Somerset Herald

Officer of the 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.

Holders of the office

See also

• Heraldry
• Officer of Arms

References

Notes

1. Escorted Margaret Tudor to Edinburgh, 1503.
2. Killed in Scotland, 25 November 1542.^[1]

Citations

1. Letters & Papers Henry VIII, 1542, no. 1140 (2)
2. "No. 9904". The London Gazette. 12 June 1759. p. 2.
3. "No. 11846". The London Gazette. 3 February 1778. p. 1.
4. "No. 13627". The London Gazette. 25 February 1794. p. 179.
5. "No. 16767". The London Gazette. 24 August 1813. p. 1682.
6. "No. 21517". The London Gazette. 31 January 1854. p. 278.
7. "No. 23152". The London Gazette. 17 August 1866. p. 4593.
8. "No. 24872". The London Gazette. 10 August 1880. p. 4363.
9. "No. 28545". The London Gazette. 27 October 1911. p. 7794.
10. "No. 33185". The London Gazette. 23 July 1926. p. 4868.
11. "No. 39142". The London Gazette. 6 February 1951. p. 667.
12. "No. 44400". The London Gazette. 1 September 1967. p. 9597.
13. "No. 49155". The London Gazette. 1 November 1982. p. 14201.
14. "No. 57419". The London Gazette. 24 September 2004. p. 12075.
15. "Somerset Herald - College of Arms".
16. "No. 64371". The London Gazette. 17 April 2024. p. 7586.

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