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| style="vertical-align:top;" | '''Leofric'''(bef.1016-1072), '''Bishop of Exeter''' (1046/50-1072) | | style="vertical-align:top;" | '''Leofric'''(bef.1016-1072), '''Bishop of Exeter''' (1046/50-1072) | ||
<p>Leofric became Bishop of Crediton and Cornwall in 1046, but in 1050, at his request, the diocesan seat for Devon was moved to Exeter. | <p>Leofric became Bishop of Crediton and Cornwall in 1046, but in 1050, at his request, the diocesan seat for Devon was moved to Exeter. | ||
<p> | <p><small>'''Blazon''': ''The arms of the diocese of Exeter impaled with Argent, a lion rampant Gules crowned Or.''</small> | ||
<p>Leofric lived before the advent of heraldry and so his arms are later attributions. The arms usually attributed to him are a mitre on a black cross patonce on a gold field (as can be seen on the [[Exeter Cathedral: Great East Window|Great East Window]].</p> | </p> | ||
<p><small>Leofric lived before the advent of heraldry and so his arms are later attributions. The arms usually attributed to him are a mitre on a black cross patonce on a gold field (as can be seen on the [[Exeter Cathedral: Great East Window|Great East Window]]).</small></p> | |||
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| style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;" | [[File:Exeter Cathedral Great West Window - Arms of Walter Stapledon, Bishop of Exeter.png|90px]] | | style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;" | [[File:Exeter Cathedral Great West Window - Arms of Walter Stapledon, Bishop of Exeter.png|90px]] | ||
Revision as of 12:34, 2 April 2026
The present Great West Window of Exeter Cathedral was given its current glazing in 1950, after the previous window had been destroyed by enemy bombing in May 1942.
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File:Escutcheon of James Turberville, Bishop of Exeter.png | Leofric(bef.1016-1072), Bishop of Exeter (1046/50-1072)
Leofric became Bishop of Crediton and Cornwall in 1046, but in 1050, at his request, the diocesan seat for Devon was moved to Exeter. Blazon: The arms of the diocese of Exeter impaled with Argent, a lion rampant Gules crowned Or. Leofric lived before the advent of heraldry and so his arms are later attributions. The arms usually attributed to him are a mitre on a black cross patonce on a gold field (as can be seen on the Great East Window). |
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Walter Stapledon, Bishop of Exeter |
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King Edward the Confessor |
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Diocese of Exeter |
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Edytha of Kent |
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John Grandisson, Bishop of Exeter |
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Myles Coverdale, Bishop of Exeter |
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Frederick Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury |
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Temple, including Frederick, Bishop of Exeter |
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Blundell School |
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Balliol College, Oxford |
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Royal arms of the United Kingdom |
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Archdiocese of Canterbury |
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Archdiocese of York |
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Rugby School |
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Frederick Temple, Bishop of Exeter |
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Frederick Temple, Bishop of London |
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Diocese of Manchester |
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