Portcullis Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary is a junior officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. The office is named after the Portcullis chained Or badge of the Beauforts, which was a favourite device of Henry VII. King Henry's mother was Lady Margaret Beaufort. The office was instituted around 1485, probably at the time of Henry's coronation. The badge of office is very similar to that of Somerset Herald of Arms in Ordinary, the latter being ensigned with the Royal Crown. The earliest recorded Portcullis Pursuivant was James or Jacques Videt, who was the plaintiff in a Common Pleas case in 1498[1] and again in 1500.[2]

The office is currently vacant.


Holders of the office

Arms Name Date of appointment Ref
James Videt (Henry VII)
Ralph Lagysse (Henry VII)
Robert Fayery or Fairy 1516–1549
Richard Withers 1550–1553
John Cocke 1553–1559
Edward Merlin 1559–1559
Ralph Langman 1559–1567
Robert Glover 1567–1571
Richard Lee 1571–1585
William Segar 1585–1588
Thomas Lant 1588–1597
Samuel Thompson 1597–1619
Philip Holland 1619–1625
Thomas Preston 1625–1633
John Beauchamp 1633–1660
John Wingfield 1660–1663
Thomas Holford From 1663
Thomas Holford, junior (James II)
Laurence Cromp From 1689
John Hesketh (William III)
Thomas Wightwick 1713–1718
Richard Mawson 1718–1745
Thomas Thornberry 1745
Peter Toms 1746–1780
John-Doddington Forth 1780–1817
George Frederick Beltz 1817–1822
James Pulman 1822–1838 [3]
Sir Albert Woods 1838–1841 [4]
George Collen 1841–1878 [5]
Arthur Larken 1878–1882 [6]
William Lindsay 1883–1894 [7]
Thomas Joseph-Watkin 7 April 1894 – 1913 [8]
Keith Murray 1913–1922 [9]
George Bellew 1922–1926 [10]
Alfred Butler 1926–1931 [11]
Sir Anthony Wagner 1931–1943 [12]
Charles Murray Kennedy St Clair, 17th Lord Sinclair 1949–1957 [13]
Sir Alexander Colin Cole 1957–1966 [14]
Michael Maclagan 1970–1980 [15]
Peter Spurrier 1981–1992 [16]
William Hunt 1992–1999 [17]
Christopher Fletcher-Vane 2012–2017 [18]
Dominic Charles Davenport Ingram 2022–2024 [19]
Vacant 2024–present

See also

References

Citations

  1. ^ "AALT Page". aalt.law.uh.edu. Retrieved 2019-01-07.
  2. ^ "AALT Page". aalt.law.uh.edu. Retrieved 2019-01-07.
  3. ^ "No. 15895". The London Gazette. 1 June 1822. p. 278.
  4. ^ "No. 19639". The London Gazette. 24 July 1838. p. 1667.
  5. ^ "No. 20036". The London Gazette. 9 November 1841. p. 2757.
  6. ^ "No. 24554". The London Gazette. 22 February 1878. p. 880.
  7. ^ "No. 25183". The London Gazette. 29 December 1882. p. 6649.
  8. ^ "No. 26502". The London Gazette. 10 April 1894. p. 2019.
  9. ^ "No. 12583". The Edinburgh Gazette. 22 July 1913. p. 777.
  10. ^ "No. 32628". The London Gazette. 3 March 1922. p. 1818.
  11. ^ "No. 33185". The London Gazette. 23 July 1926. p. 4868.
  12. ^ "No. 33725". The London Gazette. 12 June 1931. p. 3837.
  13. ^ "No. 38658". The London Gazette. 5 July 1949. p. 3299.
  14. ^ "No. 41136". The London Gazette. 26 July 1957. p. 4428.
  15. ^ "No. 45066". The London Gazette. 24 March 1970. p. 3415.
  16. ^ "No. 48499". The London Gazette. 20 January 1981. p. 831.
  17. ^ "No. 53094". The London Gazette. 2 November 1992. p. 18353.
  18. ^ "No. 60243". The London Gazette. 20 August 2012. p. 15985.
  19. ^ "No. 63626". The London Gazette. 25 February 2022. p. 3498.

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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