Armorial of Bishops of Chester

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Arms of the Diocese, with which individual bishops' arms may be impaled: Gules three mitres with their lables Or. Diocese of Chester arms.svg
Arms of the Diocese, with which individual bishops' arms may be impaled: Gules three mitres with their lables Or.
John Graham's arms displayed on his memorial in the cathedral. Memorial to John Graham in Chester Cathedral.jpg
John Graham's arms displayed on his memorial in the cathedral.
1682 engraving of John Pearson, showing his arms impaling the bishopric's. John Pearson Bishop of Chester.jpg
1682 engraving of John Pearson, showing his arms impaling the bishopric's.

Bishops appointed by the Tudors

ArmsName of Bishop and heraldic blazon
John Bird Escutcheon.png 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.

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George Cotes Escutcheon.png George Cotes, Bishop 1554–1555

Escutcheon:Argent fretty Azure on a canton Or a lion rampant Sable.

Cuthbert Scott Escutcheon.png Cuthbert Scott, Bishop 1556–1559

Escutcheon:Argent a chevron between three pelicans' heads erased at the neck Sable.

William Downham Escutcheon.png 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 Escutcheon.png 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 Escutcheon.png Hugh Bellot, Bishop 1595–1596

Escutcheon:Or on a chief Gules three cinquefoils of the first.

Richard Vaughan Escutcheon.png Richard Vaughan, Bishop 1597–1604

Escutcheon:Sable a chevron between three fleur-de-lis Argent.

Bishops appointed by the Stuarts

ArmsName of Bishop and heraldic blazon
George Lloyd Escutcheon.png George Lloyd, Bishop 1604–1615

Escutcheon:Sable three horses' heads couped Argent.

Thomas Morton Escutcheon.png 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 Escutcheon.png John Bridgeman, Bishop 1619–1646

Escutcheon:Sable, ten plates in pile on a chief Argent a lion passant also Sable.

Brian Walton Escutcheon.png Brian Walton, Bishop 1660–1661

Escutcheon:Three geese passant close. (Tinctures unknown)

Henry Ferne Escutcheon.png Henry Ferne, Bishop 1662

Escutcheon:Party per bend indented Argent and Gules a crescent for difference.

George Hall Escutcheon.png George Hall, Bishop 1662–1668

Escutcheon:Sable three talbots' heads erased Argent langued Gules.

John Wilkins Escutcheon.png John Wilkins, Bishop 1668–1672

Escutcheon:Argent on a pale engrailed cotised plain Sable, three martlets Or.

John Pearson Escutcheon.png John Pearson, Bishop 1673–1686

Escutcheon:Argent a chevron Erminois between three leaves Vert.

Thomas Cartwright Escutcheon.png 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.
Motto:Defend The Fold [1]

Nicholas Stratford Escutcheon.png Nicholas Stratford, Bishop 1689–1707

Escutcheon:Gules a fess humetty Or between three tressels Argent.

Dawes Escutcheon.png Sir William Dawes, Bishop 1708–1714

Escutcheon:Argent on a bend Azure cotised Gules between six battle axes Sable three swans Or.

Francis Gastrell Escutcheon.png Francis Gastrell, Bishop 1714–1725

Escutcheon:Chequy Argent and Sable on a chief Or three bucks' heads couped of the second.
Crest:A lion's head erased Proper gorged with a chaplet Vert. [2]

Bishops appointed by the Hanoverians

ArmsName 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 Escutcheon.png 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 Escutcheon.png William Markham, Bishop 1771–1776

Escutcheon:Azure on a chief Or a lion issuant Gules. [3]

Beilby Porteus Escutcheon.png Beilby Porteus, Bishop 1776–1787

Escutcheon:Azure a book Or between two mullets in chief and a saltire humetty in base Argent.

William Cleaver Escutcheon.png William Cleaver, Bishop 1788–1800

Escutcheon:Sable two bars between three castles masoned Or.
Crest:A lion's gamb couped Or grasping a key Sable. [4]

Henry William Majendie Escutcheon.png Henry Majendie, Bishop 1800–1809

Escutcheon:Or on a mount Vert a tree between a serpent erect and a dove close Proper.

Bowyer Edward Sparke Escutcheon.png Bowyer Sparke, Bishop 1810–1812

Escutcheon:Chequy Or and Vert a bend Ermine.
Crest:Out of a ducal coronet Or a demi-panther rampant guardant Argent spotted with various colours fire issuing from the ears and mouth Proper. [5]

George Henry Law Escutcheon.png 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 Escutcheon.png Charles James Blomfield, Bishop 1824–1828

Escutcheon:Quarterly per fess indented Or and Azure a bend Gules.

John Bird Sumner Escutcheon.png John Bird Sumner, Bishop 1828–1848

Escutcheon:Ermine two chevrons Gules.
Crest:A lion's head erased Argent ducally gorged Or. [6]

John Graham Escutcheon.png 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 Escutcheon.png 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 Escutcheon.png 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.

No image.png Francis Jayne, Bishop 1889–1919

No arms known.

Bishops appointed by the Windsors

  Alive
  Incumbent
ArmsName of Bishop and heraldic blazon
Blazon of Paget Baronets of Harewood (1871).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.

Fisher of Lambeth Escutcheon.png Geoffrey Fisher (later Baron Fisher of Lambeth), Bishop 1932–1939

Escutcheon:Argent a fess wavy between three fleur-de-lys Sable.
Crest:A king's fisher Proper holding in the dexter claw a fleur-de-lys Sable. [7]

No image.png Douglas Crick, Bishop 1939–1955

No arms known.

No image.png Gerald Ellison, Bishop 1955–1973

No arms known.

No image.png Victor Whitsey, Bishop 1974–1981

No arms known.

No image.png Michael Baughen, Bishop 1982–1996

No arms known.

No image.png Peter Forster, Bishop 1996–2019

No arms known.

No image.png Keith Sinclair, acting Bishop 2019–2020

No arms known.

No image.png Mark Tanner, Bishop since 2020

No arms known.

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References

The Armorial Bearings of the Bishops of Chester, compiled by the Cheshire Heraldry Society

  1. Burke's General Armory. 1884. p. 173.
  2. Burke's general Armory. 1884. p. 390.
  3. 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.
  4. Burke's General Armory. 1884. p. 201.
  5. Burke's General Armory. 1884. p. 951.
  6. Burke's General Armory. 1884. p. 986.
  7. Debrett's Peerage. 1973.