Arundel Herald Extraordinary

Arundel Herald of Arms Extraordinary is a supernumerary Officer of Arms in England. Though a royal herald, Arundel is not a member of the College of Arms, and was originally a private herald in the household of Thomas Fitzalan, Earl of Arundel. He is known to have served the Earl both in Portugal in 1413 and later in France, where he attended his dying master in October 1415. The title was revived in 1727.

Arundel Herald Extraordinary

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

A badge was assigned to Arundel in 1958, derived from a badge of the Fitzalan earls of the fourteenth century, and a supporter in the arms of the present Earl Marshal of England. It is blazoned A Horse courant Argent in its mouth a Sprig of Oak proper.[1]

The current Arundel Herald of Arms Extraordinary is Alan Roger Dickins.

Holders of the office

Arms	Name	Date of appointment	Ref
Herald of the Earl of Arundel
	John Cosoun	(1413)
Herald Extraordinary
	Charles Greene	9 October 1727
	Francis Huchenson	September 1735	[2]
	John Cheale	16 November 1741	[3]
	Thomas Bewes	26 May 1762
	Walter Aston Blount	19 July 1830
	Dermot Michael Macgregor Morrah	27 April 1953	[4]
	Rodney Onslow Dennys	1 October 1982–1998	[5]
	Alan Roger Dickins	7 October 1998–Present	[6]

See also

• Officer of Arms
• Heraldry

References

Citations

1. Chesshyre, Hubert; Ailes, Adrian (2001). Heralds of Today, A Biographical List of the Officers of the College of Arms, London, 1987-2001. London: Illuminata Publishers. p. 40. ISBN 0-9537845-1-7.
2. "No. 7416". The London Gazette. 1 July 1735. p. 1.
3. "No. 8075". The London Gazette. 12 December 1741. p. 1.
4. "No. 39841". The London Gazette. 1 May 1953. p. 2419.
5. "No. 49173". The London Gazette. 22 November 1982. p. 15237.
6. "No. 55291". The London Gazette. 26 October 1998. p. 11553.

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