Diocese of St. Asaph

DIOCESE OF SAINT ASAPH (Dioecesis Assavensis)

Country : United Kingdom
Denomination : Anglican (until 1558 Roman Catholic)

Established : 560

Official blazon

Sable, two keys in saltire, wards upwards, argent.

Origin/meaning

The arms were recorded at the College of Arms in 1512.

The symbolism of the Keys is uncertain, they are not associated with the patron Saint. But they are found in the Seal of Robert Lancaster Bishop 1411-1433.
Earlier and sometimes later the Keys are replaced by two Croziers.

Arms of Roman Catholic Bishops

Anian Schonaw (1268-1293)
Llywelyn de Bromfield (1293-1314)
Dafydd ap Bleddyn (1315-1352)
John Trevor (I) (1352-1357)
Llywelyn ap Madog (1357-1375)
William Spridlington (1376-1382)
Lawrence Child (1382-1389)
Alexander Bache (1390-1394)
John Trevor (II) (1395-1402)
David/Dafydd (1402-1408)
Robert Lancaster (1410-1433)
John Low (1433-1444)
Reginald Pecock (1444-1449)
Thomas Knight (1450-1463)
Richard Redman (1471-1495)
Michael Deacon (1495-1500)
Dafydd ap Yeworth (1500-1503)
Dafydd ap Owain (1503-1513)
Edmund Birkhead (1513-1518)
Henry Standish (1518-1535)
Robert Parfew (1536-1554)
Thomas Goldwell (1555-1558)

Arms of Anglican Bishops

William Barlow (1535-1536)
Richard Davies (1560-1561)
Thomas Davies (1561-1573)
William Hughes (1573-1600)
William Morgan (1601-1604)
Richard Parry (1604-1623)
John Hanmer (1624-1629)
John Owen (1629-1646)
George Griffith (1660-1666)
Henry Glemham (1667-1670)
Isaac Barrow (1670-1680)
William Lloyd (1680-1692)
Edward Jones (1692-1703)
George Hooper (1703-1704)
William Beveridge (1704-1708)
William Fleetwood (1708-1714)
John Wynne (1714-1727)
Francis Hare (1727-1731)
Thomas Tanner (1732-1735)
Isaac Maddox (1736-1743)
John Thomas (I) (1743-1744)
Samuel Lisle (1744-1748)
Robert Hay Drummond (1748-1761)
Richard Newcome (1761-1769)
Jonathan Shipley (1769-1788)
Samuel Hallifax (1789-1790)
Lewis Bagot (1790-1802)
Samuel Horsley (1802-1806)
William Cleaver (1806-1815)
John Luxmoore (1815-1830)
William Carey (1830-1846)
Thomas Vowler Short (1846-1870)
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Joshua Hughes (1870-1889)
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Alfred George Edwards (1889-1920)
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Alfred George Edwards (1920-1934)
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William Havard (1934-1950)
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David Bartlett (1950-1971)
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Harold Charles (1971-1981)
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Alwyn Rice Jones (1981-1999)
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John Davies (1999-2008)
Gregory Cameron (2009-present)

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