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The arms were recorded at the College of Arms in 1530. | The arms were recorded at the College of Arms in 1530. | ||
The Arms appears first in the Seal of Robert Nevill, Bishop 1438-1457. The Lions might come from the Arms of Thomas Hatfield Bishop 1345-1381.<br> | |||
An Arms with the Field Red and the Cross and Lions Silver is also said to be the Arms of St. Denys Bishop and Martyr. The Bishop of Durham alone amongst<br> | |||
English Bishops has the right to have a Coronet about the Rim of the Mitre. This in rembrance of the Palatine authority exercised by the Bishops until 1835. | |||
====Arms of Bishops==== | ====Arms of Bishops==== | ||
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[[Literature]] : Image from [[Wills's Arms of the Bishopric]]. Bishop Lightfoot's Arms from J. Siebmacher’s Grosses Wappenbuch Bd 8, Die Wappen der Bistümer und Klöster. | [[Literature]] : Image from [[Wills's Arms of the Bishopric]]. Bishop Lightfoot's Arms from J. Siebmacher’s Grosses Wappenbuch Bd 8, Die Wappen der Bistümer und Klöster.<br> | ||
E.E. Dorling: Heraldry of the Church a Handbook. | |||
[[Category:Ecclesiastical heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | [[Category:Ecclesiastical heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | ||
[[Category:Anglican dioceses]] | [[Category:Anglican dioceses]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1530]] | [[Category:Granted 1530]] | ||
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DIOCESE OF DURHAM
Country : United Kingdom
Denomination : Anglican
Established : 633 as Diocese of Lindisfarne, traslated to Hexham 678, to Chester-le-Street 900 and to Durham 995
Official blazon
Azure, a cross Or between four lions rampant argent. Recorded in the Parliament Roll of 1512. Azure, a cross patonce Or between four lions rampant argent.
Origin/meaning
The arms were recorded at the College of Arms in 1530.
The Arms appears first in the Seal of Robert Nevill, Bishop 1438-1457. The Lions might come from the Arms of Thomas Hatfield Bishop 1345-1381.
An Arms with the Field Red and the Cross and Lions Silver is also said to be the Arms of St. Denys Bishop and Martyr. The Bishop of Durham alone amongst
English Bishops has the right to have a Coronet about the Rim of the Mitre. This in rembrance of the Palatine authority exercised by the Bishops until 1835.
Arms of Bishops
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Edward Maltby (1836–1856)
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Charles Longley (1856–1860)
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Henry Villiers (1860–1861)
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Charles Baring (1861–1879)
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Joseph Barber Lightfoot (1879-1889)
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Brooke Westcott (1890–1901)
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Handley Moule (1901–1920)
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Herbert Hensley Henson (1920–1939)
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Alwyn Williams (1939–1952)
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Arthur Michael Ramsey (1952–1956)
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Maurice Harland (1956–1966)
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Ian Ramsey (1966–1972)
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John Stapylton Habgood (1973–1983)
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David Edward Jenkins (1984–1994)
Michael Turnbull (1994–2003)
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Nicholas Thomas Wright (2003–2010)
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Justin Welby (2011–2013)
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Paul Butler (2014–present)
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Index of the site
Literature : Image from Wills's Arms of the Bishopric. Bishop Lightfoot's Arms from J. Siebmacher’s Grosses Wappenbuch Bd 8, Die Wappen der Bistümer und Klöster.
E.E. Dorling: Heraldry of the Church a Handbook.