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HERALDRY OF
THE CHURCH
A HANDBOOK FOR DECORATORS
BY THE
THE
THE
little
Church
volumes
series
in the Arts of
intended
are
to provide information in an interesting
as well as an accurate form about the
various arts which have clustered round
the public worship of God in the Church
of Christ. Though few have the oppor-
tunity of knowing much about them,
there are many who would like to possess
the main outlines about those arts whose
productions are so familiar to the Chris-
tian, and so dear. The authors will write
for the average intelligent man who has
not had the time to study all these matters
for himself and they will therefore avoid
;
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CONTENTS
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INTRODUCTION
THIS little book is intended, as its
Introduction 1
Introduction 1
E. E. D.
ARMS OF SEES IN THE
PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY
6
Canterbury
CANTERBURY
Heraldry of the Church
London
LONDON
20 Heraldry of the Church
Winchester
WINCHESTER
22 Heraldry of the Church
Bangor
BANGOR
24 Heraldry of the Church
Birmingham
BIRMINGHAM
28 Heraldry of the Church
Bristol
BRISTOL
30 Heraldry of the Church
Chichester
Azure our LORD chid in yvhite mth a
golden girdle seated upon a throne gold and
haYing a s'^ord coming out of His mouth with
its blade silver and its hilt gold.
CHICHESTER
32 Heraldry of the Church
LY
ELY
34 Heraldry of the Church
Ex ETER
EXETER
36 Heraldry of the Church
Gloucester
GLOUCESTER
38 Heraldry of the Church
Hereford
Gules three fleurs-de-lis coming out of
leopards' heads gold.
HEREFORD
40 Heraldry of the Church
Lichfield
Party gules and silver a cross quadrate
and potent between four crosses formy all
countercoloured.
crutch.
The Pro'))ince of Canterbury 41
LICHFIELD
42 Heraldry of the Church
Lincoln
LINCOLN
44 Heraldry of the Church
Llandaff
LLANDAFF
46 Heraldry of the Church
Norwich
These arms
are found as early as 1351
in second seal of William Bateman,
the
Bishop of Norwich from 1344 to 1355.
Dr. Woodward {^Ecclesiastical Heraldry^
p. 327) suggests that the three mitres
" may possibly refer to the union in the
See of Norwich of the Bishoprics of
Thetford, Dunwich, and Elmham."
The ProYince of Canterbury 47
NORWICH
48 Heraldry of the Church
1
Oxford
OXFORD
50 Heraldry of the Church
^
Peterborough
PETERBOROUGH
52 Heraldry of the Church
Rochester
ROCHESTER
54 Heraldry of the Church
St. Albans
ST. ALBANS
^6 Heraldry of the Church
St. Asaph
ST. ASAPH
Heraldry of the Church
St. Davids
ST. DAVIDS
6o Heraldry of the Church
Salisbury
SALISBURY
62 Heraldry of the Church
South WARK
heraldic differencing.
Great care is needed in the drawing of
this cross. It is easy to make this beautiful
charge quite ugly and ridiculous ; but there
is no need to do so.
The Province of Canterbury 63
SOUTHWARK
64 Heraldry of the Church
Southwell
SOUTHWELL
—
Truro
TRURO
68 Heraldry of the Church
Worcester
Silver ten roundels gules.
OOOQ
WORCESTER
ARMS OF SEES IN
THE PROVINCE OF YORK
72 Heraldry of the Church
York
YORK
74 Heralchj of the Church
Durham
Azure a cross gold beween four lions siher.
and martyr.
It is worthy of note that the Bishop of
Durham is the only prelate in England
who should use a mitre having a coronet
about its rim. This distinction belongs to
him, and to him alone, a sign of the
palatinate authority which until 1835 was
exercised by the occupants of the see.
The Province of J^ork IS
DURHAM
76 Heraldry of the Church
Carlisle
CARLISLE
Heraldry of the Church
Chester
CHESTER
Heraldry of the Church
Liverpool
LIVERPOOL
Heraldry of the Church
Manchester
MANCHESTER
Heraldry of the Church
Newcastle
NEWCASTLE
86 Heraldry of the Church
RiPON
RIPON
88 Heraldry of the Church
Wakefield
WAKEFIELD
SHIELDS SPECIALLY
ASSOCIATED WITH THE
HOLY NAME
93
94 Heraldry of the Church
Christ Church
CHRIST CHURCH
Heraldry of the Church
Emmanuel
EMMANUEL
lOO Heraldry of the Church
S. Saviour
S. SAVIOUR
02 Heraldry of the Church
Holy Trinity
HOLY TRINITY
THE FOUR EVANGELISTS
105
io6 Heraldry of the Church
S. Matthew. September 21
AND MARTYR
io8 Heraldry of the Church
S. Mark. April 25
S. Luke. October i8
S. John. December 27
S. Andrew. November 30
S. Augustine. May 26
S. AUGUSTINE
ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY
I20 Heraldry of the Church
S. Bartholomew. August 24
S. Catherine of Alexandria
November 25
S. CATHERINE OF ALEXANDRIA
24 Heraldry of the Church
S. Clement. November 23
S. CLEMENT
126 Heraldry of the Church
S. CuTHBERT. March 20
silver.
S. CUTHBERT
128 Heraldry of the Church
S. DuNSTAN. May 19
S. George. April 23
S. Gregory. March 12
S. Hilda. November 17
S. James. July 25
S. Laurence. Auo^ust
to
10
S. LAURENCE
144 Heraldry of the Church
S. Margaret of Antioch
July 2c
S. -MARGARET OF ANTIOCH
1
S. Thomas of Canterbury
December 29
S. THOMAS OF CANTERBURY
154 Heraldry of the Church
S. Wilfrid. October 12
57
158 Heraldry of til e Church
ALL SAINTS
1 60 Heraldry of the Church
S. Anne. July 26
The
blue field with the silver lily grow-
ing in
it is intended to represent the
girlhood of the Blessed Virgin the ;
S. ANNE
M
1
S. Barnabas. June 1
S. BARNABAS
164 Heraldry of the Church
S. BoTOLPH. June 17
S. BOTOLPH
1 66 Heraldry of the Church
S. Bridget. February i
S. BRIDGET
1 68 Heraldry of the Church
S. David. March i
S. Giles. September i
S. GILES
172 Heraldry of tlie Church
S. JOHN BAPTIST
I
74 Heraldry of the Church
S. JuDE. October 28
S. Leonard. November 6
S. LEONARD
1 78 Heraldry of the Church
S. MARY MAGDALENE
I 80 Heraldry of the Church
S. Matthias. February 24
This shield
is intended to symbolize by
S. Nicholas. December 6
S. Philip. May i
S. Stephen. December 26
S. SwiTHUN. July 15
S. Thomas. December 21
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