Somerset Herald

Somerset Herald of Arms in Ordinary is an officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. In the year 1448 Somerset Herald is known to have served the Duke of Somerset, but by the time of the coronation of King Henry VII in 1485 his successor appears to have been raised to the rank of a royal officer, when he was the only herald to receive coronation liveries.

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

By 1525 Somerset was again in private service, on the staff of the Duke of Richmond and Somerset, Henry Fitzroy, although he was appointed by the King and shared the heralds' fees as a herald extraordinary. On the death of that nobleman in 1536 the herald returned to the service of the crown, and all later officers called Somerset have been members of the royal household as heralds in ordinary. The badge of office is A Portcullis Or Royally Crowned. This is a version of the Beaufort badge.

The post is currently vacant.

Holders of the office
Arms Name Date of appointment Ref
Royal Herald of Henry VII
John Yonge, Esq.[lower-alpha 1] (1493)
John Ponde, Esq. (1511)
Herald to Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset
John Ponde, Esq. (1511)
William Hastings, Esq. (1528)
Thomas Traheyron or Trahern, Esq. (1536)
Somerset Herald of Arms in Ordinary
Thomas Traheyron or Trahern, Esq.[lower-alpha 2] 1536–1542
Richard Radcliffe, Esq. 1543–1545
William Harvey, Esq. 1545–1551
Edmond Atkinson, Esq. 1551–1571
Robert Glover, Esq. 1571–1588
William Segar, Esq. 1589–1597
Robert Treswell, Esq. 1597–1624
John Philipot 1624–1645
George Owen, Esq. 1657–1658
Henry Bysshe, Esq. 1658–1660
Sir Thomas St George 1660–1680
Francis Burghill, Esq. 1680–1700
Samuel Stebbing Esq. 1700–1720
John Warburton, Esq., FRS, FSA 1720–1759
Ralph Bigland 1759–1773 [2]
Henry Hastings, Esq. 1773–1777
John Charles Brooke, Esq, FSA 1777–1794 [3]
John Atkinson, Esq. 1794–1813 [4]
James Cathrow, Esq. 1813–1854 [5]
William Courthope, Esq. 1854–1866 [6]
James Robinson Planché, Esq., FSA 1866–1872 [7]
Stephen Isaacson Tucker, Esq. 1880–1887 [8]
Sir Henry Farnham Burke, KCVO, CB, FSA 1887–1911
Everard Green, Esq., FSA 1911–1926 [9]
Hon. Sir George Rothe Bellew, KCB, KCVO, FSA 1926–1950 [10]
Michael Roger Trappes-Lomax, Esq., FSA 1951–1967 [11]
Rodney Dennys, Esq., CVO, OBE, FSA 1967–1982 [12]
Thomas Woodcock, Esq., LVO, FSA 1982–1997 [13]
David Vines White, Esq. 2004–2021 [14]
Vacant 2021–present

See also

References
Notes
  1. Escorted Margaret Tudor to Edinburgh, 1503.
  2. Killed in Scotland, 25 November 1542.[1]
Citations
  1. Letters & Papers Henry VIII, 1542, no. 1140 (2)
  2. "No. 9904". The London Gazette. 12 June 1759. p. 2.
  3. "No. 11846". The London Gazette. 3 February 1778. p. 1.
  4. "No. 13627". The London Gazette. 25 February 1794. p. 179.
  5. "No. 16767". The London Gazette. 24 August 1813. p. 1682.
  6. "No. 21517". The London Gazette. 31 January 1854. p. 278.
  7. "No. 23152". The London Gazette. 17 August 1866. p. 4593.
  8. "No. 24872". The London Gazette. 10 August 1880. p. 4363.
  9. "No. 28545". The London Gazette. 27 October 1911. p. 7794.
  10. "No. 33185". The London Gazette. 23 July 1926. p. 4868.
  11. "No. 39142". The London Gazette. 6 February 1951. p. 667.
  12. "No. 44400". The London Gazette. 1 September 1967. p. 9597.
  13. "No. 49155". The London Gazette. 1 November 1982. p. 14201.
  14. "No. 57419". The London Gazette. 24 September 2004. p. 12075.
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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