User:Vexald/Sandbox/Exeter Cathedral: Great East Window

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Exeter Cathedral's Great East Window was constructed in the late 13th century as part of the new Gothic-style cathedral which largedly replaced the preceding Norman structure.

Table of arms

#	Image	Escutcheon	Details
1			Edmund Stafford (1344-1419), Bishop of Exeter 1395-1419 [1] Blazon: Or, a chevron gules, a bordure azure semee of mitres of the field. Date: Late 1400s.
2			Richard Blund or Blundy (d.1257), Bishop of Exeter 1245-1257. [2] Blazon: Lozengy or and sable. Date: Late 1400s.
3			Robert Chichester (d.1160/61), Bishop of Exeter 1155-1160/61. [3] Blazon: Chequey or and gules, a chief vair. Date: Late 1400s.
4			Osbern FitzOsbern (d.1103), Bishop of Exeter 1072-1103. [4] Blazon: Gules, a bend argent surmounted by a fess or. Date: Late 1400s.
5			Edward the Confessor (1003/05-1066), King of the English 1042-1066. [5] Blazon: Azure, a cross patonce between five martlets or. Edward pre-dated heraldry, so his arms are later attributions, based upon the design on one of his coins.
6			William Courtenay (1342-1396), Archbishop of Canterbury 1381-1396. [6] Blazon: The Archdiocese of Canterbury impaling Or, three torteaux gules, a label of three points azure each charged with three plates. Date: 1390s.
7			James Berkeley (d.1327), Bishop of Exeter 1327. [7] Blazon: Gules, a chevron between ten crosses pattée argent. Some sources add an annulet for difference.
8			Royal Arms of England (1406-1603) [8] Blazon: Quarterly, 1st and 4th Azure, three fleurs-de-lys or (France modern), 2nd and 3rd, Gules, three lions passant guardant in pale or (England). This shield is fifteenth century and could be for any king from Henry IV to Henry VII.
9			Courtenay [9] Blazon: Or, three torteaux gules, a label of three points azure.

Key to shield numbers

This is the same numbering scheme used by Brooks & Evans.

Bibliography

• Allan, John. An archaeological record of the high eastern gable of Exeter Cathedral, 2015-18. Part 2 : The Great East Window. Prepared for the Dean & Chapter of Exeter Cathedral, 2022. (John Allan Archaeology Report 157/2022).
• Brooks, Christopher & Evans, David. The great east window of Exeter cathedral : a glazing history. Exeter : University of Exeter Press, 1988. (ISBN 0859893170).
• Gibbs, Roscoe. "The heraldry and ancient stained glass in the Great East Window of Exeter Cathedral", in Devon notes and queries, Vol.3, January 1904-October 1905. pp.1-10.
• Wikipedia - biographies.