The heraldic badge of Somerset Herald of Arms in Ordinary
Heraldic tradition
Gallo–British
Jurisdiction
England, Wales and Northern Ireland
Governing body
College of Arms
Somerset Herald of Arms in Ordinary is an officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. In the year 1448 Somerset Herald is known to have served the Duke of Somerset, but by the time of the coronation of King Henry VII in 1485 his successor appears to have been raised to the rank of a royal officer, when he was the only herald to receive coronation liveries.
By 1525 Somerset was again in private service, on the staff of the Duke of Richmond and Somerset, Henry Fitzroy, although he was appointed by the King and shared the heralds' fees as a herald extraordinary. On the death of that nobleman in 1536 the herald returned to the service of the crown, and all later officers called Somerset have been members of the royal household as heralds in ordinary. The badge of office is A Portcullis Or Royally Crowned. This is a version of the Beaufort badge.
The current Somerset Herald of Arms is Mark Scott.
SomersetHerald of Arms in Ordinary is an officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. In the year 1448 SomersetHerald is known to have served the...
Richmond Herald of Arms in Ordinary Chester Herald of Arms in Ordinary Lancaster Herald of Arms in Ordinary York Herald of Arms in Ordinary SomersetHerald of...
Clarenceux King of Arms; and 1633-4 by John Philipot, SomersetHerald, and George Owen, York Herald, for Sir John Burroughs, Garter, and Sir Richard St...
2019. "No. 64221". The London Gazette. 7 November 2023. p. 22370. "SomersetHerald - College of Arms". "Portcullis Pursuivant - College of Arms". "Rouge...
Thomas Trahern (died 25 November 1542) was SomersetHerald, an English officer of arms. His murder in Scotland, which may have been related to the Pilgrimage...
progress, arrival, and reception in Edinburgh were recorded by the SomersetHerald, John Young. In 1503, Margaret married King James IV. They had six...
the Garter and principal king of English arms. He has power to appoint a herald for his deputy: he must be a native of England and a gentleman bearing arms...
submitted his genealogy to the SomersetHerald in London. Five years later, Sir Henry Farnham Burke, KCVO, CB, FSA, SomersetHerald stated in 1900 that "the...
1891 (Grand Rapids, Wis.); "Swallowed by a Whale" The SomersetHerald, August 19, 1891 (Somerset, Pa.) At the beginning of this article they wrote: "Correspondent...
The Visitation of Cheshire in the year 1580, made by Robert Glover, SomersetHerald, for William Flower, Norroy King of Arms: with numerous additions and...
herald at the College of Arms in London. Educated at the University of Oxford, he was appointed Portcullis Pursuivant in 1922. Having been Somerset Herald...
burnt to death for heresy Robert Glover (officer of arms) (1544–1588), SomersetHerald in the reign of Elizabeth I Robert Glover (pirate) (died 1698), pirate...
Planché, James. The recollections and reflections of J. R. Planché (Somersetherald): a professional biography (1872), Vol. II, p. 43 Fitzgerald, Percy...
the period Prayer Book Rebellion Rising of the North Thomas Trahern, SomersetHerald, murdered in 1542 by William Leech of Fulletby, fugitive ringleader...
(died 1682) was an English poet and miscellaneous writer. The son of Somersetherald John Philipot, he proceeded M.A. at Clare Hall, Cambridge, regiis literis...
Global Information