# Bluemantle Pursuivant

Bluemantle Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary is a junior officer of arms of the College of Arms in London. The office is reputed to have been created by Henry V to serve the Order of the Garter, but there is no documentary evidence of this. There is, however, mention of an officer styled Blewmantle going to France in 1448. The first Bluemantle to be mentioned by name is found in a record from around 1484. The badge of office, probably derived from the original blue material of the Order of the Garter, is blazoned as A Blue Mantle lined Ermine cords and tassels Or.
The current Bluemantle Pursuivant of Arms is James Peill, FSA.

## Holders of the office

| Name | Date of appointment |
| John Ashwell or Haswell | (Henry V) |
| John Ashwell | (Henry V) |
| Thomas More | (1419) |
| Thomas Collyer | (Henry V) |
| William Hawkeslowe | (Henry VI) |
| John Horsley | (Henry VI) |
| Richard Stanton | (Henry VI) |
| James Collyer or Collier | (Henry VI) |
| John Ferrant | (Henry VI) |
| Roger Mallett | (Henry VI) |
| Henry French or Franke | (Edward IV) |
| Richard Champneys | (Edward IV) |
| Thomas Hollingsworth | (Edward IV) |
| Roger Bromley | (Edward IV) |
| John Brice | (Edward IV) |
| Thomas French or Franke | (Edward IV) |
| Rowland Playnford | (Edward IV) |
| Laurence Alford | (1484) |
| ...Banalee | 1503–1507 |
| Francis Dyes | 1508–1510 |
| Ralph Lago | 1510–1522 |
| Thomas Bysley | 1522–1528 |
| John Hutton | 1528–1528 |
| John Narboone | 1528–1536 |
| Richard Ratcliffe | 1536–1543 |
| William Harvey | 1543–1545 |
| Edmund Atkynson | 1545–1550 |
| Nicholas Narboone | 1550–1557 |
| John Hollingworth | 1557–1559 |
| Richard Turpin | 1559–1565 |
| Nicholas Dethick | 1565–1583 |
| Humphry Hales | 1583–1587 |
| James Thomas | 1587–1589 |
| Robert Treswell | 1589–1597 |
| Mercury Patten | 1597–1611 |
| Henry St George | 1611–1616 |
| Sampson Lennard | 1616–1633 |
| William Ryley | 1633–1641 |
| Robert Browne | 1641–1646 |
| John Watson | 1646–1660 |
| Robert Chaloner | 1660–1665 |
| Richard Hornebrooke | 1665–1667 |
| Thomas Segar | 1669–1670 |
| John Gibbon | 1670–1719 |
| James Greene | 1719–1737 |
| Thomas Browne | 1737–1743 |
| John Pine | 1743–1747 |
| Ralph Bigland | 1747–1752 |
| John Ward | 1752–1761 |
| Isaac Heard | 1761–1762 |
| Henry Pujolas | 1762–1763 |
| Peter Dore | 1763–1764 |
| George Browne | 1764–1767 |
| George Harrison | 1767–1774 |
| Sir Charles Townley | 1774–1781 |
| Edmund Lodge | 1781–1793 |
| George Nayler | 1793–1794 |
| John Havers | 1794–1797 |
| Francis Martin, Jr. | 1797–1819 |
| William Woods | 1819–1831 |
| George Harrison Rogers-Harrison | 1831–1849 |
| Henry Murray Lane | 1849–1864 |
| Henry Harrington Molyneux-Seel | 1864–1873 |
| Edward Bellasis | 1873–1882 |
| Charles Harold Athill | 1882–1889 |
| Gordon Ambrose de Lisle Lee | 1889–1905 |
| Sir Gerald Woods Wollaston | 1906–1919 |
| Philip Plantagenet Cary | 1919–1923 |
| Edmund Clarence Richard Armstrong | 1923–1923 |
| Aubrey John Toppin | 1923–1932 |
| Richard Preston Graham-Vivian | 1933–1947 |
| James Arnold Frere | 1948–1956 |
| John Philip Brook Brooke-Little | 1956–1967 |
| Francis Sedley Andrus | 1970–1972 |
| Sir Peter Llewellyn Gwynn-Jones | 1973–1983 |
| Terence David McCarthy | 1983–1991 |
| Robert John Baptist Noel | 1992–1999 |
| Michael Peter Desmond O'Donoghue | 2005–2012 |
| Mark John Rosborough Scott | 2019–2024 |
| James van Someren Peill | 2024–present |