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Clarenceux King of Arms is an officer of arms
Officer of arms

An officer of arms is a person appointed by a Sovereignty or state with authority to perform one or more of the following functions:*to control and initiate Armory matters...
 at the College of Arms
College of Arms

The College of Arms, or Heralds' College, is an office regulating heraldry and granting new armorial bearings for England, Wales and Northern Ireland....
 in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
. Clarenceux is the senior of the two provincial kings of arms
King of Arms

King of Arms is the senior rank of an Officer of Arms. In many heraldry traditions, only a king of arms has the authority to grant armorial bearings....
 and his jurisdiction is that part of England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 south
South

South is one of the cardinal directions and is opposite to the north.By Western world Norm , the bottom side of a map is south; the southern direction has azimuth or bearing of 180?....
 of the River Trent
River Trent

The River Trent is one of the major rivers of England. Its Source is in Staffordshire between Biddulph and Biddulph Moor. It flows through the English Midlands until it joins the River Ouse, Yorkshire at Trent Falls to form the Humber, which empties into the North Sea below Kingston upon Hull and Immingham....
. The office almost certainly existed in 1420, and there is a fair degree of probability that there was a Claroncell rex heraldus armorum in 1334. There are also some early references to the southern part of England being termed Surroy, but there is not firm evidence that there was ever a king of arms so called.






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Clarenceux King of Arms is an officer of arms
Officer of arms

An officer of arms is a person appointed by a Sovereignty or state with authority to perform one or more of the following functions:*to control and initiate Armory matters...
 at the College of Arms
College of Arms

The College of Arms, or Heralds' College, is an office regulating heraldry and granting new armorial bearings for England, Wales and Northern Ireland....
 in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
. Clarenceux is the senior of the two provincial kings of arms
King of Arms

King of Arms is the senior rank of an Officer of Arms. In many heraldry traditions, only a king of arms has the authority to grant armorial bearings....
 and his jurisdiction is that part of England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 south
South

South is one of the cardinal directions and is opposite to the north.By Western world Norm , the bottom side of a map is south; the southern direction has azimuth or bearing of 180?....
 of the River Trent
River Trent

The River Trent is one of the major rivers of England. Its Source is in Staffordshire between Biddulph and Biddulph Moor. It flows through the English Midlands until it joins the River Ouse, Yorkshire at Trent Falls to form the Humber, which empties into the North Sea below Kingston upon Hull and Immingham....
. The office almost certainly existed in 1420, and there is a fair degree of probability that there was a Claroncell rex heraldus armorum in 1334. There are also some early references to the southern part of England being termed Surroy, but there is not firm evidence that there was ever a king of arms so called. The title of Clarenceux is supposedly derived from either the Honor (or estates of dominion) of the Clare earls of Gloucester
Earl of Gloucester

The title of Earl of Gloucester was created several times in the Peerage of Peerage of England. A mythical earl is also a character in William Shakespeare's play King Lear. See also Duke of Gloucester....
, or from the Dukedom of Clarence
Duke of Clarence

Duke of Clarence is a title which has been traditionally awarded to junior members of the Kingdom of England and United Kingdom British Royal Family....
 (1362). With minor variations, the arms of Clarenceux have, from the late fifteenth century, been blazoned as Argent a Cross on a Chief Gules a Lion passant guardant crowned with an open Crown Or.

The current Clarenceux King of Arms is David Hubert Boothby Chesshyre, LVO
Royal Victorian Order

The Royal Victorian Order is a dynastic order of knighthood and a House Order of chivalry in the Commonwealth realms. Created by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom on 21 April 1896, with the motto Victoria and 20 June as the official day, the order was established to recognise those who have served the monarch with distinction, each be...
, MA
Master of Arts (postgraduate)

A Master of Arts is a Postgraduate education academic degree master degree awarded by University in many countries. The degree is typically studied for in English language, Fine Arts, History, Humanities, Philosophy, Social Sciences or Theology and can be either fully-taught, research-based, or a combination of the two....
 (Cambridge
University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge , located in Cambridge, England, is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation university in the Anglosphere....
), FSA
Society of Antiquaries of London

The Society of Antiquaries of London is the world?s premier Learned Society for heritage. It is based at Burlington House, Piccadilly, London in the United Kingdom, along with the Royal Academy and four other leading Learned Societies; the Linnean Society, the Royal Society of Chemistry, the Geological Society of London and the Royal Astrono...
.

Holders of the office

Brackets indicate a date for which there is evidence the named person held this office
  • (1334) Andrew (surname unknown)
  • (1383) Richard Spenser
  • (1419) William Horsley
  • (1425) John Cosoun
  • (1435) Roger Legh or Lygh
  • (1461) William Hawkeslowe
  • 1476-1483 Sir Thomas Holme
  • 1483-1516 Roger Machado
    Roger Machado (officer of arms)

    Roger Machado was an English diplomat and officer of arms of Portuguese people extraction. He lived among the Portuguese merchants at Bruges in 1455....
  • 1516-1534 Thomas Benolte
  • 1534-1536 Thomas Tonge
  • 1536-1557 Thomas Hawley
    Thomas Hawley

    Thomas Hawley was a long-serving officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. He began his career of royal service as a groom porter to Margaret Tudor of Scotland from her marriage in 1503 until 1508....
  • 1557-1567 William Harvey
  • 1567-1594 Robert Cooke
  • 1594-1597 Richard Lee
  • 1597-1623 William Camden
    William Camden

    William Camden was an England antiquarian and historian. He wrote the first topographical survey of the islands of Great Britain and Ireland and the first detailed historical account of the reign of Elizabeth I of England....
  • 1623-1635 Sir Richard St George
    Richard St George

    Sir Richard St George was a long-serving officer of arms at the College of Arms on London during the seventeenth century. The date of birth of Richard St George is unknown, though he was married in 1575 and joined the College of Arms in 1602....
  • 1635-1646 Sir William Le Neve
  • 1646-1650 Arthur Squibb
  • 1650-1658 Sir Edward Bysshe
  • 1658-1661 William Ryley
  • 1661-1680 Sir Edward Bysshe
  • 1680-1704 Sir Henry St George
  • 1704-1726 Sir John Vanbrugh
    John Vanbrugh

    Sir John Vanbrugh was an England architect and dramatist, perhaps best known as the designer of Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard. He wrote two argumentative and outspoken Restoration comedy, The Relapse and The Provoked Wife , which have become enduring stage favourites but originally occasioned much controversy....
Hubert Chesshyre
*1726-1741 Knox Ward
  • 1741-1755 Stephen Martin Leake
    Stephen Leake

    Stephen Martin Leake was a numismatist and long-serving officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. Though he eventually rose to the highest rank in the College, he was born as Stephen Martin and was the only son of Captain Stephen Martin, a naval officer, and his wife, Elizabeth....
  • 1755-1773 Charles Townley
    Charles Townley (officer of arms)

    Sir Charles Townley was a long-serving Officer of Arms at the College of Arms in London....
  • 1773-1780 Ralph Bigland
    Ralph Bigland

    Ralph Bigland was an England officer of arms and cheesemaker. He was born at Stepney, Middlesex, and was the only son of Richard Bigland and his wife, Mary Bigland....
  • 1780-1803 Isaac Heard
    Isaac Heard

    Sir Isaac Heard was a long-serving officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. He began his heraldic career as Bluemantle Pursuivant. He would go on to hold the posts of Lancaster Herald, Norroy and Ulster King of Arms and Brunswick King of Arms....
  • 1803-1820 George Harrison
  • 1820-1822 Sir George Nayler
    George Nayler

    Sir George Nayler, Royal Guelphic Order was a long-serving officer of arms at the College of Arms in London....
  • 1822-1831 Sir Ralph Bigland
    Ralph Bigland

    Ralph Bigland was an England officer of arms and cheesemaker. He was born at Stepney, Middlesex, and was the only son of Richard Bigland and his wife, Mary Bigland....
  • 1831-1838 Sir William Woods
    William Woods (officer of arms)

    Sir William Woods was an officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. He was an illegitimate son of Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk and was appointed to the post of Clarenceux King of Arms in 1831....
  • 1838-1839 Sir Edmund Lodge
    Edmund Lodge

    Sir Edmund Lodge, Royal Guelphic Order was a long-serving England Officer of Arms and a writer on heraldry subjects. He was born in London on 13 June 1756 and was the son of Edmund Lodge, rector of Carshalton, Surrey....
  • 1839-1846 Joseph Hawker
  • 1846-1848 Francis Martin
  • 1848-1859 James Pulman
  • 1859-1882 Robert Laurie
  • 1882-1894 Walter Aston Blount
    Walter Blount

    Walter Aston Edward Blount , Esquire., Society of Antiquaries of London was a long-serving Officer of Arms at the College of Arms in London. He was born the eldest son of Edward Blount....
  • 1894-1911 George Edward Cokayne
    George Cokayne

    George Edward Cokayne, Society of Antiquaries of London was a long-serving Officer of Arms at the College of Arms in London. Cokayne was baptised with the name of George Edward Adams....
  • 1911-1919 Sir William Henry Weldon
  • 1919-1922 Charles Harold Athill
    Charles Athill

    Charles Harold Athill Royal Victorian Order Society of Antiquaries of London was a long-serving Officer of Arms at the College of Arms in London....
  • 1922-1926 William Alexander Lindsay
    William Lindsay (officer of arms)

    William Alexander Lindsay, Royal Victorian Order, Society of Antiquaries of London was a long-serving Officer of Arms at the College of Arms in London....
  • 1926-1927 Gordon Ambrose de Lisle Lee
    Gordon Lee (officer of arms)

    Gordon Ambrose de Lisle Lee, Order of the Bath, Royal Victorian Order was a long-serving Officer of Arms at the College of Arms in London. Lee's heraldry career began in 1889 with his appointment to the office of Bluemantle Pursuivant....
  • 1928-1954 Sir Arthur William Stuart Cochrane
    Arthur Cochrane

    Sir Arthur William Steuart Cochrane, Royal Victorian Order was a long-serving Officer of Arms at the College of Arms in London.Arthur Cochrane was the third son of Rev....
  • 1954-1955 Archibald George Blomefield Russell
  • 1956-1967 Sir John Dunamace Heaton-Armstrong
    John Heaton-Armstrong

    Sir John Dunamace Heaton-Armstrong, Royal Victorian Order was a long-serving England Officer of Arms at the College of Arms in London.During the First World War he was commissioned into the Cavalry Branch of the Reserve of Officers of the British Indian Army as a Second Lieutenant, and was later promoted to lieutenant....
  • 1968-1978 John Riddell Bromhead Walker
    John Walker (officer of arms)

    John Riddell Bromhead Walker, Royal Victorian Order, Military Cross was a soldier and long-serving England Officer of Arms at the College of Arms in London....
  • 1978-1995 Sir Anthony Richard Wagner
    Anthony Wagner

    Sir Anthony Richard Wagner, Order of the Bath, Royal Victorian Order, Society of Antiquaries of London was a long-serving Officer of Arms at the College of Arms in London....
  • 1995-1997 John Philip Brooke Brooke-Little
    John Brooke-Little

    John Philip Rudolph Dominic Aloysius Mary Brooke-Little, Royal Victorian Order, Venerable Order of Saint John, Society of Antiquaries of London, Society of Genealogists, The Heraldry Society, Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies, Royal Heraldry Society of Canada, The Heraldry Society , Knights of Malta, Sacred Military Constantinian...
  • 1997-Present David Hubert Boothby Chesshyre
    Hubert Chesshyre

    David Hubert Boothby Chesshyre, Royal Victorian Order is Her Majesty's Clarenceux King of Arms. He was born in 1940, and both of his parents are of ancient families....


See also

  • Heraldry
    Heraldry

    Heraldry is the profession, study, or art of devising, granting, and blazoning Coat of arms and ruling on questions of rank or protocol, as exercised by an officer of arms....
  • Officer of Arms
    Officer of arms

    An officer of arms is a person appointed by a Sovereignty or state with authority to perform one or more of the following functions:*to control and initiate Armory matters...


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