Arundel Herald of Arms Extraordinary is a supernumerary Officer of Arms in England. Though a royal herald, Arundel is not a member of the College of Arms, and was originally a private herald in the household of Thomas Fitzalan, Earl of Arundel. The first herald, John Cosoun, is known to have served the Earl both in Portugal in 1413 and later in France, where he attended his dying master in October 1415.https://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/bk16/pp74-101 (Cosoun became Clarenceux King of Arms c. 1425 and died 6 February 1428, buried at St Olave's Church, Hart Street, London) The title was revived in 1727 as Herald Extraordinary.
A badge was assigned to Arundel in 1958, derived from a badge of the Fitzalan earls of the fourteenth century, and a supporter in the arms of the present Earl Marshal of England. It is blazoned A Horse courant Argent in its mouth a Sprig of Oak proper.
Holders of the office Arms Name Date of appointmentRef Herald of the Earl of ArundelJohn Cosoun(1413) Herald ExtraordinaryCharles Greene9 October 1727Francis Huchenson September 1735John Cheale16 November 1741Thomas Bewes26 May 1762Walter Aston Blount19 July 1830Dermot Michael Macgregor Morrah27 April 1953Rodney Onslow Dennys1 October 1982–1993Alan Roger Dickins7 October 1998–2016Anne Curry3 May 2022
See also Officer of Arms Heraldry
References Citations
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