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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.

Image	Arms	Details
	File:Escutcheon of Athelstan (Great West Window).png	King Athelstan
		Leofric (bef.1016-1072), Bishop of Exeter 1050-1072. 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).
		Walter Stapledon (died 1326), Bishop of Exeter 1307-1326. Blazon: The arms of the diocese of Exeter impaled with Argent, two bends wavy (or nebuly) Sable, on a border of the second eight pairs of crossed keys Or. These arms, with bends nebuly, are used as the arms of Exeter College, Oxford.
		King Edward the Confessor
		Diocese of Exeter
		Edytha of Kent
		John Grandisson, Bishop of Exeter
		Myles Coverdale, Bishop of Exeter
		Frederick Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury
		Temple, including Frederick, Bishop of Exeter
		Blundell School
		Balliol College, Oxford
		Royal arms of the United Kingdom
		Archdiocese of Canterbury
[[		Archdiocese of York
		Rugby School
		Frederick Temple, Bishop of Exeter
		Frederick Temple, Bishop of London
		Diocese of Manchester

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 | 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>
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 <p>'''''Blazon''''': The arms of the diocese of Exeter impaled with Argent, a lion rampant Gules crowned Or.</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:Escutcheon of Walter Stapledon, Bishop of Exeter.png|90px]]
 | style="vertical-align:top;" | '''Walter Stapledon''' (died 1326), '''Bishop of Exeter''' 1307-1326.
-Walter Stapledon was Bishop of Exeter from 1307 until he was killed  in the London Uprising of 1326. He twice served as Lord High Treasurer of England and founded what was to become Exeter College, Oxford. His tomb is in Exeter Cathedral.
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 <p>'''''Blazon''''': The arms of the diocese of Exeter impaled with Argent, two bends wavy (or nebuly) Sable, on a border of the second eight pairs of crossed keys Or.</p>
 <p><small>These arms, with bends nebuly, are used as the arms of Exeter College, Oxford.</small></p>
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 | style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;" | [[File:Exeter Cathedral Great West Window - Arms of Edward the Confessor.png|90px]]