Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary
Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary is in Pursuivant.
Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary is the oldest of the Pursuivants in Ordinary being established in the reign of Henry IV. The Red Cross refers to the Cross of St George.
Around 1505 William Wriothesley (age 16) was appointed Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary.
In 1524 Thomas Wriothesley (age 36) was appointed Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary with the annual salary of £10.
In 1544 William Flower (age 46) was appointed Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary.
On 15 Nov 1546 Lawrence Dalton (age 36) was appointed Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary.
In 1553 was appointed Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary.
On 14 Nov 1553 Nicholas Tubman was appointed Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary.
In 1567 William Dethick Officer of Arms (age 25) was appointed Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary.
On 29 May 1621 Augustine Vincent (age 37) was appointed Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary.
In 1639 William Dugdale (age 33) was appointed Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary.
The London Gazette 23152. Whitehall, August 16, 1866.
The Queen (age 47) has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, granting unto John von Sonnentag Haviland, gentleman, the office of Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms, vacant by the promotion of James Robinson Planche", Esq., to the office of Somerset Herald.
In 1983 Henry Edgar Paston-Bedingfeld 10th Baronet (age 39) was appointed Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary.