John Best

JOHN BEST

Born :
Deceased : 1570

Bishop of Carlisle, 1560-1570

Official blazon

Argent, on a chevron Gules, between two birds, russet, beaked and legged of the second, in chief; and a book of the second clasped Or in base; three pheons of the first.

Variant:
Or, a chevron between three books Gules, clasped of the first; on a chief of the second a dove descending from clouds Argent, nimbed and radiated Or.

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