York Herald

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.

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

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

York Herald

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