Diocese of Exeter

DIOCESE OF EXETER

Country : United Kingdom
Denomination : Anglican (until 1560/69 Roman Catholic)
Established : 850 as Diocese of St Germans, translated to Crediton 909 and to Exeter in 1050

Official blazon

Gules, a sword erect in pale argent, hilted Or, surmounted of two keys addorsed in saltire, wards in chief, of the last.

Origin/meaning

The arms were recorded at the College of Arms.

The keys and sword alludes to the dedication of the Cathedral to SS. Peter and Paul. The arms took it present form during the Episcopate of John Boothe (1465-1478), although many variations of the arms can be found in the cathedral and churches in the diocese.

Arms of Roman Catholic Bishops

Leofric ( 1046-1072)
Osbern FitzOsbern (1072-1103)
William Warelwast (1107-1137)
Robert Chichester (1138-1155)
Robert Warelwast (1155-1160)
Bartholomew of Exeter (1161-1184)
John Fitzduke (1186-1191)
Henry Marshall (1194-1206)
Simon of Apulia (1214-1223)
William Briwere (1223-1244)
Richard Blondy (1245-1257)
Walter Bronscombe (1258 -1280)
Peter Wyvill (1280 -1291)
Thomas Button (1291-1307)
Walter de Stapledon (1308-1326)
James Berkeley (1327 -1327)
John Grandison (1327- 1369)
Thomas Brentingham (1370-1394)
Edmund Stafford (1395-1419)
John Catterick (1419-1419)
Edmund Lacy (1420- 1455)
George Neville (1456-1465)
John Booth (1465-1478)
Peter Courtenay (1478-1487)
Richard Foxe (1487-1492)
Oliver King (1492-1493)
Richard Redman (1495-1501)
John Arundel (1502-1504)
Hugh Oldham (1504-1519)
John Veysey (1519-1551;1553-1554)
James Turberville (1555-1559)

Arms of Anglican Bishops

Myles Coverdale (1551-1553)
William Alley (1560-1571)
William Bradbridge (1571-1578)
John Woolton (1579-1594)
Gervase Babington (1595-1597)
William Cotton (1598-1621)
Valentine Cary (1621-1626)
Joseph Hall (1627-1641)
Ralph Brownrigg (1642-1646)
John Gauden (1660-1662)
Seth Ward (1662-1667)
Anthony Sparrow (1667-1676)
Thomas Lamplugh (1676-1688)
Jonathan Trelawny (1689-1707)
Ofspring Blackall (1708-1716)
Lancelot Blackburne (1717-1724)
Stephen Weston (1724-1742)
Nicholas Clagett (1743-1746)
George Lavington (1747-1762)
Frederick Keppel (1762-1777)
John Ross (1778-1792)
William Buller (1792-1796)
Reginald Courtenay (1797-1803)
John Fisher (1803-1807)
George Pelham (1807-1820)
William Carey (1820-1830)
Christopher Bethell (1830-1830)
Henry Phillpotts (1831-1869)
Frederick Temple (1869-1885)
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Edward Bickersteth (1885-1900)
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Herbert Edward Ryle (1901-1903)
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Archibald Robertson (1903-1916)
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William Cecil (1916-1936)
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Charles Curzon (1936-1948)
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Robert Mortimer (1949-1973)
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Eric Mercer (1973-1985)
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Hewlett Thompson (1985-1999)
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Michael Langrish (1999-2013)
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Robert Atwell (2014-present)

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