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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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