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 [aged 16] was appointed Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary.
In 1524 Thomas Wriothesley [aged 36] was appointed Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary with the annual salary of £10.
In 1544 William Flower [aged 46] was appointed Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary.
On 15th November 1546 Lawrence Dalton [aged 36] was appointed Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary.
In 1553 Henry Cotgrove was appointed Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary.
On 14th November 1553 Nicholas Tubman was appointed Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary.
In 1567 William Dethick [aged 25] was appointed Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary.
On 29th May 1621 Augustine Vincent [aged 37] was appointed Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary.
In 1639 William Dugdale [aged 33] was appointed Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary.
The London Gazette 23152. Whitehall, August 16, 1866.
The Queen [aged 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 [aged 39] was appointed Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary.