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DIOCESE OF NORWICH

Country: United Kingdom
Denomination: Anglican (until 1558 Roman Catholic)

Established: 630 as Diocese of Elmham
Renamed in 1017 to Diocese of Thetford
Renamed in 1091 to Diocese of Norwich

Official blazon

Azure, three mitres, two and one, Or.

Origin/meaning

The arms were recorded at the College of Arms.

The arms are first found on the seal of William Bateman (1341-57). The meaning is not fully clear. They may refer to the attributed arms of the royal house of East Anglia, but another explanation states that they may possibly represent the union in the See of Norwich of the Bishoprics of Thetford, Dunwich and Elmham in the 11^th century.

Arms of Roman Catholic Bishops

Herbert Losinga (1091-1119)
Everard Montgomery (1121-1145)
William de Turbe (1146-1174)
John of Oxford (1175-1200)
John de Gray (1200-1214)
Pandulf Masca (1222-1226)
Thomas Blunville (1226-1236)
William de Raley (1239-1243)
Walter Suffield (1244-1257)
Simon de Wauton (1257-1266)
Roger Skerning (1266-1278)
William Middleton (1278-1288)
Ralph Walpole (1288-1299)
John Salmon (1299-1325)
William Ayermin (1325-1336)
Thomas Hemenhale (1336-1337)
Antony Beck (1337-1343)
William Bateman (1344-1355)
Thomas Percy (1355-1369)
Henry de Spencer (1370-1406)
Alexander Totington (1407-1413)
Richard Courtenay (1413-1415)
John Wakering (1416-1425)
William Alnwick (1426-1436)
Thomas Brown (1436-1445)
Walter Le Hert (1446-1472)
James Goldwell (1472-1496)
Thomas Jane (1499-1500)
Richard Nykke (1501-1535)
Thomas Thirlby (1550-1554)
John Hopton (1554-1558)

Arms of Anglican Bishops

William Rugg (1535-1550)
John Parkhurst (1560-1575)
Edmund Freke (1575-1584)
Edmund Scambler (1584-1594)
William Redman (1594-1602)
John Jegon (1603-1618)
John Overall (1618-1619)
Samuel Harsnett (1619-1629)
Francis White (1629-1631)
Richard Corbet (1632-1635)
Matthew Wren (1635-1638)
Richard Montagu (1638-1641)
Joseph Hall (1641-1656)
Edward Reynolds (1660-1676)
Anthony Sparrow (1676-1685)
William Lloyd (1685-1690)
John Moore (1691-1707)
Charles Trimnell (1708-1721)
Thomas Green (1721-1723)
John Leng (1723-1727)
William Baker (1727-1732)
Robert Butts (1733-1738)
Thomas Gooch (1738-1748)
Samuel Lisle (1748-1749)
Thomas Hayter (1749-1761)
Philip Yonge (1761-1783)
Lewis Bagot (1783-1790)
George Horne (1790-1792)
Charles Manners-Sutton (1792-1805)
Henry Bathurst (1805-1837)
Edward Stanley (1837-1849)
Samuel Hinds (1849-1857)
John Thomas Pelham (1857-1893)
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John Sheepshanks (1893-1910)
No image

Bertram Pollock (1910-1942)
No image

Percy Mark Herbert (1942-1959)
No image

William Lancelot Scott Fleming (1959-1971)
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Maurice Arthur Ponsonby Wood (1971-1985)
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Peter John Nott (1985-1999)
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Graham Richard James (1999-present)

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-{{religion}}
 '''DIOCESE OF NORWICH'''
-Country : [[Ecclesiastical heraldry of the United Kingdom|United Kingdom]]<br>
+Country: [[Ecclesiastical heraldry of the United Kingdom|United Kingdom]]<br>
-Denomination : [[:Category:Anglican heraldry|Anglican]] (until 1558 [[:Category:Catholic heraldry|Roman Catholic]])
+Denomination: [[:Category:Anglican heraldry|Anglican]] (until 1558 [[:Category:Catholic heraldry|Roman Catholic]])
-Established :  630 as Diocese of Elmham<br>
+Established:  630 as Diocese of Elmham<br>
 Renamed in 1017 to Diocese of Thetford<br>
 Renamed in 1091 to Diocese of Norwich
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 The arms were recorded at the College of Arms.
-The arms are first found on the seal of William Bateman (1341-57). The meaning is not fully clear. They may refer to the attributed arms of the royal house of East Anglia, but another explanation states that they may possibly represent the union in the See of Norwich of the Bishoprics of Thetford, Dunwich and Elmham in the 11th century.
+The arms are first found on the seal of William Bateman (1341-57). The meaning is not fully clear. They may refer to the attributed arms of the royal house of East Anglia, but another explanation states that they may possibly represent the union in the See of Norwich of the Bishoprics of Thetford, Dunwich and Elmham in the 11<sup>th</sup> century.
 ====Arms of Roman Catholic Bishops====
 <gallery perrow=0>
+File:Norwich-losinga.jpg|[[Herbert Losinga]] (1091-1119)
+File:Norwich-montgomery.jpg|[[Everard Montgomery]] (1121-1145)
+File:Norwich-turbe.jpg|[[William de Turbe]] (1146-1174)
+File:Norwich-oxford.jpg|[[John of Oxford]] (1175-1200)
+File:Norwich-gray.jpg|[[John de Gray]] (1200-1214)
+File:Norwich-masca.jpg|[[Pandulf Masca]] (1222-1226)
+File:Norwich-blunville.jpg|[[Thomas Blunville]] (1226-1236)
+File:Norwich-raley.jpg|[[William de Raley]] (1239-1243)
+File:Norwich-suffield.jpg|[[Walter Suffield]] (1244-1257)
+File:Norwich-wauton.jpg|[[Simon de Wauton]] (1257-1266)
+File:Norwich-skerning.jpg|[[Roger Skerning]] (1266-1278)
+File:Norwich-middleton.jpg|[[William Middleton]] (1278-1288)
 File:Ely-walpole.jpg|[[Ralph Walpole]] (1288-1299)
-No image|[[James Goldwell]] (1472-1499)
+File:Norwich-salmon.jpg|[[John Salmon]] (1299-1325)
-No image|[[Thomas Jane]] (1499-1500)
+File:Norwich-ayermin.jpg|[[William Ayermin]] (1325-1336)
+File:Norwich-hemenhale.jpg|[[Thomas Hemenhale]] (1336-1337)
+File:Norwich-beck.jpg|[[Antony Beck]] (1337-1343)
+File:Norwich-bateman.jpg|[[William Bateman]] (1344-1355)
+File:Norwich-percy.jpg|[[Thomas Percy]] (1355-1369)
+File:Norwich-spencer.jpg|[[Henry de Spencer]] (1370-1406)
+File:Norwich-totington.jpg|[[Alexander Totington]] (1407-1413)
+File:Norwich-courtenay.jpg|[[Richard Courtenay]] (1413-1415)
+File:Norwich-wakering.jpg|[[John Wakering]] (1416-1425)
+File:Lincoln-alnwick.jpg|[[William Alnwick]] (1426-1436)
+File:Norwich-brown.jpg|[[Thomas Brown]] (1436-1445)
+File:Norwich-hert.jpg|[[Walter Le Hert]] (1446-1472)
+File:Norwich-goldwell.jpg|[[James Goldwell]] (1472-1496)
+File:Norwich-jane.jpg|[[Thomas Jane]] (1499-1500)
 File:Norwich-nykke.jpg|[[Richard Nykke]] (1501-1535)
-No image|[[William Rugg]] (1535-1550)
+File:Ely-thirlby.jpg|[[Thomas Thirlby]] (1550-1554)
-No image|[[Thomas Thirlby]] (1550-1554)
+File:Norwich-hopton.jpg|[[John Hopton]] (1554-1558)
-No image|[[John Hopton]] (1554-1558)
 </gallery>
 ====Arms of Anglican Bishops====
 <gallery perrow=0>
-No image|[[John Parkhurst]] (1560-1575)
+File:Norwich-rugg.jpg|[[William Rugg]] (1535-1550)
-No image|[[Edmund Freke]] (1575-1584)
+File:Norwich-parkhurst.jpg|[[John Parkhurst]] (1560-1575)
-No image|[[Edmund Scambler]] (1584-1594)
+File:Norwich-freke.jpg|[[Edmund Freke]] (1575-1584)
-No image|[[William Redman]] (1594-1602)
+File:Norwich-scambler.jpg|[[Edmund Scambler]] (1584-1594)
-No image|[[John Jegon]] (1603-1618)
+File:Norwich-redman.jpg|[[William Redman]] (1594-1602)
-No image|[[John Overall]] (1618-1619)
+File:Norwich-jegon.jpg|[[John Jegon]] (1603-1618)
+File:Lichfield-overall.jpg|[[John Overall]] (1618-1619)
 File:Chichester-harsnett.jpg|[[Samuel Harsnett]] (1619-1629)
-No image|[[Francis White]] (1629-1631)
+File:Ely-white.jpg|[[Francis White]] (1629-1631)
-No image|[[Richard Corbet]] (1632-1635)
+File:Norwich-corbet.jpg|[[Richard Corbet]] (1632-1635)
-No image|[[Matthew Wren]] (1635-1638)
+File:Ely-wren.jpg|[[Matthew Wren]] (1635-1638)
 File:Chichester-montagu.jpg|[[Richard Montagu]] (1638-1641)
-No image|[[Joseph Hall]] (1641-1656)
+File:Exeter-hall.jpg|[[Joseph Hall]] (1641-1656)
-No image|[[Edward Reynolds]] (1660-1676)
+File:Norwich-reynolds.jpg|[[Edward Reynolds]] (1660-1676)
-No image|[[Antony Sparrow]] (1676-1685)
+File:Exeter-sparrow.jpg|[[Anthony Sparrow]] (1676-1685)
-No image|[[William Lloyd]] (1685-1690)
+File:Llandaff-lloydw.jpg|[[William Lloyd (Llandaff)|William Lloyd]] (1685-1690)
-No image|[[John Moore (Anglican)]] (1691-1707)
+File:Ely-moore.jpg|[[John Moore (Anglican)|John Moore]]  (1691-1707)
-No image|[[Charles Trimnell]] (1708-1721)
+File:Norwich-trimnell.jpg|[[Charles Trimnell]] (1708-1721)
-No image|[[Thomas Green]] (1721-1723)
+File:Ely-green.jpg|[[Thomas Green]] (1721-1723)
-No image|[[John Leng]] (1723-1727)
+File:Norwich-leng.jpg|[[John Leng]] (1723-1727)
 File:Bangor-baker.jpg|[[William Baker]] (1727-1732)
-No image|[[Robert Butts]] (1733-1738)
+File:Ely-butts.jpg|[[Robert Butts]] (1733-1738)
 File:Bristol-gooch.jpg|[[Thomas Gooch]] (1738-1748)
 File:Stasaph-lisle.jpg|[[Samuel Lisle]] (1748-1749)
-No image|[[Thomas Hayter]] (1749-1761)
+File:London-hayter.jpg|[[Thomas Hayter]] (1749-1761)
 File:Bristol-yonge.jpg|[[Philip Yonge]] (1761-1783)
 File:Stasaph-bagot.jpg|[[Lewis Bagot]] (1783-1790)
-No image|[[George Horne]] (1790-1792)
+File:Norwich-horne.jpg|[[George Horne]] (1790-1792)
 File:Canterbury-manners.jpg|[[Charles Manners-Sutton]] (1792-1805)
-No image|[[Henry Bathurst]] (1805-1837)
+File:Norwich-bathurst.jpg|[[Henry Bathurst]] (1805-1837)
-No image|[[Edward Stanley]] (1837-1849)
+File:Norwich-stanley.jpg|[[Edward Stanley]] (1837-1849)
-No image|[[Samuel Hinds]] (1849-1857)
+File:Norwich-hinds.jpg|[[Samuel Hinds]] (1849-1857)
-File:norwichpelham.jpg|[[John Thomas Pelham]] (1857-1893)
+File:norwich-pelham.jpg|[[John Thomas Pelham]] (1857-1893)
 No image|[[John Sheepshanks]] (1893-1910)
 No image|[[Bertram Pollock]] (1910-1942)
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+[https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/bibliography '''Literature''']:
-[[Heraldic literature - Ecclesiastical heraldry|Literature]] :
+{{religion}}
+{{media}}
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 [[Category:Anglican dioceses]]
 [[Category:Roman Catholic dioceses]]

Diocese of Norwich: Difference between revisions

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