Armorial of the Church of England

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Arms shown in The Boy's Own Paper, circa 1885

England has a long tradition of ecclesiastical heraldry. An Anglican bishopric is considered a corporation sole, and most have been granted official arms. Incumbents may impale their personal arms with those of their see.

Province of Canterbury[]

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Archbishop of Canterbury arms.svg Canterbury, recorded at unknown date

Escutcheon: Azure an archiepiscopal staff in pale Or surmounted of a pall Argent fringed of the second and charged with four crosses patee fitchee Sable.
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Diocese of Bath and Wells arms.svg Bath and Wells, recorded at unknown date

Escutcheon: Azure a saltire per saltire quarterly counterchanged Or and Argent.[2][3]

Diocese of Birmingham arms.svg Birmingham, granted 8 March 1906

Escutcheon: Per pale indented Or and Gules five roundels two two and one and in chief two crosses patee all counterchanged. [4]

Diocese of Bristol arms.svg Bristol, recorded at unknown date

Escutcheon: Sable, three ducal coronets in pale Or.[5]

Diocese of Chemlsford arms.svg Chelmsford, granted 12 August 1949

Escutcheon: Or on a saltire Gules a pastoral staff of the first and a sword Argent pomel and hilt also of the first.[6]

Diocese of Chichester arms.svg Chichester, recorded at unknown date

Escutcheon: Azure Our Blessed Lord in judgement seated in His throne His dexter hand upraised Or His sinister hand holding an open book Proper and out of His mouth a two-edged sword the point to the dexter Gules.[7][8]

Diocese of Coventry arms.svg Coventry, granted 24 January 1919

Escutcheon: Gules a cross potent quadrante in the centre Argent within a bordure of the last charged with eight torteaux.[9]

Diocese of Derby arms.svg Derby, granted 29 October 1927

Escutcheon: Purpure a cross potent quadrate Argent in chief three fountains.[10]

Diocese of Ely arms.svg Ely, assumed circa 1290

Escutcheon: Gules three Ducal Coronets two and one Or.[11][12]

Diocese of Exeter arms.svg Exeter, recorded at unknown date

Escutcheon: Gules a sword erect in pale Argent hilted Or surmounted of two keys addorsed in saltire wards in chief of the last.[13]

Diocese of Gloucester arms.svg Gloucester, recorded at unknown date

Escutcheon: Azure two keys endorsed in saltire wards upwards Or.[14]

Diocese of Guildford arms.svg Guildford, granted 30 September 1927

Escutcheon: Gules two keys conjoined wards outwards in bend the uppermost Or the other Argent a sword of the third pommelled and hilted of the second interposed between them in bend sinister all within a bordure Azure charged with ten woolpacks also Argent.[15]

Diocese of Hereford arms.svg Hereford, recorded at unknown date. Originally personal arms of Thomas de Cantilupe.

Escutcheon: Gules three leopards' faces reversed jessant-de-lis two and one Or.[16]

Diocese of Leicester arms.svg Leicester, granted 12 August 1949

Escutcheon: Gules a pierced cinquefoil Ermine in chief a lion passant guardant grasping in the dexter forepaw a cross crosslet fitchee Or.[17]

Diocese of Lichfield arms.svg Lichfield, recorded at unknown date

Escutcheon: Party per pale Gules and Argent a cross potent and quadrate in the center between four crosslets patee of the second and Or.[18]

Diocese of Lincoln arms.svg Lincoln, recorded at unknown date

Escutcheon: Gules two lions passant guardant in pale Or on a chief Azure the Virgin ducally crowned sitting on a throne issuant from the chief in her dexter arm the Infant Jesus and in her sinister hand a sceptre all Gold.[19]

Diocese of London arms.svg London, recorded at unknown date

Escutcheon: Gules two swords in saltire Proper hilts and pommels Or.[20]

Diocese of Norwich arms.svg Norwich, recorded at unknown date

Escutcheon: Azure three mitres two and one Or.[21]

Diocese of Oxford arms.svg Oxford, recorded at unknown date

Escutcheon: Sable a fesse Argent in chief three demi ladies couped at the waist heads affrontee Proper ducally crowned Or arrayed and veiled of the second in base an ox also Argent horned and hoofed Gold passing a ford barry wavy of six Argent and Azure.[22]

Diocese of Peterborough arms.svg Peterborough, recorded at unknown date

Escutcheon: Gules two keys in saltire the wards upwards between four cross crosslets fitchee Or.[23][24]

Diocese of Portsmouth arms.svg Portsmouth, granted 25 July 1927

Escutcheon: Per fesse Or and Gules in chief upon waves of the sea Proper a lymphad Sable and in base two keys conjoined wards outwards in bend the uppermost Or the other Argent a sword interposed between them in bend sinister Argent pommel and hilt Or.[25]

Diocese of Rochester arms.svg Rochester, recorded at unknown date

Escutcheon: Argent on a saltire Gules an escallop Or.[26]

Diocese of St Albans arms.svg St Albans, 8 June 1877

Escutcheon: Azure a saltire Or over all a sword erect in pale Proper pomel and hilt of the second in chief a celestial crown Gold.[27]

Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich arms.svg St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, 12 August 1949

Escutcheon: Per pale Gules and azure between three ducal coronets a demi lion passant guardant conjoined to a demi hull of an ancient ship all Or.[28]

Diocese of Salisbury arms.svg Salisbury, recorded at unknown date

Escutcheon: Azure Our Lady crowned holding in her dexter arm the Infant Jesus in her sinister hand a sceptre Or round both heads circles of glory of the last.[29]

Diocese of Southwark arms.svg Southwark, granted 19 June 1905

Escutcheon: Argent eleven fusils in cross conjoined seven in pale fessewise four in fesse palewise and in the dexter chief a mitre all Gules.[30]

Diocese of Truro arms.svg Truro, granted 28 April 1877

Escutcheon: Argent on a saltire Gules a key ward upwards surmounted by a sword point downwards saltirewise Or in base a fleur-de-lis Sable a bordure of the last charged with fifteen bezants.[31]

Diocese of Winchester arms.svg Winchester, granted 19 June 1905

Escutcheon: Gules two keys endorsed and conjoined at the bows in bend wards in chief the uppermost Or the lower Argent a sword the point in chief interposed between them in bend sinister of the third pomel and hilt Gold.[32]

Diocese of Worcester arms.svg Worcester, recorded at unknown date

Escutcheon: Argent ten torteaux four three two and one.[33]

Province of York[]

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Archbishop of York arms.svg York, recorded at unknown date

Escutcheon: Gules two keys in saltire Argent in chief a regal crown Or. [34][35]

Diocese of Blackburn arms.svg Blackburn, granted 19 February 1927

Escutcheon: Per fesse Gules and Or two keys in saltire wards downwards Argent in chief and a rose barbed and seeded Proper in base. [36]

Diocese of Carlisle arms.svg Carlisle, recorded at unknown date

Escutcheon: Argent on a cross Sable a mitre Or. [37]

Diocese of Chester arms.svg Chester, recorded at unknown date

Escutcheon: Gules three mitres with their labels Or. [38]

Diocese of Durham arms.svg Durham, recorded in 1530

Escutcheon: Azure a cross Or between four lions rampant Argent.[39]

Diocese of Leeds arms.svg Leeds, granted 27 June 2014

Escutcheon: Azure a cross formy throughout the limbs in pale taking the form of a Greek Rho Or in the first quarter a rose Argent barbed and seeded Proper.[40]

Diocese of Liverpool arms.svg Liverpool, granted 17 July 1882

Escutcheon: Argent an eagle rising Sable beaked and legged and a glory round the head Or holding in the dexter claw an inkhorn Proper a chief per pale Azure and Gules charged on the dexter side with an open book Or inscribed in letters Sable "Thy Word is Truth" and on the sinister side an ancient ship with three masts sails furled also Or.[41]

Diocese of Manchester arms.svg Manchester, granted 5 January 1848

Escutcheon: Or on a pale engrailed Gules three mitres of the field a canton of the second thereon three bendlets enhanced also of the field.[42]

Diocese of Newcastle arms.svg Newcastle, granted 29 January 1929

Escutcheon: Gules a cross between four lions rampant Or on a chief of the last three castles triple-towered of the first.[43]

Diocese of Sheffield arms.svg Sheffield, granted 21 April 1914

Escutcheon: Azure a crozier in pale ensigned by a fteur-de-lis between in fess a key surmounted by a sword in saltire to the dexter and to the sinister eight arrows interlaced and banded saltirewise all Or.[44]

Diocese of Sodor and Man arms.svg Sodor and Man, recorded at unknown date

Escutcheon: Argent, upon a pedestal the Virgin Mary with her arms extended between two pillars, in the dexter hand, a church proper, in base the arms of Man in an escutcheon

Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham arms.svg Southwell and Nottingham, granted 21 April 1914

Escutcheon: Sable three fountains Proper a chief Or thereon a pale Azure charged with a representation of the Virgin Mary seated bearing the Infant Christ Or between on the dexter side a stag lodged Proper and on the sinister two staves raguly crossed Vert.[45]

References[]

  1. ^ "Archdiocese of Canterbury". Heraldry of the World. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Diocese of Bath and Wells". Heraldry of the World. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  3. ^ Debrett's Peerage. 1968. p. 121.
  4. ^ "Diocese of Birmingham". Heraldry of the World. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Diocese of Bristol". Heraldry of the World. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  6. ^ "Diocese of Chelmsford". Heraldry of the World. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  7. ^ "Diocese of Chichester". Heraldry of the World. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  8. ^ Debrett's Peerage. 1968. p. 248.
  9. ^ "Diocese of Coventry". Heraldry of the World. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  10. ^ "Diocese of Derby". Heraldry of the World. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  11. ^ "Diocese of Ely". Heraldry of the World. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  12. ^ Debrett's Peerage. 1968. p. 420.
  13. ^ "Diocese of Exeter". Heraldry of the World. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  14. ^ "Diocese of Gloucester". Heraldry of the World. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  15. ^ "Diocese of Guildford". Heraldry of the World. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  16. ^ "Diocese of Hereford". Heraldry of the World. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  17. ^ "Diocese of Leicester". Heraldry of the World. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  18. ^ "Diocese of Lichfield". Heraldry of the World. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  19. ^ "Diocese of Lincoln". Heraldry of the World. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  20. ^ "Diocese of London". Heraldry of the World. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  21. ^ "Diocese of Norwich". Heraldry of the World. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  22. ^ "Diocese of Oxford". Heraldry of the World. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  23. ^ "Diocese of Peterborough". Heraldry of the World. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  24. ^ Debrett's Peerage. 1968. p. 882.
  25. ^ "Diocese of Portsmouth (anglican)". Heraldry of the World. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  26. ^ "Diocese of Rochester". Heraldry of the World. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  27. ^ Albans "Diocese of St. Albans". Heraldry of the World. Retrieved 23 February 2021. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  28. ^ "Diocese of St. Edmundsbury and Ipswich". Heraldry of the World. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  29. ^ "Diocese of Salisbury". Heraldry of the World. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  30. ^ "Diocese of Southwark". Heraldry of the World. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  31. ^ "Diocese of Truro". Heraldry of the World. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  32. ^ "Diocese of Winchester". Heraldry of the World. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  33. ^ "Diocese of Worcester". Heraldry of the World. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  34. ^ "Archdiocese of York". Heraldry of the World. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  35. ^ Debrett's Peerage. 1968. p. 1173.
  36. ^ "Diocese of York". Heraldry of the World. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  37. ^ "Diocese of Carlisle". Heraldry of the World. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  38. ^ "The Armorial Bearings of the Bishops of Chester". Cheshire Heraldry Society. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  39. ^ "Diocese of Durham". Heraldry of the World. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  40. ^ "The Arms of the Bishopric of Leeds". College of Arms. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  41. ^ "Diocese of Liverpool". Heraldry of the World. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  42. ^ "Diocese of Manchester". Heraldry of the World. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  43. ^ "Diocese of Newcastle". Heraldry of the World. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  44. ^ "Diocese of Sheffield". Heraldry of the World. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  45. ^ "Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham". Heraldry of the World. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
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