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DeutschArmorial of Bishops of Chester
Bishops appointed by the Tudors
[edit]| Arms | Name of Bishop and heraldic blazon |
|---|---|
 | John Bird, Bishop 1542–1554 Escutcheon: Sable a mace Or in bend surmounted of a pastoral staff in bend sinister Argent headed Or on a chief Argent three shovellers also Argent. |
 | George Cotes, Bishop 1554–1555 Escutcheon: Argent fretty Azure on a canton Or a lion rampant Sable. |
 | Cuthbert Scott, Bishop 1556–1559 Escutcheon: Argent a chevron between three pelicans' heads erased at the neck Sable. |
 | William Downham, Bishop 1561–1577 Escutcheon: Azure on a chevron between two doves Argent beaks and legs Gules and a wolf's head erased Argent in base a rose between two books Gules clasped Or. |
 | William Chaderton, Bishop 1579–1595 Escutcheon: Quarterly 1st & 4th Gules a cross potent Or 2nd & 3rd Argent a chevron between three crampirons Gules. |
 | Hugh Bellot, Bishop 1595–1596 Escutcheon: Or on a chief Gules three cinquefoils of the first. |
 | Richard Vaughan, Bishop 1597–1604 Escutcheon: Sable a chevron between three fleur-de-lis Argent. |
Bishops appointed by the Stuarts
[edit]| Arms | Name of Bishop and heraldic blazon |
|---|---|
 | George Lloyd, Bishop 1604–1615 Escutcheon: Sable three horses' heads couped Argent. |
 | Thomas Morton, Bishop 1616–1619 Escutcheon: Quarterly Gules and Ermine in dexter chief and sinister base a goat's head erased Argent attired Or a fleur-de-lis in a crescent in fess point. |
 | John Bridgeman, Bishop 1619–1646 Escutcheon: Sable, ten plates in pile on a chief Argent a lion passant also Sable. |
 | Brian Walton, Bishop 1660–1661 Escutcheon: Three geese passant close. (Tinctures unknown) |
 | Henry Ferne, Bishop 1662 Escutcheon: Party per bend indented Argent and Gules a crescent for difference. |
 | George Hall, Bishop 1662–1668 Escutcheon: Sable three talbots' heads erased Argent langued Gules. |
 | John Wilkins, Bishop 1668–1672 Escutcheon: Argent on a pale engrailed cotised plain Sable, three martlets Or. |
 | John Pearson, Bishop 1673–1686 Escutcheon: Argent a chevron Erminois between three leaves Vert. |
 | Thomas Cartwright, Bishop 1686–1689 Escutcheon: Ermine a fess Sable between three fireballs inflamed. Crest: A wolf's head erased Or pierced through the neck with a spear Argent. |
 | Nicholas Stratford, Bishop 1689–1707 Escutcheon: Gules a fess humetty Or between three tressels Argent. |
 | Sir William Dawes, Bishop 1708–1714 Escutcheon: Argent on a bend Azure cotised Gules between six battle axes Sable three swans Or. |
 | Francis Gastrell, Bishop 1714–1725 Escutcheon: Chequy Argent and Sable on a chief Or three bucks' heads couped of the second. |
Bishops appointed by the Hanoverians
[edit]| Arms | Name of Bishop and heraldic blazon |
|---|---|
| Samuel Peploe, Bishop 1726–1752 Escutcheon: Azure on a chevron counter-embattled between three stringed bugle-horns Or a mitre with labels of the first. | |
 | Edmund Keene, Bishop 1752–1771 Escutcheon: Argent a talbot passant Sable collared Or on a chief indented Azure three crosslets of the third. |
 | William Markham, Bishop 1771–1776 Escutcheon: Azure on a chief Or a lion issuant Gules.[3] |
 | Beilby Porteus, Bishop 1776–1787 Escutcheon: Azure a book Or between two mullets in chief and a saltire humetty in base Argent. |
 | William Cleaver, Bishop 1788–1800 Escutcheon: Sable two bars between three castles masoned Or. |
 | Henry Majendie, Bishop 1800–1809 Escutcheon: Or on a mount Vert a tree between a serpent erect and a dove close Proper. |
 | Bowyer Sparke, Bishop 1810–1812 Escutcheon: Chequy Or and Vert a bend Ermine. |
 | George Henry Law, Bishop 1812–1824 Escutcheon: Argent on a bend engrailed between two cocks Gules three pierced mullets of the first. |
 | Charles James Blomfield, Bishop 1824–1828 Escutcheon: Quarterly per fess indented Or and Azure a bend Gules. |
 | John Bird Sumner, Bishop 1828–1848 Escutcheon: Ermine two chevrons Gules. |
 | John Graham, Bishop 1848–1865 Escutcheon: Argent on a pile Azure a dove close bearing in her beak an olive branch Proper on a chief Sable a cross potent Argent between two escollops Or. |
 | William Jacobson, Bishop 1865–1884 Escutcheon: Argent a chevron Gules between three trefoils slipped Sable on a chief also Sable an estoile Silver. |
 | William Stubbs, Bishop 1884–1889 Escutcheon: Sable on a bend nebuly Or between two bezants each charged with a pheon also Sable three buckles Proper. |
 | Francis Jayne, Bishop 1889–1919 No arms known. |
Bishops appointed by the Windsors
[edit]| Arms | Name of Bishop and heraldic blazon |
|---|---|
.svg) | Luke Paget, Bishop 1919–1932 Escutcheon: Sable on a cross engrailed between in the first and fourth quarters an eagle displayed and in the second and third an heraldic tyger passant Argent an escallop also Sable. |
 | Geoffrey Fisher (later Baron Fisher of Lambeth), Bishop 1932–1939 Escutcheon: Argent a fess wavy between three fleur-de-lys Sable. |
| | Douglas Crick, Bishop 1939–1955 No arms known. |
| | Gerald Ellison, Bishop 1955–1973 No arms known. |
| | Victor Whitsey, Bishop 1974–1981 No arms known. |
| | Michael Baughen, Bishop 1982–1996 No arms known. |
| | Peter Forster, Bishop 1996–2019 No arms known. |
| | Keith Sinclair, acting Bishop 2019–2020 No arms known. |
| | Mark Tanner, Bishop since 2020 No arms known. |
References
[edit]The Armorial Bearings of the Bishops of Chester, compiled by the Cheshire Heraldry Society [1]
- ^ Burke's General Armory. 1884. p. 173.
- ^ Burke's general Armory. 1884. p. 390.
- ^ Evelyn Philip Shirley (1860). The Noble and Gentle Men of England ; Or, Notes Touching the Arms and Descents of the Ancient Knightly and Gentle Houses of England, Arranged in Their Respective Counties.
- ^ Burke's General Armory. 1884. p. 201.
- ^ Burke's General Armory. 1884. p. 951.
- ^ Burke's General Armory. 1884. p. 986.
- ^ Debrett's Peerage. 1973.