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| style="vertical-align:top;" | ''' | | style="vertical-align:top;" | '''Edward the Confessor''' (1003/05-1066), '''King of the English''' 1042-1066. | ||
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<p>'''''Blazon''''': Azure, a cross flory between five martlets Or.</p> | |||
<p><small>Edward lived before the existence of heraldry. These arms were attributed to him probably in the fourteenth century.</small></p> | |||
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Revision as of 07:28, 3 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.
| 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 (bef.1266-1326), 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. | ||
| Edward the Confessor (1003/05-1066), King of the English 1042-1066.
Blazon: Azure, a cross flory between five martlets Or. Edward lived before the existence of heraldry. These arms were attributed to him probably in the fourteenth century. | ||
| Diocese of Exeter | ||
| Edytha of Kent
Blazon: Gules, a horse forcene Argent. These are the arms of Kent. Edytha of Kent is identified here as the wife of Edward the Confessor, but in fact his wife was Edytha of Wessex. | ||
| 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 | ||
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Archdiocese of York | |
| Rugby School | ||
| Frederick Temple, Bishop of Exeter | ||
| Frederick Temple, Bishop of London | ||
| Diocese of Manchester |