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DIOCESE OF LICHFIELD
Country : United Kingdom
Denomination : Anglican (until 1557 Roman Catholic)
Established : 656 as Diocese of Mercia, renamed in 664 to Diocese of Lichfield
Renamed in 1121 to Diocese of Coventry and Lichfield
Renamed in 1539 to Diocese of Lichfield and Coventry
Renamed in 1837 to Diocese of Lichfield
Official blazon
Party per pale, gules and argent, a cross potent and quadrate in the center between four crosslets patee of the second and or.
Origin/meaning
The arms were recorded at the College of Arms.
The arms show the Cross of St. Chad, the patron saint of the diocese. Lichfield was made the episcopal see by St. Chad (Ceadda) in 669.
The earliest seal on which arms are found for the diocese is that of William Booth (1447-1452) where only a cross potent is seen as the diocesan arms.
Arms of Roman Catholic Bishops
Geoffrey Muschamp (1198-1208)
William of Cornhill (1214-1223)
Alexander Stavensby (1224-1238)
Hugh Pateshull (1239-1241)
Roger Weseham (1245-1256)
Roger Longespee (1258-1295)
Walter Langton (1296-1321)
Roger Northburgh (1322-1358)
Robert Stretton (1360-1385)
Walter Skirlaw (1385-1386)
Richard Lescrope (1386-1398)
John Bourghill (1398-1414)
John Catterick (1415-1419)
William Heiworth (1419-1447)
William Booth (1447-1452)
Nicholas Cloose (1452-1452)
Reginald Boulers (1453-1459)
John Hales (1459-1490)
William Smyth (1492-1495)
John Arundel (1496-1502)
Geoffrey Blythe (1503-1531)
Rowland Lee (1534-1543)
Ralph Baines (1554-1559)
Arms of Anglican Bishops
Rowland Lee (1539-1543)
Richard Sampson (1543-1554)
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Thomas Bentham (1560-1579)
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William Overton (1580-1609)
George Abbot (1609-1610)
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Richard Neile (1610-1614)
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John Overall (1614-1618)
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Thomas Morton (1619-1632)
Robert Wright (1632-1643)
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Accepted Frewen (1644-1646)
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Accepted Frewen (1660-1660)
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John Hacket (1661-1670)
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Thomas Wood (1671-1692)
William Lloyd (1692-1699)
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John Hough (1699-1717)
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Edward Chandler (1717-1730)
Richard Smalbroke (1731-1749)
Frederick Cornwallis (1750-1768)
John Egerton (1769-1771)
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Brownlow North (1771-1774)
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Richard Hurd (1775-1781)
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James Cornwallis (1781-1824)
Henry Ryder (1824-1836)
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Samuel Butler (1836-1839)
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James Bowstead (1840-1843)
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John Lonsdale (1843-1867)
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George Selwyn (1868-1878)
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William Dalrymple Maclagan (1878-1891)
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Augustus Legge (1891-1913)
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John Kempthorne (1913-1937)
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Edward Woods (1937-1953)
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Stretton Reeve (1953-1974
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Kenneth Skelton (1975-1984)
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Keith Sutton (1984-2003)
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Jonathan Gledhill (2003-2015)
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Michael Ipgrave (2016-present)
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