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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.
The Bishop of Chester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Chester in the Province of York.. The diocese extends across most of the historic county boundaries of Cheshire, including the Wirral Peninsula and has its see in the City of Chester where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, which was formerly the Benedictine Abbey of Saint ...
Arms: Argent a chevron between three pelicans' heads erased at the neck Sable. [ 1 ] Cuthbert Scott (or Scot ) (died 9 October 1564) was a Catholic academic at the University of Cambridge and Bishop of Chester .
Arms: 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. [1] William Downham (c. 1511 — 1577), otherwise known as William Downman, was Bishop of Chester early in the reign of Elizabeth I, having previously served as her domestic chaplain.
Originally personal arms of Thomas de Cantilupe. Escutcheon: Gules three leopards' faces reversed jessant-de-lis two and one Or. [16] Leicester, granted 12 August 1949 Escutcheon: Gules a pierced cinquefoil Ermine in chief a lion passant guardant grasping in the dexter forepaw a cross crosslet fitchee Or. [17] Lichfield, recorded at unknown date
Arms: Argent, fretty Azure, on a canton Or a lion rampant Sable. [1] George Cotes (or Cotys, Coates) (died 1556) was an English academic and Catholic Bishop of Chester during the English Reformation. He had been a Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford in 1522, [2] and then became a Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford in 1527. [3]
Arms: Gules a fess humetty Or between three tressels Argent. [1] Nicholas Stratford (1633 – 12 February 1707) was an Anglican prelate. He served as Bishop of Chester from 1689 to 1707. He was born at Hemel Hempstead, [2] graduated M.A. at Trinity College, Oxford in 1656, and was Fellow there in 1657. [3]
Arms of George Law, Bishop: Argent, on a bend between two cocks gules three mullets of the field [1] George Henry Law FRS FSA (12 September 1761 – 22 September 1845) [2] was the Bishop of Chester (1812) and then, from 1824, Bishop of Bath and Wells.