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| style="vertical-align:top;" | '''Leofric''' (bef.1016-1072), '''Bishop of Exeter''' 1050-1072. | | style="vertical-align:top;" | '''Leofric''' (bef.1016-1072), '''Bishop of Exeter''' 1050-1072. | ||
<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> | ||
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<p>''The arms of the diocese of Exeter impaled with Argent, a lion rampant Gules crowned Or.''</p> | |||
<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> | |||
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Revision as of 13:01, 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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Leofric (bef.1016-1072), Bishop of Exeter 1050-1072.
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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Blundell School |
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Balliol College, Oxford |
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Rugby School |
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Frederick Temple, Bishop of Exeter |
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