Saint John Fisher

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SAINT SAINT JOHN FISHER

Born : 1469
Deceased : June 22, 1535

Bishop of Rochester, 1504-1535
Cardinal 1535
Beatified 1886
Canonized 1935

Official blazon

Origin/meaning

The arms show the arms of the See of Rochester (saltire with scallop) impaled with the personal arms of the bishop. There are different versions of the arms known. The oldest contemporary source is the parliamentary Roll of 1515 in the British Library. This Roll shows the Fisher arms as an heraldic dolphin with three ears of wheat (see image below). Two other contemporary sources show the Fisher half as quartered. The old Fisher part now has a bordure engrailed. These are quartered with the arms of ? (not known to me). See the second image below based on a 1523 Roll and a manuscript in the College of Arms.

All later sources show the arms shown above, with the non-quartered Fisher arms, now with a bordure. But I have not seen any contemporary source with these arms.

Any help is welcome !