| Tradition: | Gallo-British |
| Jurisdiction: | England, Wales and Northern Ireland |
| Authority: | College of Arms |
Windsor Herald of Arms in Ordinary is an officer of arms at the College of Arms in London.
It has been suggested that the office was instituted specifically for the Order of the Garter in 1348, or that it predates the Order and was in use as early as 1338. However, it is more likely that it dates from 1364, when a pursuivant of Edward III, on bringing the king news of the victory at Auray, was rewarded by promotion to the rank of herald with the title Windsor. Thereafter there is little mention of the office before 1419, when Windsor Herald was sent to the Duke of Brittany. Since that time, the office has been maintained. The badge of office is the sunburst badge of Edward III (Edward of Windsor) royally crowned.
The best-known Windsor Herald was the 17th-century antiquarian, Elias Ashmole. The current Windsor Herald of Arms in Ordinary is John Allen-Petrie, OBE.[1]
| Arms | Name | Date of appointment | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew (surname unknown) | (Edward III) | ||
| Stephen (surname unknown) | (1366) | ||
| Thomas More, Esq. | (Henry VI) | ||
| Robert Ashwell, Esq. | (Henry VI) | ||
| John Ferrant, Esq. | (Edward IV) | ||
| John Ballard, Esq. | (Edward IV) | ||
| Thomas Holme, Esq. | 1461–1468 | ||
| John More, Esq. | 1468–1486 | ||
| Richard Slacke, Esq. | 1486–1502 | ||
| Thomas Benolte, Esq. | 1504–1510 | ||
| Francis Dyes, Esq. | 1510–1524 | ||
| Thomas Wall, Esq., junior | 1524–1529 | ||
| Charles Wriothesley | 1529–1565 | ||
| Richard Turpin, Esq. | 1565–1583 | ||
| Nicholas Dethick, Esq. | 1583–1597 | ||
| Thomas Lant, Esq. | 1597–1602 | ||
| Richard St George, Esq. | 1602–1604 | ||
| Samuel Thompson, Esq. | 1617–1624 | ||
| Augustine Vincent, Esq. | 1624–1626 | ||
| John Bradshaw, Esq. | 1626–1633 | ||
| Edward Norgate, Esq. | 1633–1650 | ||
| Elias Ashmole, Esq. | 1660–1675 | ||
| John Dugdale, Esq. | 1676–1686 | ||
| Henry Ball, Esq. | 1686–1687 | ||
| Thomas Holdford Esq. | 1687–1690 | ||
| Peers Mauduit, Esq. | 1690–1726 | ||
| James Whorwood Esq. | 1726–1736 | ||
| John Kettell, Esq., FSA | 1736–1746 | ||
| Richard Mawson, Esq. | 1746–1746 | ||
| Thomas Thornborough Esq. | 1746–1757 | ||
| Henry Hill, Esq., FSA | 1757–1774 | ||
| George Harrison, Esq. | 1774–1784 | ||
| Francis Townsend, Esq., FSA | 1784–1819 | ||
| Francis Martin, Esq. | 1819–1839 | ||
| Robert Laurie, Esq. | 1839–1849 | ||
| George Harrison Rogers-Harrison, Esq. | 1849–1880 | ||
| Sir William Henry Weldon, KCVO, FSA | 1880–1894 | ||
| William Alexander Lindsay, Esq., CVO, FSA | 1894–1919 | ||
| Sir Algar Henry Stafford Howard, KCB, KCVO, MC, TD | 1919–1931 | ||
| Alfred Trego Butler, Esq., MVO, MC, FSA | 1931–1946 | ||
| Richard Preston Graham-Vivian, Esq., MVO, MC | 1947–1966 | ||
| Sir Alexander Colin Cole, KCB, KCVO, TD, FSA | 1966–1978 | ||
| Theobald Mathew, Esq. | 1978–1997 | ||
| William George Hunt, Esq., TD | 1999–2017 | ||
| John Michael Allen-Petrie, Esq., OBE | 2019–present | [2] [3] | |
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