Armorial of Bishops of Chester
Bishops appointed by the Tudors
| Arms | Name of Bishop and heraldic blazon |
|---|---|
| John Bird, Bishop 1542–1554
Escutcheon: Sable a mace Or in bend surmounted of a pastoral staff in bend sinister Argent headed Or on a chief Argent three shovellers also Argent. | |
| George Cotes, Bishop 1554–1555
Escutcheon: Argent fretty Azure on a canton Or a lion rampant Sable. | |
| Cuthbert Scott, Bishop 1556–1559
Escutcheon: Argent a chevron between three pelicans' heads erased at the neck Sable. | |
| William Downham, Bishop 1561–1577
Escutcheon: Azure on a chevron between two doves Argent beaks and legs Gules and a wolf's head erased Argent in base a rose between two books Gules clasped Or. | |
| William Chaderton, Bishop 1579–1595
Escutcheon: Quarterly 1st & 4th Gules a cross potent Or 2nd & 3rd Argent a chevron between three crampirons Gules. | |
| Hugh Bellot, Bishop 1595–1596
Escutcheon: Or on a chief Gules three cinquefoils of the first. | |
| Richard Vaughan, Bishop 1597–1604
Escutcheon: Sable a chevron between three fleur-de-lis Argent. |
Bishops appointed by the Stuarts
| Arms | Name of Bishop and heraldic blazon |
|---|---|
| George Lloyd, Bishop 1604–1615
Escutcheon: Sable three horses' heads couped Argent. | |
| Thomas Morton, Bishop 1616–1619
Escutcheon: Quarterly Gules and Ermine in dexter chief and sinister base a goat's head erased Argent attired Or a fleur-de-lis in a crescent in fess point. | |
| John Bridgeman, Bishop 1619–1646
Escutcheon: Sable, ten plates in pile on a chief Argent a lion passant also Sable. | |
| Brian Walton, Bishop 1660–1661
Escutcheon: Three geese passant close. (Tinctures unknown) | |
| Henry Ferne, Bishop 1662
Escutcheon: Party per bend indented Argent and Gules a crescent for difference. | |
| George Hall, Bishop 1662–1668
Escutcheon: Sable three talbots' heads erased Argent langued Gules. | |
| John Wilkins, Bishop 1668–1672
Escutcheon: Argent on a pale engrailed cotised plain Sable, three martlets Or. | |
| John Pearson, Bishop 1673–1686
Escutcheon: Argent a chevron Erminois between three leaves Vert. | |
| Thomas Cartwright, Bishop 1686–1689
Escutcheon: Ermine a fess Sable between three fireballs inflamed.
Crest: A wolf's head erased Or pierced through the neck with a spear Argent. | |
| Nicholas Stratford, Bishop 1689–1707
Escutcheon: Gules a fess humetty Or between three tressels Argent. | |
| Sir William Dawes, Bishop 1708–1714
Escutcheon: Argent on a bend Azure cotised Gules between six battle axes Sable three swans Or. | |
| Francis Gastrell, Bishop 1714–1725
Escutcheon: Chequy Argent and Sable on a chief Or three bucks' heads couped of the second. |
Bishops appointed by the Hanoverians
| Arms | Name of Bishop and heraldic blazon |
|---|---|
| Samuel Peploe, Bishop 1726–1752
Escutcheon: Azure on a chevron counter-embattled between three stringed bugle-horns Or a mitre with labels of the first. | |
| Edmund Keene, Bishop 1752–1771
Escutcheon: Argent a talbot passant Sable collared Or on a chief indented Azure three crosslets of the third. | |
| William Markham, Bishop 1771–1776
Escutcheon: Azure on a chief Or a lion issuant Gules.[3] | |
| Beilby Porteus, Bishop 1776–1787
Escutcheon: Azure a book Or between two mullets in chief and a saltire humetty in base Argent. | |
| William Cleaver, Bishop 1788–1800
Escutcheon: Sable two bars between three castles masoned Or. | |
| Henry Majendie, Bishop 1800–1809
Escutcheon: Or on a mount Vert a tree between a serpent erect and a dove close Proper. | |
| Bowyer Sparke, Bishop 1810–1812
Escutcheon: Chequy Or and Vert a bend Ermine. | |
| George Henry Law, Bishop 1812–1824
Escutcheon: Argent on a bend engrailed between two cocks Gules three pierced mullets of the first. | |
| Charles James Blomfield, Bishop 1824–1828
Escutcheon: Quarterly per fess indented Or and Azure a bend Gules. | |
| John Bird Sumner, Bishop 1828–1848
Escutcheon: Ermine two chevrons Gules. | |
| John Graham, Bishop 1848–1865
Escutcheon: Argent on a pile Azure a dove close bearing in her beak an olive branch Proper on a chief Sable a cross potent Argent between two escollops Or. | |
| William Jacobson, Bishop 1865–1884
Escutcheon: Argent a chevron Gules between three trefoils slipped Sable on a chief also Sable an estoile Silver. | |
| William Stubbs, Bishop 1884–1889
Escutcheon: Sable on a bend nebuly Or between two bezants each charged with a pheon also Sable three buckles Proper. | |
| Francis Jayne, Bishop 1889–1919
No arms known. |
Bishops appointed by the Windsors
| Arms | Name of Bishop and heraldic blazon |
|---|---|
| Luke Paget, Bishop 1919–1932
Escutcheon: Sable on a cross engrailed between in the first and fourth quarters an eagle displayed and in the second and third an heraldic tyger passant Argent an escallop also Sable. | |
| Geoffrey Fisher (later Baron Fisher of Lambeth), Bishop 1932–1939
Escutcheon: Argent a fess wavy between three fleur-de-lys Sable. | |
| Douglas Crick, Bishop 1939–1955
No arms known. | |
| Gerald Ellison, Bishop 1955–1973
No arms known. | |
| Victor Whitsey, Bishop 1974–1981
No arms known. | |
| Michael Baughen, Bishop 1982–1996
No arms known. | |
| Peter Forster, Bishop 1996–2019
No arms known. | |
| Keith Sinclair, acting Bishop 2019–2020
No arms known. | |
| Mark Tanner, Bishop since 2020
No arms known. |
References
The Armorial Bearings of the Bishops of Chester, compiled by the Cheshire Heraldry Society [1]
- ^ Burke's General Armory. 1884. p. 173.
- ^ Burke's general Armory. 1884. p. 390.
- ^ Evelyn Philip Shirley (1860). The Noble and Gentle Men of England ; Or, Notes Touching the Arms and Descents of the Ancient Knightly and Gentle Houses of England, Arranged in Their Respective Counties.
- ^ Burke's General Armory. 1884. p. 201.
- ^ Burke's General Armory. 1884. p. 951.
- ^ Burke's General Armory. 1884. p. 986.
- ^ Debrett's Peerage. 1973.