Clarenceux King of Arms, historically often spelled Clarencieux (both pronounced /ˈklærənsuː/KLARR-ən-soo), is an officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. Clarenceux is the senior of the two provincial kings of arms and his jurisdiction is that part of England south of the River Trent. The office almost certainly existed in 1420, and there is a fair degree of probability that there was a Claroncell rex heraldus armorum in 1334. There are also some early references to the southern part of England being termed Surroy, but there is not firm evidence that there was ever a king of arms so called. The title of Clarenceux is supposedly derived from either the Honour (or estates of dominion) of the Clare earls of Gloucester, or from the Dukedom of Clarence (1362). With minor variations, the arms of Clarenceux have, from the late fifteenth century, been blazoned as Argent a Cross on a Chief Gules a Lion passant guardant crowned with an open Crown Or.
Timothy Duke was appointed Clarenceux King of Arms on 1 April 2021.
Holders of the office
Brackets indicate a date for which there is evidence the named person held this office
See also
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^Dates down to 1963 are from Godfrey and Wagner 1963, pp. 75–101. The start date is the date of the Patent instituting them as Garter except where otherwise noted. Appointees died in office unless otherwise stated.
^Date of creation, given in Godfrey and Wagner 1963, p. 76
Citations
^Office-holders down to 1963 are from Godfrey and Wagner 1963, pp. 75–101
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^Blackmansbury. Pinhorns. 1967. p. 54. Retrieved 24 May 2021. Charles Harold Athill, MVO, FSA (1853–1922) was Clarenceux King of Arms from 1919 until his death.
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