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.

Holders of the office Arms Name Date of appointmentRefHenry French or Franke(Edward IV)Thomas Hollingworth(Edward IV)John Water(1484)Rowland Playnford(Henry VII)John Mynne(Henry VII)William Wriothesley or Writhe1509–1513Thomas Tonge1513–1522Ralph Lagysse1522–1528Thomas Bysley1528–1530Allan Dagnall1530–1538Bartholomew Butler1538–1553Martin Maroffe1553–1564William Colborne1564–1567Ralph Langman1567–1570William Dethick1570–1587Humphry HalesBrother of Sir James Hales (died 1589)1587–1593Ralph Brooke1593–1625William Le Neve1625–1633George Owen(1633)George Owen1660–1663John Wingfield1663–1675Robert Devenish1675–1700Laurence Cromp 1700–1717Thomas Whitwick1717–1722Philip Jones1722–1735Charles Townley1735–1753George Fletcher1753–1786Benjamin Pingo1786–1794George Nayler1794–1820Charles Young1820–1842Edward Howard-Gibbons1842–1848Thomas King1848–1872John de Havilland1872–1886Sir Alfred Scott-Gatty1886–1904George William Marshall1904–1905Gordon Lee1905–1922Philip Cary1923–1932Aubrey Toppin1932–1957Charles Murray Kennedy St Clair, 17th Lord Sinclair1957–1968Sir Conrad Swan1968–1992Peter Spurrier1992–1993Sir Henry Paston-Bedingfeld, 10th Baronet1993–2010Peter O'Donoghue2012–present

See also Heraldry Officer of Arms

References Notes

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)

External links The College of Arms CUHGS Officer of Arms Index