John (Tyndale?) c. 1447  - No Arms

William Whiting (temp Henry VI?) - No Arms

John Water/Walker c. 1455 - 1471 - No Arms

James Thomas 1590 - 1603 Per pale Azure and Gules, three lions rampant Argent.

William Penson 1603 Arms: Gules, a chevron engrailed Argent between three estoiles Or.

Thomas Knight 1604 - 1618 Arms: Vert, a bend of five lozenges Or a crescent for difference.

Henry Chitting 1618 - 1638 Arms: Quarterly Argent and Azure, on a bend Gules three quatrefoils Argent.

Edward Walker 1638 - 1643 Arms: Quarterly - 1 & 4 Argent, on a cross Gules five leopards' faces Or. 2 & 3 Argent, a chevron anchored between three crescents Sable.

William Dugdale 1644 - 1660 Arms: Argent, a cross moline Gules with a torteau in the dexter canton.

                              
Francis Ryley temp. Protectorate: No Arms.

Thomas Lee 1660 - 1667: No Arms.

Thomas May 1667 - 1689 Arms: Gules, a fess between eight billets Or a crescent for difference.

Charles Mawson 1690 - 1720 Arms: Per fess Ermine and Ermines, a pale counterchanged and over all a lion salient Or.

Edward Stibbs 1720 - 1740 Arms: Per pale Gules and Azure, on a chevron embattled between three estoiles Or three fusils Sable.

Francis Huchenson 1740 - 1752 Arms: ................ a lion rampant ............... between eight crosses crosslet.

John Martin Leake 1752 - 1791 Arms: Quarterly - 1 & 4 Or, on a saltire engrailed Azure eight annulets Argent and in a canton Gules a castle of three towers Argent. 2 & 3 Paly of six Or and Azure, on a chief Gules three merlins Or with a crescent for difference.

George Martin Leake 1791 - 1834 Arms: Quarterly - 1 & 4 Or, on a saltire engrailedAzure eight annulets Argent and in a canton Gules a castle of three towers Argent. 2 & 3 Paly of six Or and Azure, on a chief Gules three merlins Or with a mullet for difference.

Walter Blount 1834 - 1859 Arms: Barry nebuly Or and Sable a crescent for difference.

Edward Denby 1659 - 1864 Arms: Quarterly Argent and Azure, on a bend invected and cotised Sable between two mullets Or ermined Sable three cinquefoils Or.

Henry Lane 1864 - 1913 Arms: Per fess Or and Azure, a chevron Gules between three mullets counterchanged a canton of England a fleur-de-lis for difference.

Thomas Joseph-Watkin 1913 - 1915 Arms: Argent, on a saltire indented Sable ermined Argent between four spear-heads also Sable a spear-head Argent, all within a bordure engrailed Sable

Arthur Cochrane 1915 - 1926 Arms: Per pale Or and Gules, two crosses trefly dimidiated & issuing from the dexter and sinister flanks counterchanged.

Sir John Heaton-Armstrong 1926 - 1955 Arms: Quarterly - 1 & 4 Gules, three dexter arms embowed in armour Argent the hands closed proper 2 & 3 Vert, a lion rampant Argent.

James Frere 1956 - 1960 Arms: Or, two leopards' faces between two flaunches Gules

Walter Verco 1960 - 1971 Arms: Per Pale Argent and Azure, eleven mollets of six points counterchanged

Hubert Chesshyre 1978 - 1995 Gules, two lions' gambs erased in chevron between three lures Or. Hubert Chesshyre was stripped of his CVO in 2015 after it was revealed that during the Independent Inquiry Into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) he was found to have sexually abused a teenage chorister during the 1990s. Chesshyre’s case did not result in a criminal conviction. Rather, the inquiry heard “he was found to have committed the acts in question” in a trial of the facts, a legal proceedure undertaken when it is held that  the accused is deemed unfit to plead. The court recognised that Chesshyre had suffered a stroke and it was also stated that he had dementia. As a result, despite being found to have committed the abuse, he was given an absolute discharge.   Whilst it would be innapropriate to ignore the fact that Chesshyre held the position of Chester Herald, I feel it appropriate to add this note to his entry which records that Chesshyre committed this abhorent abuse and as such, must be considered to be a peadophile. I commend the bravery of the particular survivor of abuse who had the courage to bring this deplorable abuse to court and my thoughts and support are extended to all other survivors.

Timothy Duke 1995 to 2017 Arms: Per fess Sable and Or, a fess per fess between two cotises their outer edges in the form of the upper rim of a ducal coronet all counterchanged.

The Hon. Christopher John Fletcher-Vane    2017–Present