Mowbray Herald of Arms Extraordinary was an English

England

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 officer of arms

Officer of arms

An officer of arms is a person appointed by a sovereign or state with authority to perform one or more of the following functions:*to control and initiate armorial matters*to arrange and participate in ceremonies of state...

. Though an officer of the crown, Mowbray Herald Extraordinary was not a member of the corporation of the College of Arms

College of Arms

The College of Arms, or Heralds’ College, is an office regulating heraldry and granting new armorial bearings for England, Wales and Northern Ireland...

 in London

London

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. Sir William le Neve appears to have been appointed to the office from 29 June 1624 until his appointment as York Herald

York Herald

York Herald of Arms in Ordinary is an officer of arms at the College of Arms. The first York Herald is believed to have been an officer to Edmund of Langley, Duke of York around the year 1385, but the first completely reliable reference to such a herald is in February of 1484, when John Water...

 the following year. The office was recreated in January 1695 for Robert Plot

Robert Plot

Robert Plot was an English naturalist, first Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford, and the first keeper of the Ashmolean Museum....

, who was made Registrar of the College of Heralds

College of Arms

The College of Arms, or Heralds’ College, is an office regulating heraldry and granting new armorial bearings for England, Wales and Northern Ireland...

 just two days later, and was subsequently held by Joseph Edmondson.

Holders of the office

erm of Office		Name
June 1623	18 December 1623	John Borough John Borough Sir John Borough was the Garter Principal King of Arms 1633-43.-Life:He was grandson of William Borough, of Sandwich, Kent, by the daughter of Basil Gosall, of Nieuwkerk, Brabant, and son of John Borough, of Sandwich, by his wife, daughter of Robert Denne, of Dennehill, Kent. He received a... , Esq.
June 1624	?	William Le Neve, Esq.
24 June 1677	1679 or 80	Francis Burghill, Esq.
2 February 1694 or 95	30 April 1696	Robert Plot Robert Plot Robert Plot was an English naturalist, first Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford, and the first keeper of the Ashmolean Museum.... , Esq.
?	14 November 1712	Richard Fryth, Esq.
?	7 August 1749	John Dugdale, Esq.
March 1764	17 February 1786	Joseph Edmondson, Esq.

External links

• The College of Arms
• CUHGS Officer of Arms Index