Richmond Herald

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

Richmond Herald of Arms in Ordinary is an officer of arms of the College of Arms in England. From 1421 to 1485, Richmond was a herald to John, Duke of Bedford, George, Duke of Clarence, and Henry, Earl of Richmond, all of whom held the Honour (estate) of Richmond. However, on the accession of Henry as Henry VII of England in 1485, Richmond became a king of arms and remained so until 1510, when the office became that of a herald in ordinary of the Crown. The badge of office is a red rose of Lancaster dimidiating the white rose en soleil of York, ensigned by the royal crown. Although this device has all the characteristics of a Tudor invention, it is likely to be of fairly recent derivation.

The current Richmond Herald of Arms in Ordinary is Clive Cheesman.

Holders of the office

Arms	Name	Date of appointment	Ref
Herald of John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford
	Peter Bouchard, Esq.	(1430)
	Thomas More, Esq.	(Henry VI)
Herald of George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence
	William Brereton, Esq.	(Edward IV)
	Thomas Griffin, Esq.	(1473)
Herald of Henry Tudor, 2nd Earl of Richmond
	Roger Machado, Esq.	(1485)
Lancaster Herald of Arms in Ordinary
	Robert Browne, Esq.	1498–1510
	John Joyner, Esq.	1511–1522
	Christopher Barker, Esq.	1522–1536
	John Narboone, Esq.	1536–1540
	Gilbert Dethick, Esq.	1540–1547
	Lawrence Dalton, Esq.	1547–1557
	Nicholas Narboone, Esq.	1557–1566
	Hugh Cotgrave, Esq.	1566–1585
	Richard Lee, Esq.	1585–1597
	William Camden, Esq.	1597–1597
	John Raven, Esq.	1597–1615
	Sir Henry St George	1615–1635
	George Mainwaring, Esq.	1635–1660
	Henry St George	1660–1677
	Henry Dethick, Esq.	1677–1704
	John Hare, Esq., FSA	1704–1707
	Peter Le Neve, Esq.	1707–1721
	Robert Dale, Esq.	1721–1722	[1]
	Charles Whinyates, Esq.	1722–1737	[2]
	James Lane, Esq.	1738–1755	[2]
	Francis Grose, FSA	1755–1763
	Henry Pujolas, Jun., Esq.	1763–1764	[3]
	Peter Dore, Esq.	1764–1780
	Ralph Bigland Esq.	1780–1803	[4]
	Joseph Hawker, Esq.	1803–1838	[5]
	James Pulman, Esq.	1838–1846	[6]
	Matthew Charles Howard-Gibbon, Esq.	1846–1873	[7]
	Henry Harrington Molyneux-Seel, Esq.	1873–1882	[8]
	Arthur Staunton Larken, Esq.	1882–1889	[9]
	Charles Harold Athill, Esq., MVO, FSA	1889–1919	[10]
	Sir Gerald Woods Wollaston, KCB, KCVO	1919–1928	[11]
	Henry Robert Charles Martin, Esq., FSA	1928–1942	[12]
	Sir Anthony Richard Wagner, KCB, KCVO, DLitt, FSA	1943–1961
	Robin Ian Evelyn Milne Stuart de la Lanne-Mirrlees, Esq.	1962–1967	[13]
	John Philip Brooke Brooke-Little, Esq., CVO, FSA	1967–1980	[14]
	Michael Maclagan, Esq., CVO, FSA, FRHistS	1980–1989	[15]
	Patric Dickinson, Esq., CVO	1989–2010	[16]
	Clive Edwin Alexander Cheesman, Esq., PhD, FSA	2010–Present	[17]