Armorial of the speakers of the English House of Commons

Armorial of the speakers of the House of Commons is displayed at the House of Commons in the Palace of Westminster. Speakers customarily took a grant of arms while in office if they were not armigerous already. Their shields of arms are painted on the interior walls of Speaker's House.

Earlier parlours and prolocutors (1258–1376) Arms Name of Speaker and heraldic blazon Peter de Montfort, Prolocutor 1258–64 Escutcheon: Bendy of eight Or and Azure. Sir William Trussell, Prolocutor 1327, 1340 and 1343 Escutcheon: Argent a cross fleury Gules. Henry de Beaumont, Prolocutor 1332 Escutcheon: Azure semée of fleurs-de-lys a lion rampant Or. Sir Geoffrey le Scrope, Prolocutor 1332 Escutcheon: Azure a bend Or. Sir William de Thorpe, Prolocutor 1347–8 Escutcheon: Barry of fourteen Or and Sable. Sir William de Shareshull, Prolocutor 1351 Escutcheon: Barry nebully of six Argent and Gules a bordure Sable bezanty. Sir Peter de la Mare, Prolocutor 1376–7 Escutcheon: Gules two chevrons Or.

Richard II (1377–1399) Arms Name of Speaker and heraldic blazon Sir Thomas Hungerford, Speaker of the House 1377 Escutcheon: Sable two bars Argent in chief three plates. Sir James Pickering, Speaker of the House 1378 and 1382–3 Escutcheon: Ermine a lion passant Azure crowned Or. John Guildesborough, Speaker of the House 1379–80 Escutcheon: Argent three piles Gules. Crest: A chevalier on horseback at full speed holding a sword all Proper. Sir Richard Waldegrave, Speaker of the House 1381–2 Escutcheon: Per pale Argent and Gules. Crest: Out of a ducal coronet Or a plume of five ostrich feathers per pale Argent and Gules. Motto: Coelum Non Animum Sir John Bussy, Speaker of the House 1394–7 Escutcheon: Or three water bougets Argent.

Henry IV (1399–1413) Arms Name of Speaker and heraldic blazon Sir John Cheyne, Speaker of the House 1399 Blazon not available. John Doreward, Speaker of the House 1399 and 1413 Escutcheon: Ermine on a chevron Sable three crescents Or. Sir Arnold Savage, Speaker of the House 1400-2 and 1403-4 Escutcheon: Argent six lions rampant Sable. Sir Henry Redford, Speaker of the House 1402 Escutcheon: Argent fretty Sable a chief of the second. Sir William Esturmy, Speaker of the House 1404 Escutcheon: Argent three demi-lions rampant Gules. Sir John Tiptoft (later Baron Tiptoft), Speaker of the House 1405-6 Escutcheon: Argent a saltire engrailed Gules. Thomas Chaucer, Speaker of the House 1407–11, 1414 and 1421 Escutcheon: Per pale Argent and Gules a bend counterchanged.

Henry V (1413–1422) Arms Name of Speaker and heraldic blazon William Stourton, Speaker of the House 1413 Escutcheon: Sable a bend Or between six fountains. Sir Walter Hungerford (later Baron Hungerford), Speaker of the House 30 April 1414 – 29 May 1414 Escutcheon: Sable two bars Argent in chief three plates. Crest: The Peverell garb between two Hungerford sickles. Sir Richard Redman, Speaker of the House 1415 Escutcheon: Gules three cushions or. Crest: Blazon not available. Sir Walter Beauchamp, Speaker of the House 1416 Escutcheon: Gules a fess between six martlets Or. Roger Flower, Speaker of the House 1416-9 Escutcheon: Sable ermined Argent a pierced cinquefoil Ermine. Crest: An eagle's head erased Sable ermined Argent & with a gold crown about its neck. Roger Hunt, Speaker of the House 1420-1 Blazon not available.

Henry VI (1422–1461) Arms Name of Speaker and heraldic blazon John Russell, Speaker of the House 1423-4 and 1432 Escutcheon: Argent a chevron between three crosses bottonée fitchée Sable. Sir Thomas Walton, Speaker of the House 1424-6 Escutcheon: Argent a chevron between three annulets Sable. Sir Richard Vernon, Speaker of the House 1426 Escutcheon: Chequy Or and Azure on a canton Gules a lion rampant Argent. Sir John Tyrell, Speaker of the House 1427–8, 1431 and 1437 Escutcheon: Argent two chevrons Azure a bordure engrailed Gules. Crest: A boar's head erect Argent out of the mouth a peacock's tail Proper. Supporters: Two tigers reguardant Proper. William Alington, Speaker of the House 1429–30 Escutcheon: Sable a bend engrailed between six billets Argent. John Bowes, Speaker of the House 1435 Escutcheon: Ermine three bows strung in pale Gules. Crest: A sheaf of arrows Or bound in a girdle Azure surmounted with the motto "Sans Variance Et Mon Droit". Motto: In Multis In Magnis In Bonis Expertus William Burley, Speaker of the House 1437 and 1445 Escutcheon: Argent a lion rampant Sable armed Gules debruised with a fesse counter-compony Or and Argent. Sir William Tresham, Speaker of the House 1439–42, 1446–7 and 1449–50 Escutcheon: Per saltire Argent and Sable in chief three trefoils slipped Vert two and one in base one and two of the last. John Say, Speaker of the House 1449 and 1463-8 Escutcheon: Per pale Azure and Gules three chevronels Or voided and counterchanged. Sir John Popham, Speaker of the House 1449 Escutcheon: Argent on a chief Gules two bucks' heads cabossed Or. Crest: A buck's head erased Proper. William Oldhall, Speaker of the House 1450-2 Escutcheon: Per pale Azure and Purpure a lion rampant Ermine. Thomas Thorpe, Speaker of the House 1453-4 Blazon not available. Thomas Charlton, Speaker of the House 1454 Blazon not available. Sir John Wenlock (later Baron Wenlock), Speaker of the House 1455-6 Escutcheon: Or a cross formée extending to the extremities of the shield chequy Or and Sable. Crest: A wolf passant Sable. Thomas Tresham, Speaker of the House 1459 Blazon not available. John Green, Speaker of the House 1460 Escutcheon: Per fess Sable and Argent a lion rampant crowned counterchanged.

Edward IV (1461–1483) Arms Name of Speaker and heraldic blazon Sir James Strangeways, Speaker of the House 1461-2 Escutcheon: Sable two lions passant paly of six Argent and Gules. William Alington, Speaker of the House 1472-8 Escutcheon: Sable a bend engrailed between six billets Argent. Crest: A talbot passant Ermine. John Wood, Speaker of the House 1483 Blazon not available.

No parliament was summoned during Edward V's brief reign.

Richard III (1483–1485) Arms Name of Speaker and heraldic blazon William Catesby, Speaker of the House 1484 Escutcheon: Argent two lions passant Sable crowned Or.

Henry VII (1485–1509) Arms Name of Speaker and heraldic blazon Sir Thomas Lovell, Speaker of the House 1485-8 Escutcheon: Or a chevron Azure between three squirrels sejant Gules. Crest: A peacock's tail erect Proper banded with a belt Sable rimmed and buckled Argent the end pendent. Sir John Mordaunt, Speaker of the House 1487-9 Escutcheon: Argent a chevron between three estoiles of six Sable. Crest: A Saracen's head in profile Proper wreathed about the temples Argent and Sable. Sir Thomas Fitzwilliam, Speaker of the House 1489–90 Escutcheon: Lozengy Argent and Gules. Sir Richard Empson, Speaker of the House 1490-2 Escutcheon: Argent two bends Sable. Sir Robert Drury, Speaker of the House 1495 Escutcheon: Argent on a chief vert a cross tau between two mullets pierced Or.Burke, Sir Bernard, The General Armory, London, 1884, p.302 "Drury of Thurston Rougham in Suffolk" as seen on the chest tomb of Sir Robert DrurySee image Crest: A greyhound courant Proper. Motto: Non Sine Causâ Thomas Englefield, Speaker of the House 1496-7 and 1509–10 Escutcheon: Azure a griffin passant and a chief Or. Edmond Dudley, Speaker of the House 1503 Escutcheon: Or a lion rampant Azure a double quevée Vert.

Henry VIII (1509–1547) Arms Name of Speaker and heraldic blazon Sir Robert Sheffield, Speaker of the House 1512-3 Escutcheon: Argent a chevron between three garbs Gules. Sir Thomas Nevill, Speaker of the House 1515 Escutcheon: Gules a saltire Argent. Sir Thomas More, Speaker of the House 1523 Escutcheon: Argent a chevron engrailed between three moorcocks Sable combs wattles and legs Gules. Crest: A moorcock's head affronté Sable. Sir Thomas Audley (later Baron Audley of Walden), Speaker of the House 1529–1533 Escutcheon: Quarterly per pale indented Or and Azure in the 2nd and 3rd an eagle displayed of the 1st on a bend of the 2nd a fret between two martlets of the 1st. Sir Humphrey Wingfield, Speaker of the House 1533-6 Escutcheon: Argent on a bend Gules cotised Sable three pairs of wings conjoined of the field. Sir Richard Rich, Speaker of the House 1536 Escutcheon: Gules a chevron between three cross crosslets Or. Sir Nicholas Hare, Speaker of the House 1539–40 Escutcheon: Gules two bars Or a chief indented of the last. Sir Thomas Moyle, Speaker of the House 1542-4 Escutcheon: Gules a mule passant within a bordure Argent. Sir John Baker, Speaker of the House 1545–52 Escutcheon: Azure on a fess between three swans' heads erased and ducally gorged Or as many cinquefoils Gules.

Edward VI (1547–1553) Arms Name of Speaker and heraldic blazon Sir James Dyer, Speaker of the House 1553 Escutcheon: Or a chief indented Gules. Crest: Out of a coronet Or a goat's head Sable armed Gold.

Mary I (1553–1558) Arms Name of Speaker and heraldic blazon Sir John Pollard, Speaker of the House 1553 and 1555 Escutcheon: Argent a chevron Sable between three escallops Gules. Robert Broke, Speaker of the House 1554 Escutcheon: Chequy Argent and Sable on a canton Vert a brock passant Proper. Crest: A brock passant Proper. Clement Higham, Speaker of the House 1554-5 Escutcheon: Sable a fess chequy Or and Azure between three horses' heads erased Argent. Crest: A horse's head erased Argent. William Cordell, Speaker of the House 1558-9 Escutcheon: Gules a chevron Ermine between three griffins' heads erased Argent.

Elizabeth I (1558–1603) Arms Name of Speaker and heraldic blazon Sir Thomas Gargrave, Speaker of the House 1559 Escutcheon: Lozengy Or and Sable on a bend of the first three crescents of the second. Motto: Servire Deo Regnare Est Thomas Williams, Speaker of the House 1563 Escutcheon: Sable three curlews' heads erased Argent. Crest: A curlew Argent beaked and legged Or. Richard Onslow, Speaker of the House 1566–71 Escutcheon: Argent a fess Gules between six Cornish choughs Proper. Sir Christopher Wray, Speaker of the House 1571 Escutcheon: Azure on a chief Or three martlets Gules. Crest: An ostrich Or. Granted 30 December 1586 by Clarenceux Cooke. Robert Bell, Speaker of the House 1572–76 Escutcheon: Sable a fess Ermine between three bells Argent. John Puckering, Speaker of the House 1584-6 Escutcheon: Sable a bend fusily cottised Argent. Thomas Snagge, Speaker of the House 1589 Escutcheon: Argent three pheons Sable. Crest: A demi-goat Azure attired Or. Edward Coke, Speaker of the House 1592-3 Escutcheon: Party per pale Gules and Azure three eagles displayed Argent. Christopher Yelverton, Speaker of the House 1597-8 Escutcheon: Argent three lions rampant and a chief Gules. John Croke, Speaker of the House 1601 Escutcheon: Gules a fess between six martlets Argent.

James I (1603–1625) Arms Name of Speaker and heraldic blazon Sir Edward Phelips, Speaker of the House 1603–1611 Escutcheon: Argent a chevron Gules between three roses Proper. Crest: A square beacon or chest on two wheels Or filled with fire Proper. Motto: Pro Aris Et Focis Sir Ranulph Crewe, Speaker of the House 1614 Escutcheon: Azure a lion rampant Argent. Crest: Out of a ducal coronet Or a lion's gamb erect Argent. Sir Thomas Richardson, Speaker of the House 1621–1622 Escutcheon: Argent on a chief Sable three lions' heads erased of the field. A canton Azure charged with St Andrew's cross Argent. Sir Thomas Crewe, Speaker of the House 1623–25 Escutcheon: Azure a lion rampant Argent. Crest: Out of a ducal coronet Or a lion's gamb erect Argent.

Charles I (1625–1649) Arms Name of Speaker and heraldic blazon Sir Heneage Finch, Speaker of the House 1625-6 Escutcheon: Argent a chevron between three griffins passant Sable. Sir John Finch (later Baron Finch), Speaker of the House 1628-9 Escutcheon: Argent a chevron between three griffins passant Sable. John Glanville, Speaker of the House 1640 Escutcheon: Argent three Saltires Or.