [13]
Image Sir Colin Cole 1966–1978 [14]
Image Theobald Mathew 1978–1997 [15]
Image William George Hunt 1999–2017 [16]
Image John Allen-Petrie 2019–2026 [17][18][19]
Vacant 2026–present [20]

See also

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References

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Citations

  1. ↑ "The Officers of Arms". www.college-of-arms.gov.uk.
  2. ↑ "No. 7530". The London Gazette. 3 August 1736. p. 1.
  3. ↑ "No. 9742". The London Gazette. 22 November 1757. p. 1.
  4. ↑ "No. 11505". The London Gazette. 29 October 1774. p. 1.
  5. ↑ "No. 12548". The London Gazette. 1 June 1784. p. 1.
  6. ↑ "No. 17468". The London Gazette. 13 April 1819. p. 658.
  7. ↑ "No. 19702". The London Gazette. 1 February 1839. p. 190.
  8. ↑ "No. 20996". The London Gazette. 6 July 1849. p. 2158.
  9. ↑ "No. 24835". The London Gazette. 20 April 1880. p. 2600.
  10. ↑ "No. 26494". The London Gazette. 13 March 1894. p. 1523.
  11. ↑ "No. 31598". The London Gazette. 14 October 1919. p. 12654.
  12. ↑ "No. 33688". The London Gazette. 10 February 1931. p. 927.
  13. ↑ "No. 37875". The London Gazette. 7 February 1947. p. 661.
  14. ↑ "No. 44172". The London Gazette. 15 November 1966. p. 12311.
  15. ↑ "No. 47661". The London Gazette. 12 October 1978. p. 12091.
  16. ↑ "No. 55620". The London Gazette. 27 September 1999. p. 10313.
  17. ↑ "No. 62706". The London Gazette. 10 July 2019. p. 12352.
  18. ↑ "Home". jmpetrie.com.
  19. ↑ "Elected Members recognised in New Year's Honours".
  20. ↑ "The Officers of Arms". www.college-of-arms.gov.uk. Retrieved 17 July 2026.

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)
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