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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. | ||
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'''''Blazon''''': The arms of the diocese of Exeter impaled with Argent, a lion rampant Gules crowned Or. | |||
<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> | |||
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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]] | ||
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| style="vertical-align:top;" | '''Walter Stapledon''' (bef.1266-1326), '''Bishop of Exeter''' 1307-1326. | | style="vertical-align:top;" | '''Walter Stapledon''' (bef.1266-1326), '''Bishop of Exeter''' 1307-1326. | ||
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'''''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. | |||
<small>These arms, with bends nebuly, are used as the arms of Exeter College, Oxford.</small> | |||
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| style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;" | [[File:Exeter Cathedral Great West Window - Arms of Edward the Confessor.png|90px]] | | style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;" | [[File:Exeter Cathedral Great West Window - Arms of Edward the Confessor.png|90px]] | ||
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| style="vertical-align:top;" | '''Edward the Confessor''' (1003/05-1066), '''King of the English''' 1042-1066. | | style="vertical-align:top;" | '''Edward the Confessor''' (1003/05-1066), '''King of the English''' 1042-1066. | ||
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'''''Blazon''''': Azure, a cross flory between five martlets Or. | |||
<small>Edward lived before the existence of heraldry. These arms were attributed to him probably in the fourteenth century.</small> | |||
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| style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;" | [[File:Exeter Cathedral Great West Window - Arms of the Diocese of Exeter.png|90px]] | | style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;" | [[File:Exeter Cathedral Great West Window - Arms of the Diocese of Exeter.png|90px]] | ||
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| style="vertical-align:top;" | '''Edytha of Kent''' | | style="vertical-align:top;" | '''Edytha of Kent''' | ||
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'''''Blazon''''': Gules, a horse forcene Argent. | |||
<small>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.</small> | |||
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| style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;" | [[File:Exeter Cathedral Great West Window - Arms of John Grandisson, Bishop of Exeter.png|90px]] | | style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;" | [[File:Exeter Cathedral Great West Window - Arms of John Grandisson, Bishop of Exeter.png|90px]] | ||
| style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;" | [[File:Escutcheon of John Grandisson, Bishop of Exeter.png|90px]] | | style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;" | [[File:Escutcheon of John Grandisson, Bishop of Exeter.png|90px]] | ||
| style="vertical-align:top;" | '''John Grandisson, Bishop of Exeter''' | | style="vertical-align:top;" | '''John Grandisson''' (1292-1369), '''Bishop of Exeter''' 1327-1369. | ||
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'''''Blazon''''': Paly of six argent and azure, on a bend gules a mitre between three eagles Or. | |||
<small>Blah blah blah</small> | |||
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| style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;" | [[File:Exeter Cathedral Great West Window - Arms of Myles Coverdale, Bishop of Exeter.png|90px]] | | style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;" | [[File:Exeter Cathedral Great West Window - Arms of Myles Coverdale, Bishop of Exeter.png|90px]] | ||
| style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;" | [[File:Escutcheon of Myles Coverdale (Exeter West Window version).png|90px]] | | style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;" | [[File:Escutcheon of Myles Coverdale (Exeter West Window version).png|90px]] | ||
| style="vertical-align:top;" | '''Myles Coverdale, Bishop of Exeter''' | | style="vertical-align:top;" | '''Myles Coverdale''' (c.1488-1569), '''Bishop of Exeter''' 1551-1553 | ||
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'''''Blazon''''': Per chevron nebuly Or and Gules. | |||
<small>These are not the arms usually associated with Bishop Coverdale, which are ''Quarterly, per fess indented gules and or, a rose between two fleurs-de-lys in | |||
chief and a fleur-de-lys between two roses in base, all counterchanged''.</small> | |||
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| style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;" | [[File:Exeter Cathedral Great West Window - Arms of Frederick & William Temple, Archbishops of Canterbury.png|90px]] | | style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;" | [[File:Exeter Cathedral Great West Window - Arms of Frederick & William Temple, Archbishops of Canterbury.png|90px]] | ||
Revision as of 07:54, 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.
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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). |
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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. |
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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. |
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Diocese of Exeter |
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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. |
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John Grandisson (1292-1369), Bishop of Exeter 1327-1369.
Blazon: Paly of six argent and azure, on a bend gules a mitre between three eagles Or. Blah blah blah |
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Myles Coverdale (c.1488-1569), Bishop of Exeter 1551-1553
Blazon: Per chevron nebuly Or and Gules. These are not the arms usually associated with Bishop Coverdale, which are Quarterly, per fess indented gules and or, a rose between two fleurs-de-lys in chief and a fleur-de-lys between two roses in base, all counterchanged. |
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Frederick Temple, Bishop of Exeter |
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