York Herald

The heraldic badge of York Herald of Arms in Ordinary
Heraldic tradition	Gallo–British
Jurisdiction	England, Wales and Northern Ireland
Governing body	College of Arms

York Herald of Arms in Ordinary is an officer of arms at the College of Arms. The first York Herald is believed to have been an officer to Edmund of Langley, Duke of York around the year 1385, but the first completely reliable reference to such a herald is in February 1484, when John Water alias Yorke, herald was granted certain fees by Richard III. These fees included the Manor of Bayhall in Pembury, Kent, and 8 pounds, 6 shillings, and 8 pence a year from the Lordship of Huntingfield in Kent. The badge of office is the White Rose of York en soleil ensigned by the Royal Crown.

The current York Herald of Arms is Peter O'Donoghue.

Arms	Name	Date of appointment	Ref
	Henry French or Franke, Esq.	(Edward IV)
	Thomas Hollingworth, Esq.	(Edward IV)
	John Water, Esq.	(1484)
	Rowland Playnford, Esq.	(Henry VII)
	John Mynne, Esq.	(Henry VII)
	William Writhe or Wriothesley, Esq.	1509–1513
	Thomas Tonge, Esq.	1513–1522
	Ralph Lagysse, Esq.	1522–1528
	Thomas Bysley, Esq.	1528–1530
	Allan Dagnall, Esq.	1530–1538
	Bartholomew Butler, Esq	1538–1553
	Martin Maroffe, Esq.	1553–1564
	William Colborne, Esq.	1564–1567
	Ralph Langman, Esq.	1567–1570
	William Dethick, Esq.	1570–1587
	Humphry Hales, Esq.[1]	1587–1593
	Ralph Brooke, Esq.	1593–1625
	William Le Neve, Esq.	1625–1633
	George Owen, Esq.	(1633)
	George Owen, Esq.	1660–1663
	John Wingfield, Esq.	1663–1675
	Robert Devenish, Esq.	1675–1700
	Laurence Cromp, Esq. [a]	1700–1717
	Thomas Whitwick, Esq.	1717–1722
	Philip Jones, Esq., FSA	1722–1735
	Charles Townley, Esq.	1735–1753	[2]
	George Fletcher, Esq.	1753–1786
	Benjamin Pingo, Esq.	1786–1794	[3]
	George Nayler Esq., FAS	1794–1820
	Charles George Young, Esq.	1820–1842	[4]
	Edward Howard Howard-Gibbon, Esq.	1842–1848	[5]
	Thomas William King, Esq., FSA	1848–1872	[6]
	John von Sonnentag de Havilland, Esq., FSA	1872–1886	[7]
	Sir Alfred Scott Scott-Gatty, KCVO, KStJ, FSA	1886–1904	[8]
	George William Marshall, Esq., LLD, FSA	1904–1905	[9]
	Gordon Ambrose de Lisle Lee, Esq., CB, CVO	1905–1922	[10]
	Hon. Philip Plantagenet Cary, FSA	1923–1932	[11]
	Aubrey John Toppin, Esq., CVO, FSA	1932–1957	[12]
	Charles Murray Kennedy St Clair, 17th Lord Sinclair, CVO	1957–1968	[13]
	Sir Conrad Marshall John Fisher Swan, KCVO, PhD, FSA	1968–1992	[14]
	Peter Brotherton Spurrier, Esq.	1992–1993	[15]
	Sir Henry Edgar Paston-Bedingfeld, Bt.	1993–2010	[16]
	Michael Peter Desmond O'Donoghue, Esq.	2012–Present	[17]

• Heraldry
• Officer of Arms

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Citations

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)

• The College of Arms
• CUHGS Officer of Arms Index