| Tradition: | Gallo-British |
| Jurisdiction: | England, Wales and Northern Ireland |
| Authority: | College of Arms |
Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary is a junior officer of arms of the College of Arms. He is said to be the oldest of the four pursuivants in ordinary. The office is named after St George's Cross which has been a symbol of England since the time of the Crusades.
The current Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary is Thomas Johnston. He took part in the Royal Procession at the 2023 Coronation.[1]
| Arms | Name | Date of appointment | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicholas Serby | (Henry IV) | ||
| Richard Boys | (Henry IV) | ||
| Giles Waster | (Henry V) | ||
| Roger Legh or Lygh | (Henry V) | ||
| John Writhe | (Henry V) | ||
| John Mowbray | (1422) | ||
| Robert Ashwell | (Henry VI) | ||
| James Billett | (Henry VI) | ||
| John Mallett | (Henry VI) | ||
| Robert Dunham | (Henry VI) | ||
| Richard Ashwell | (Henry VI) | ||
| John Ballard | (Henry VI) | ||
| Thomas Holme | (Henry VI) | ||
| John More | (Henry VI) | ||
| William Carlill | (Edward IV) | ||
| Roger Stamford | (Edward IV) | ||
| Richard Slacke | (Edward IV) | ||
| John Water or Walter | (Edward IV) | ||
| Thomas Benolt | (Edward IV) | ||
| Thomas Waters | (Edward IV) | ||
| Robert Browne | (Edward IV) | ||
| William Jenyns | (Edward IV) | ||
| Thomas Tonge | (Edward IV) | ||
| George Berry | (1484) | ||
| Richard Greenwood | (1485) | ||
| (name unknown) | (1492) | ||
| William Wriothesley | 1505–1509 | ||
| Thomas Hawley | 1509–1515 | ||
| Laurence de la Gatta | 1515–1520 | ||
| Thomas Wall | 1521–1521 | ||
| Charles Wriothesley | 1524–1535 | ||
| Bartholomew Butler | 1535–1538 | ||
| Thomas Stevenson | 1538–1540 | ||
| Gilbert Dethick | 1540–1541 | ||
| Justinian Barker | 1541–1543 | ||
| William Flower | 1543–1546 | ||
| Lawrence Dalton | 1546–1547 | ||
| Simon Newbald | (Edward VI) | ||
| Nicholas Tubman | 1551–1553 | ||
| Henry Cotgrove | 1553–1566 | ||
| William Dethick | 1566–1569 | ||
| Thomas Dawes | 1569–1580 | ||
| Ralph Brooke | 1580–1592 | ||
| Thomas Knight | 1592–1604 | ||
| William Wyrley | 1604–1619 | ||
| John Guillim | 1619–1621 | ||
| Augustine Vincent | 1621–1624 | ||
| John Bradshaw | 1624–1626 | ||
| George Owen | 1626–1637 | ||
| Edward Walker | 1637–1638 | ||
| Henry Lilly | 1638–1639 | ||
| William Dugdale | 1639–? | ||
| Robert Browne | (intruded) | ||
| Everard Exton | (intruded) | ||
| Henry Dethick, Esq. | 1660–1677 | ||
| Henry Ball | 1677–1686 | ||
| Charles Mawson | 1686–1688 | ||
| Samuel Stebbing | 1688–? | ||
| Peter Le Neve | (Anne) | ||
| John Bound | (Anne) | ||
| Richard Graham | 1722–1725 | ||
| John Pomfret | 1725–1751 | ||
| Alexander Cozens | 1751–1752 | ||
| Henry Hastings | 1752?–1773 | ||
| John Charles Brooke, Esq., FSA | 1773–1777 | ||
| Francis Townsend | 1777–1784 | ||
| John Atkinson | 1784–1794 | ||
| Joseph Hawker | 1794–1803 | ||
| William Radclyffe | 1803–1823 | ||
| Robert Laurie | 1823–1839 | ||
| William Courthope | 1839–1854 | ||
| James Robinson Planché | 1854–1866 | ||
| John von Sonnentag de Havilland | 1866–1872 | ||
| Stephen Isaacson Tucker | 1872–1880 | ||
| Sir Henry Farnham Burke, KCVO, CB, FSA | 1880–1887 | ||
| George William Marshall, Esq., LLD, FSA | 1887–1904 | ||
| Sir Arthur William Stuart Cochrane, KCVO | 1904–1915 | ||
| Archibald George Blomefield Russell, Esq., CVO, FSA | 1915–1922 | ||
| Henry Robert Charles Martin, Esq., FSA | 1922–1928 | ||
| Philip Walter Kerr, Esq., MVO, FSA | 1928–1941 | ||
| John Riddell Bromhead Walker, Esq., CVO, MC | 1947–1954 | ||
| Sir Walter John George Verco, KCVO | 1954–1960 | ||
| Rodney Dennys, Esq., CVO, OBE, FSA | 1961–1967 | ||
| (David) Hubert Boothby Chesshyre, Esq., FSA | 1970–1978 | ||
| Sir Thomas Woodcock, KCVO, FSA | 1978–1982 | ||
| Sir Henry Edgar Paston-Bedingfeld, Bt. | 1983–1993 | ||
| David Vines White, Esq. | 1995–2004 | ||
| John Michael Allen-Petrie, Esq., OBE | 2013–2019 | [2] | |
| Thomas Andrew Johnston, Esq. | 2023–present | ||