Arundel Herald Extraordinary Explained

Tradition:	Gallo-British
Jurisdiction:	England, Wales and Northern Ireland
Authority:	College of Arms

Arundel Herald of Arms Extraordinary is a supernumerary Officer of Arms in England. Though a royal herald, Arundel is not a member of the College of Arms, and was originally a private herald in the household of Thomas Fitzalan, Earl of Arundel. The first herald, John Cosoun, is known to have served the Earl both in Portugal in 1413 and later in France, where he attended his dying master in October 1415.^[1] The title was revived in 1727 as Herald Extraordinary.

A badge was assigned to Arundel in 1958, derived from a badge of the Fitzalan earls of the fourteenth century, and a supporter in the arms of the present Earl Marshal of England. It is blazoned A Horse courant Argent in its mouth a Sprig of Oak proper.^[2]

Holders of the office

Arms	Name	Date of appointment	Ref
Herald of the Earl of Arundel
	John Cosoun	(1413)
Herald Extraordinary
	Charles Greene	9 October 1727
	Francis Huchenson	September 1735
	John Cheale	16 November 1741
	Thomas Bewes	26 May 1762
	Walter Aston Blount	19 July 1830
	Dermot Michael Macgregor Morrah	27 April 1953
	Rodney Onslow Dennys	1 October 1982–1993
	Alan Roger Dickins	7 October 1998–2016
	Anne Curry	3 May 2022

See also

• Officer of Arms
• Heraldry

References

CitationsBibliography

• 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)

External links

• The College of Arms
• CUHGS Officer of Arms Index

Notes and References

1. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/bk16/pp74-101 (Cosoun became Clarenceux King of Arms c. 1425 and died 6 February 1428, buried at St Olave's Church, Hart Street, London)
2. Book: Chesshyre, Hubert . Heralds of Today, A Biographical List of the Officers of the College of Arms, London, 1987-2001 . Hubert Chesshyre . Ailes, Adrian . 2001 . Illuminata Publishers . London . 0-9537845-1-7 . 40 .